Meera Bhajan I Meera Jahar ko Pyalo I Kaluram Bamaniya I Sang Kabir Music Festival 2022

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This song opens up a popular anecdote from the timeless tale of Meera Bai. After all edicts and pleas, when Meera doesn't submit to the royal orders, the Raana eventually starts formulating plans to kill her.

Raana keeps distinct identities when heard in different folklores. An expression of male dominance, he is sometimes referred to as Meera's husband, sometimes as her brother-in-law, and at times as father-in-law.

Yet her unparallel faith and love for the lord gave her another life after all the tactics served by the Raana. An archaic feminist who surrendered to Krishna as his husband and fate-maker, Meera evolves as a metaphor highlighting the spirit of revolt and protest for the stand of an individual's truth.

Kaluram Bamaniya and Troupe is a popular voice from Malwa, Madhya Pradesh singing the songs of Kabir and other poets such as Meera Bai and Gorakhnath. His striking yet mesmeric voice makes most of the audience dance in delight whereas the rest heed the outlook of his traditionally passed wisdom. Hear him singing this Meera bhajan recorded at the Sang Kabir, Jaipur.
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Vocal & Music- Kaluram Bamaniya & Group
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English translation of the song -

O crow, eat all of this body
Bit and bit of my flesh
Just leave away these two eyes
I Still hope to witness my beloved

Meera drank the cup of poison
Gripping the thread of Raam’s name
Got across this world

A cup of poison sent the Raana
Laid it on Meera's hands
She drank, knowing as the lord’s nectar
You know the rest, O Gopal!

A casket of snakes sent the Raana
Handed it to Meera
When opened up the casket,
Finds out a bejeweled necklace

A casket of scorpions sent the Raana
Laid it on Meera's hands
When opened up the casket
Turns out a divine stone of Shaligram

I plea joining my hands
Do listen, O my fate maker!
Meera met his Girdhar, the mountain holder
She prospered after all

Translation by Shreyans Dugar
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"Sang Kabir" is a 2-day music festival, curated for seekers and travellers to embrace the enchanting world of Kabir. The first and successful rendition of "Sang Kabir Music Festival" was organised at Jaipur, 26-27 February 2022 in collaboration with Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. It’s an extended version of “Rajasthan Kabir Yatra”, a week long travelling folk music festival held annually at Rajasthan, organised by Lokayan Sansthaan, in partnership with Rajasthan Police and Rajasthan Tourism.
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Video Credits-
Camera: Burhan Habshee, Sitaram Kumawat, Vishwas Pareek, Rajendra Kumawat, Harun
Editing: Puneet Jajra
Subtitling: Nikita Tiwari
Collection: The Lokayan, Bikaner

Place: JKK, Jaipur
Event: Sang Kabir Music Festival I 26-27 February 2022