A FOLKLORE AND MYSTICAL MELODIES
A FOLKLORE AND MYSTICAL MELODIES
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL .....!!
Folklore is the whole of oral traditions shared by a particular group of people, culture, or subculture. This includes tales, myths, legends, proverbs, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. They include material culture, such as traditional building styles common to the group. It includes the expected subjects of folktales, legends, myths, ballads, festivals, folk dance, and songs.
Mystical melodies :
Inspired by all the enchanting fairy tales of childhood, theatrical stories of teen years, and dramas of youth.
A beautiful melody often has a sense of balance, coherence, and an innate ability to captivate and resonate with its listeners.
Vadakkan Paattu - Masala Coffee - Music
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Vadakkan Pattu :
1 Hour Music Mojo Mashup melodies ( Non-stop Malayalam Melodies ).
Vadakkan Paatu is a folklore sung by a singer called "Paanan" using a musical instrument namely "Udukku" glorifying the members of the royal family. He travels across northern regions of Kerala singing his song which has no written lyrics. Paanan wanders about praising the royal family strumming on his Udukku. His songs are oral and mouth-to-mouth publicity given to the beautiful and valiant Warriors of Wayanadu and its neighboring regions in North Kerala. The men of the royal family are known for their skills in using war weapons and the women too are trained in the usage of arms. Their praise-worthy stories gained fame and glory through the Paanan's songs.
There are many movies in Malayalam made based on Vadakkan Paattu and enjoyed by the Keralites popularly known as Mallus from God's Own Country. Kerala is a stretch of beautiful landscape and its beautiful people are hardworking, literate, and traveled across the globe for higher studies and employment. Their universal appeal is tremendous and widespread outside the state too.
One of the blockbuster movies in Malayalam titled "Ponnapuram Kotta" stars Prem Nazir, the Ever Green Hero of Malayalam movies, and Vijayasree an actress with a goddess look (an Apsara embarked from Indra's heaven to earth). She is youthful, voluptuous, and a stunning beauty and was the dream girl of millions at her time. She gained popularity and instant stardom and acted in many popular Malayalam movies and other language films in a short time before her untimely mysterious death in her prime youth.
The apsaras are described to be beautiful, youthful and elegant, and are said to be able to change their shape at will. There are two types of apsaras—laukika (worldly) and daivika (divine). They are superb in the art of dancing, and often wives of the Gandharvas, the court musicians of the king of the gods, Indra.
Vadakkan Paattu is the story of courageous and valiant warriors of "Pothooram Tharavadu", and "Thacholi Tharavadu" whose men are like Greek gods with strong necks and beautiful and lithe bodies and its women too are beautiful and able fighters in the warfare called "Angham".
Vadakkan Paattu depicts the laurels of their idols of North Kerala especially Wayanadu and its neighboring regions like "Kadathunadu", and "Kolathunadu". Their proficiency in using weapons in fights called "Kalari" which is popularly known as "Kalarippayattu". The country singers like "Paanan's" sing and praise the heroics of their heroes and heroines with fervor and devotion.
The writer being an ardent lover of folklore, country songs, and boatmen songs enjoyed all these musical forms from time to time.
The Mystic Melody is a floating, white glowing orb that emits transparent notes and small rings.
A Mystic is a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.
I will go by the meaning of mystical as ‘inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination' as mentioned on Google. I have had my experiences with psychedelics and listened to some pretty awesome music while I was high on them. Music + psychedelics the combination creates some fascinating visual hallucination as well as thoughts and imagination that are beyond the normal state of mind.
There is this one song named Lost by Mat Zo that I consider the most magical I have ever heard. When the effect of the psychedelics had worn off, and I listened to this song again with earphones on and eyes closed and I had some vivid trippy experience. This song for me is the most mystical song I have ever heard. Mat Zo is a genius artist the way he has created this trancey eclectic masterpiece is beyond words. The song is like a journey to some mystical lands you have never been to.
I would like to present some mystical songs by Van Morrison and others -
Across The Bridge Where Angels Dwell - Van Morrison
Acts of Man - Midlake (and most of their songs)
Beyond The Invisible - Enigma (and most of their work)
Carnival Is Over - Dead Can Dance
Cloudbursting - Kate Bush
Comin' Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane
Jersey Thursday - Donovan
Lirazel - Glass Hammer
Morning Glory - Tim Buckley
Ophelia - Natalie Merchant (and most of her album by the same name)
Time Of The Season - Zombies
To the Last Whale - David Crosby & Graham Nash
Why do musicians have a musical allure -
Because it’s useful to them! I’ve found it incredibly helpful at times to be “a composer”. It exempts me from the normal expectations that society imposes upon people…you know, to drive a flash car, dress in a particular way…be “normal”. You see, as “a composer”, I’m allowed to be a bit eccentric and offbeat.
- Mark Andrews
I am happy to end this blog post with a satiating note.
Welcome 2024 to be a happy and blessed year!
Cheers..!!
Johnson Vj
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