http://www.themusicalnomad.com/day-20-if-i-ask-for-paradise-kill-me/ In progress reconstruction of a BBC travelogue webumentary from 1997 to blog format Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.themusicalnomad.com/day-20-if-i-ask-for-paradise-kill-me/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Day 27 – Two Weddings and a Satellite « The BBC Musical Nomad Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:53:44 +0000 http://www.themusicalnomad.com/?p=58#comment-19 [...] Along the main street there is the familiar mix of subway markets, karaoke cafes and photographer stalls. There are eccentric props used by the photographers including large white gorillas, dead birds in a palm trees and broken down cars. One street stall that caused the team much surprise was an evil spirit removal and fortune telling service. A man in jeans and green shirt waved his arms and hissed Shaman-like chants around each customer. A queue of women sat in the open as each were treated in turn. Our presence caused some embarrassment but we were told this service is very much in demand. Gulnaz’s husband goes once a year and she told me how valuable it was to him. I found it so strange to see this kind of thing performed so openly and I thought how much it differed from our meeting with Shaykh Kushkarov on day 20. [...] [...] Along the main street there is the familiar mix of subway markets, karaoke cafes and photographer stalls. There are eccentric props used by the photographers including large white gorillas, dead birds in a palm trees and broken down cars. One street stall that caused the team much surprise was an evil spirit removal and fortune telling service. A man in jeans and green shirt waved his arms and hissed Shaman-like chants around each customer. A queue of women sat in the open as each were treated in turn. Our presence caused some embarrassment but we were told this service is very much in demand. Gulnaz’s husband goes once a year and she told me how valuable it was to him. I found it so strange to see this kind of thing performed so openly and I thought how much it differed from our meeting with Shaykh Kushkarov on day 20. [...]

]]> http://www.themusicalnomad.com/day-20-if-i-ask-for-paradise-kill-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Day 37 – Timeless songs for the next generation « The BBC Musical Nomad Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:38:16 +0000 http://www.themusicalnomad.com/?p=58#comment-17 [...] like the inside of a spaceship with resonance’s of Shaykh Kushkarov’s centre. See day 20. Presumably this had some functional value of which we were not aware. Certainly the house was very [...] [...] like the inside of a spaceship with resonance’s of Shaykh Kushkarov’s centre. See day 20. Presumably this had some functional value of which we were not aware. Certainly the house was very [...]

]]> http://www.themusicalnomad.com/day-20-if-i-ask-for-paradise-kill-me/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Day 40 – This journey is only the beginning « The BBC Musical Nomad Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:26:11 +0000 http://www.themusicalnomad.com/?p=58#comment-10 [...] On the rare occassion when the team split for the writing a special perspective resulted. See Day 20 Shaykh [...] [...] On the rare occassion when the team split for the writing a special perspective resulted. See Day 20 Shaykh [...]

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