Mountain Dogs who love Children and Raagas

Indie and Bella are young Cattle Dogs who live in the Blue Mountains near Sydney

They both like to jump at their visitors

They are not keen to come to the city much as either they have to stay inside or be on a leash. In the mountains, they are much freer.

They both love visiting Ephemera the Elephant in Balmain

They don't jump at Ephemera. Both Indie and Bella love Ephemera's humming. Feels like the morning dew of a fresh Australian Light blue morning or the crisp burning murmur of wood in an evening fire stove

Ephemera knows that Indie prefers the Indian morning Raagas and Bella the evening ones.

In fact, they individually are at their loudest at those particular times

It is difficult to explain these raagas by just writing about them. It's best to listen. And there are many options on the internet

The wordings of the compositions in morning ragas Bhairav are often meant to rouse the gods themselves, or describe Lord Shiva in all his rough-hewn glory, or to offer gratitude for the passing of the night and the coming of another dawn.

Does music have a day and night? While we know it is not bound by time or space, Indian classical music has come down through centuries of tradition that celebrates all hours of the day.

Credits

The Hindu

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