Identify this chant or mantra.
October 21, 2006 9:50 AM Subscribe
What are these people singing? It sounds like padana-whey, padana-whey, padana, chanted over and over.
One of them plays a hollow wooden block and one has a tamborine-like instrument. The rhythm is knock, rest, knock, rest, knock, knock, knock. They're always out in the park, and I thought it was just a drum circle, but it's always this simple mantra chanted over and over with no variation. I think once they had a girl with them who stood and played a drum, but there wasn't really any dancing. They're not dressed unusually, but the two guys today both had shaved heads, to about an inch or so. They don't look like hari-krishnas. I'd like to know some background on the song and the people who sing it.
One of them plays a hollow wooden block and one has a tamborine-like instrument. The rhythm is knock, rest, knock, rest, knock, knock, knock. They're always out in the park, and I thought it was just a drum circle, but it's always this simple mantra chanted over and over with no variation. I think once they had a girl with them who stood and played a drum, but there wasn't really any dancing. They're not dressed unusually, but the two guys today both had shaved heads, to about an inch or so. They don't look like hari-krishnas. I'd like to know some background on the song and the people who sing it.
Best answer: Also see the following movie for the song you might be thinking of: Only the Strong.
The song is Paranue I think. video clip
posted by ozomatli at 11:00 AM on October 21, 2006
The song is Paranue I think. video clip
posted by ozomatli at 11:00 AM on October 21, 2006
Best answer: If there wasn't any body movements that looked like a combination of a martial art and dancing, it might not be capoeira. Could it be a group of musicians practicing capoeira songs?
"Padana-whey" sounds to me a lot like a common capoeira call-and-response refrain. Check this link out:
http://www.agogo.nl/MultiMedia/lyrics/Amsterdam/Parana.htm
Paraná is the name of a southern Brazilian state, near Paraguay, as well as the name of a large river in that region.
posted by umbú at 11:06 AM on October 21, 2006
"Padana-whey" sounds to me a lot like a common capoeira call-and-response refrain. Check this link out:
http://www.agogo.nl/MultiMedia/lyrics/Amsterdam/Parana.htm
Paraná is the name of a southern Brazilian state, near Paraguay, as well as the name of a large river in that region.
posted by umbú at 11:06 AM on October 21, 2006
Response by poster: These guys were sitting on a park bench, however, that's exactly the song. I guess they were just skipping the chorus. Thanks!
posted by Mr. Gunn at 2:04 PM on October 21, 2006
posted by Mr. Gunn at 2:04 PM on October 21, 2006
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posted by ozomatli at 10:48 AM on October 21, 2006