Saturday, September 3, 2016

Mela

This is a super  short video of a mela. Two teams link arms in a circle and one sings a question, and the other team sings a witty response. The leader of the team shouts the words they're going to sing, then everyone on the team sings it together. They have to think of a response that rhymes and has the same pentamic diameter and length. If they fail to do so quickly, they lose. It's an ancient Nepali tradition. Amazing to watch. 

2 comments:

  1. Hi Jaren. This is great! Now that I learned how to navigate to each new post. Thanks to Grandpa Tom's newfound techy skills.

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