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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Gathering at Qarabagh, Afghanistan
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:25:55 +0530
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Hugh,
Nice set - the rabob is like a sarod, is it? Looks like a folk version of a
sarod, a standard fretless instrument very common in Indian classical music.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com> 
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> Last Thursday ....... Thursday and Friday being the weekend in Afghanistan,
> I was invited to a country property in Qarabagh, a rural area some 35
> kilometers north of Kabul.  I was surrounded by people of great character,
> who were brimming with hospitality and open affection.  The main attraction
> was a professional group of musicians, they played older songs that people
> sang and danced along with, they also played a special song for me.  This 
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> how Afghan men enjoy themselves.
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> Hope you enjoy the journey, photographed in very difficult lighting
> conditions, at the top of a four storey house, with windows on all sides.
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> Thank you for looking, any comments will be gratefully received .......
> Hugh
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> "Pakistan, Afghanistan & South Asia"
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> hewthompson at mac.com
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