{"id":8454,"date":"2014-12-18T21:45:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T14:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2014-12-19T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T03:49:46","slug":"faces-of-the-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/2014\/12\/18\/faces-of-the-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces Of The Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"

A more photogenic people you will never see! (Okay, perhaps the Mongolians would give \u2018em a run for the cash-money \u2013 though I gather that not only is there not any fresh fruit available in Mongolia, there isn\u2019t any produce available full stop. So, much as I\u2019d like to, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be visiting there to confirm, one way or t\u2019other, this suspicion.) It\u2019s colder than a witch\u2019s you-know-what here right now, and foggier\u2019n all-get-out; so perhaps the ethereal atmosphere contributes to the magical feeling of walking the streets. But, mostly, I think it\u2019s just that the people are too fucking photogenic for rights.<\/p>\n

Before we get to the feature presentation, however, here are my audio recordings from Varanasi. I\u2019m pretty happy with the quality of the recordings; and the performances are to die<\/em> for. If I had to pick favourites, they\u2019d be the two from the Ashram, the tabla solo, the sitar\/violin duet, and the second sarangi performance.<\/p>\n