Monday, December 29, 2008
Keep That 808 Bumpin'
The first few days I arrived in Pabal were incredibly depressing, by far some of the worst days I've ever experienced in life. I had no way of communicating with anyone else - no cell phone, no internet, no common language with locals, no anything. With the monsoon season wanting to make a dramatic ending, I felt extremely lonely, unhappy, and cold. The only thing that kept me going was the music. It was loud and thunderous but felt slightly distant. Nonetheless, it gave me some comfort knowing there was music. As I later found out, it was coming from down below. The local village center seems to love celebrating any event by pulling out the 1000-watt speakers (running them on a generator, of course) and blasting anything from traditional Marathi bhajans to Bollywood music to some Sean Paul (Temperature - yeah, seriously).
Some mornings I wake up to the music that was playing the night before. It's pretty relaxing. Maybe it helps me feel like I'm really not in the middle of no where or that there are people who enjoy rhythmic music as much as I do but it sure is helpful. And with this being the wedding season and New Year's around the corner, the music will probably be running non-stop. Ohhh yeaahh!
Side note: To indicate how good the music is, the students have been banned from going to the village due to the sole reason that they might start dancing and end up staying through the night. You wouldn’t ban people from dancing to crappy music, would you?
Some mornings I wake up to the music that was playing the night before. It's pretty relaxing. Maybe it helps me feel like I'm really not in the middle of no where or that there are people who enjoy rhythmic music as much as I do but it sure is helpful. And with this being the wedding season and New Year's around the corner, the music will probably be running non-stop. Ohhh yeaahh!
Side note: To indicate how good the music is, the students have been banned from going to the village due to the sole reason that they might start dancing and end up staying through the night. You wouldn’t ban people from dancing to crappy music, would you?
