Murti Part-2
It is a winter evening. We are sitting inside the cottage at Resort Murti. We four people have finished two plates of the egg pakoras as the evening snack (If you are interested about the pakora distribution plan and how much it deviated during execution, please read my previous post). We have given order for the dinner. We have ordered rice, dal (dish made from lentils), mixed vegetables and fish.
We have come out of the cottage to look around the resort. Its a big resort and there are many cottages all around. Pathways covered with small sand stones are connecting them. The resort looks neat and clean. Many decorative dustbins are placed at strategical positions. We are noticing many tourists are present in the resort. Almost all of them are family groups. At the center of the resort, there is an open ground covered with grasses. Here we can see a preparation is going on for a barbecue. Families are chit-chatting here and there. Their kids are playing nearby them.
We can see some local men and women are present here wearing their traditional dresses. They also have some traditional musical instruments with them. So they have come to entertain the tourists. Since many tourists are present in the resort today, the resort probably has organized an traditional dance event to entertain the guests.
Now the dance event has started. Women are dancing and singing together. The men are playing the musical instruments. The rhythm is mild. The song is a traditional one to be sung by a choir.
Next dance is going on now with chorus song. The rhythm is intense now. The men are also dancing while playing the musical instruments. The barbecue is also started. In the light of the barbecue the musical event has become mystic. Soumendu has fetched his camera from the room. He is capturing a video of this event by placing his camera on a chair.
The musical event
After watching the dance performance we have returned to our room. We all four are sitting together and having some drinks. We are having some chit-chats. Soumya is now playing some songs in his mobile phone. These songs are the hits from the recent. We all are enjoying the songs played in light volume while continuing our discussions. Nope, we all are not enjoying the songs. Soumendu is making strong objection about the song selections. He is saying that this type of song should not be played in this kind of evening. He is now going to play some songs from his mobile phone, so Soumya has stopped playing songs from his mobile.
We are now listening to the songs that Soumendu is playing from his cell phone. These are the songs from sixty or seventy years back. Soumendu is saying that we should listen to this type of song in the current context that we are at present (in this tour). The inherent message to us like all good boys should listen to these kind of good songs only. He seems enjoying the song and singing with it. The rest of us are trying hard to be good boys. ;)
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Now a lady from a family among the tourist groups has joined the dance. She is trying to follow the footsteps and match the rhythm. Seeing this some other ladies from the guests are also joining the dance group. Soumendu has captured clips of some dances performed so far. A whole chicken is nearly cooked in the barbecue. I am feeling a bit disheartened because we will not get any serving of the chicken.
After watching the dance performance we have returned to our room. We all four are sitting together and having some drinks. We are having some chit-chats. Soumya is now playing some songs in his mobile phone. These songs are the hits from the recent. We all are enjoying the songs played in light volume while continuing our discussions. Nope, we all are not enjoying the songs. Soumendu is making strong objection about the song selections. He is saying that this type of song should not be played in this kind of evening. He is now going to play some songs from his mobile phone, so Soumya has stopped playing songs from his mobile.
We are now listening to the songs that Soumendu is playing from his cell phone. These are the songs from sixty or seventy years back. Soumendu is saying that we should listen to this type of song in the current context that we are at present (in this tour). The inherent message to us like all good boys should listen to these kind of good songs only. He seems enjoying the song and singing with it. The rest of us are trying hard to be good boys. ;)
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