Mungal patasar biography of george

          Patasar was born on February 13th, in Fyzabad to parents who had migrated to Trinidad and Tobago from India....

          The Caribbean is the world’s navel. A feminine navel studded with diamonds.

          Top T&T sitarist Mungal Patasar said yesterday Pundit Ravi Shankar was the "most influential musician in the western world to come from India.

        1. Top T&T sitarist Mungal Patasar said yesterday Pundit Ravi Shankar was the "most influential musician in the western world to come from India.
        2. A documentary film on the life and music of Mungal Patasar Friday 22nd March Tickets available online at and the QH Box Office.
        3. Patasar was born on February 13th, in Fyzabad to parents who had migrated to Trinidad and Tobago from India.
        4. His music reflected the influences in his life, being indigenous, with a calypso rhythm, but simultaneously international, folksy, and jazzy, with smat- terings.
        5. The night will feature the screening of Iconography: Mungal Patasar, a documentary that highlights the incredible musical journey of the Indo- Trinidadian.

          6. A rosary of islands where, like nowhere else across the planet, all races and all the people who make up humanity come together.

          Cuba, Martinique, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad: each island is a cultural melting pot, with its own particular brew of history and religions, of flavors and sounds, of colors and rhythms.

          Each island has its own mix.

          From the sister islands of Trinidad and Tobago, a unique artiste has arrived in our midst. His name is evocative of Esperanto: Mungal Patasar.

          As often happens in the tropics, Mungal has taken the time to live his life and his art.

          Born in Trinidad in 1946 of parents who had emigrated from India before Independence, Mungal first learnt the intoned singing of ancestral prayers – the ragas which are modulated as the singer improvises around a precise musical grid.

          From the time he was eight years old, curious and eager to explore the mysteries of