24-12-2015, 18:06
Final flurry of 'carols' before they become passé for another year!
This one because it sounds beautiful, even if the didgeridoo is not a traditional Canadian instrument!! And I find the history quite interesting - a strange and muddled world we live in!! The Jesuit missionary who wrote this in around 1642 did so in the Huron language, using frames of reference that the local population could relate to ... he certainly seems to have been well-intentioned.
[video=youtube;DgPeEvUl06Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPeEvUl06Y[/video]
This one because it sounds beautiful, even if the didgeridoo is not a traditional Canadian instrument!! And I find the history quite interesting - a strange and muddled world we live in!! The Jesuit missionary who wrote this in around 1642 did so in the Huron language, using frames of reference that the local population could relate to ... he certainly seems to have been well-intentioned.
[video=youtube;DgPeEvUl06Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPeEvUl06Y[/video]
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