Friday, December 23, 2011

Swati Tirunal lyrics lamenting on child sexual abuse


I was listening to Aluthur Brothers singing the Saindhavi raga Javali composition of Swati Tirunal 'Itu Saahasamulu Yaala Naapai' . I dont know whether any other composition against child sexual abuse has been written in Carnatic music.

As my little understanding goes about the meaning of the lyrics, here a little 'devadasi' girl is requesting an adult male to not approach him with a sexual desire....

If you see the Bharatanatyam video links that is given below, you could follow it better.

However please do not miss the rendering of Alathur Brothers

  1. Alathur Brothers: http://www.raaga.com/player4/?id=237407&mode=100&rand=0.597643835755531
  2. Bharatanatyam:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIeP-EKjeXQ
  3. tenth minute of the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyTUsiz34pM

1 comment:

  1. Very interesting. I want to know the meaning of the song. do you have a translation to English?

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