The Official Community Of Nitin Sawhney

"What the hell is THAT?" you may ask , unless you're Cornish, in which case you're more like to say, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???"  Well, it's my feeble attempt to say "Cornwall Welcomes Sawhney" in, erm, Cornish, but I may have got it wrong.... Anyway, YES!!!  He's playing down (or up if you live in Mousehole for example and, btw, my Cornish may be dodgy but I do know how to pronounce Mousehole correctly!) in Falmouth, at the Princess Pavilion on.....wait for it....... August 9th!  Yeah, it's ages away from now but, hey!  Do we have any forum members in Falmouth? Has the Maestro performed in Cornwall before or is this a first?

Details.....

  Princess Pavilion box office Tel: 01326 211222 or buy tickets online at www.seetickets.com  

 

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Meanwhile, in London this Saturday.... http://www.progressivelondon.org.uk/conference/progressive-london-conference-2010.html

It may be a long way away, but perhaps not long enough to enjoy the local speciality of Stargazy pie www.kernowcottages.co.uk/mousehole/lights.php  I first came across it through the book "The Mousehole Cat" by Anthonia Fraser, beautifully illustrated by Nicola Bayley.  Buga, I am guessing that you know how to pronounce Mousehole because you read the book to the kids at school.

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"We are all dependent on one another's gifts, to the extent that if someone else is damaged or frustrated, offended or oppressed, everyone suffers, everyone's humanity is diminished." ++ Rowan Williams

Stargazy Pie? Not for me!

I haven't read that book - I shared a wonderful camping adventure many years ago, down in Cornwall, albeit, camping next door to the Penzance heliport was probably not our cleverest move (we didn't pitch the tent in that field for a second night!!!).

I'll look out for the book though.  I was looking for some more books to share with the kids last week and discovered Shaun Tan's "The Arrival".  It's a sensitive and intelligent story, beautifully told through illustrations, of a man's harrowing experiences as he is forced to leave behind his home, family and all that he loves, to seek refuge in a land where everything is alien to him. I won't tell you how it ends....

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Meanwhile, in London this Saturday.... http://www.progressivelondon.org.uk/conference/progressive-london-conference-2010.html

I get to hear lots of harrowing stories at work about refugees ..... from asylum seekers and refugees themselves

The Refugee Council is promoting various Simple Acts as part of Refugee Week this year.  One of these acts is to read a book about exile.  More info www.refugeeweek.org.uk/simple-acts/twenty-acts/Read-a-book.htm

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"We are all dependent on one another's gifts, to the extent that if someone else is damaged or frustrated, offended or oppressed, everyone suffers, everyone's humanity is diminished." ++ Rowan Williams

Lowena dhis!

There are several ways of saying "Cornwall welcomes Sawhney":

"Yma Kernow ow tynerghy Sawhney!"    (meaning "here and now" implied)

"Kernow a dhynnergh Sawhney!"    (meaning "will do now and in future")

You can also use the verb "welcomma" instead of "dynerghy":

"Yma Kernow ow welcomma Sawhney!"

"Kernow a welcom Sawhney!"

Especially in the West, Cornish speakers like to insert a b before the m in "welcomma" and pronounce "welcobma", so you get:

"Yma Kernow ow welcobma Sawhney!"

You may know how to pronounce "Mousehole" correctly in English, but in Cornish it's "Porth Enys"! ;-)

Yehes da dhis, lebmyn ha woja hebma ynwedh, 

Dan

 

 

Show off!!!

Seriously though, you're going to have to translate  "Yehes da dhis, lebmyn ha woja hebma ynwedh" or else leave me mystified.... unless, there's perhaps another cornish-speaker or two who could oblige.... 

Anyway Dan, it's good to know that there's a Nitin Sawhney fan down there who can enjoy the gig, although I would imagine he's hoping for a slightly bigger audience!!

Have a peaceful Bank Holiday,

Buga

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Meanwhile, in London this Saturday.... http://www.progressivelondon.org.uk/conference/progressive-london-conference-2010.html

Ah Buga, but don't you find the minutiae of linguistics interesting.  I don't speak Welsh but am aware that Welsh speakers change the beginning of words in certain circumstances (e.g. Croeso i Gymru and not Croeso i Cymru, which I am sure you are aware is Welcome to Wales ), but changing words in the middle as in Cornish is something new to me.

Anyway Nitin is not just doing Falmouth, he is now at the Glade Festival (hopefully a breath of fresh air  and also in Brighton - see www.allgigs.co.uk/view/artist/401/Nitin_Sawhney.html  He is also booked to do the Worldport Festival in Bridlington in October www.musicportfestival.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=49

 

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"We are all dependent on one another's gifts, to the extent that if someone else is damaged or frustrated, offended or oppressed, everyone suffers, everyone's humanity is diminished." ++ Rowan Williams

12th November in East London - more details www.richmix.org.uk

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"We are all dependent on one another's gifts, to the extent that if someone else is damaged or frustrated, offended or oppressed, everyone suffers, everyone's humanity is diminished." ++ Rowan Williams