12 Days of Christmas, the desi version

by | Thursday, December 18, 2008

I love mongrel culture the mashing and creative remixing elements from different cultures and traditions to construct something new and, hopefully, wonderful. A great example is something my daughter, Shreya, showed me the other day. It is the 12 Days of Christmas with a desi ishtyle! So in keeping with the holidays coming up… here is their amazing 12 Days of Christmas.

[Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE]

This was created by a team called Boymongoose. You must check out there other Christmas inspired song, a version of Jingle Bells called Single Girls.

[Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbciCSY2Ip0]

Wishing everybody a great break…

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3 Comments

  1. Punya Mishra
    Punya Mishra on December 18, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    Papa, good to see you here… I have to approve the first comment from a new user … and then they can comment whenever they want. So drop by when you can and type up in a comment.

    Reply
  2. benoy mishra
    benoy mishra on December 18, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    liked a lot.

    Reply
  3. benoy mishra
    benoy mishra on December 18, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    shreya is wonderful, a flight of imagination. really nice.

    Reply

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