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RELIGIOUS HARMONY

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One of the most amazing feats of monumental building are the Ellora Caves.  The construction of this site is attributed to 3 religious factions, all of which originated with the teaching passed down for 10,000 years through the Veda.  Could these massive rock carving and sculptures be duplicated with “modern” technology?  Would current “civilization” allow this work to be done?

Ellora Caves is an archaeological site, 29 km (18 mi) North-West of the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is also known as Elapura (in the Rashtrakuta literature-Kannada). Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 “caves” are actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut temples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves, built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history. — (Wikipedia.org)\

ELORA CAVES

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GUITARRA FLAMENCO

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I first hear Flamenco music in 1964 when the uncle and father of members of The Gypsy kings released their first record album in the US  titled: Manitas de Plata: Guitarra Flamenco.  It was recorded in a small room with a few invited guests, including the world famous artist Pablo Picasso.  His cousin, a carpet layer, Jose Reyes, who is the father of several of the members of The Gypsy Kings, was the vocalist.  When I heard the magnificent and authentic guitar playing on this record I was instantly electrified!  Memories of my past lives spent in Spain and France as a gypsy flooded back into my consciousness with overwhelming passion for this music and these beautifully crude, by free, peasants who were originally refugees from India and Egypt.  Here are two cuts from Manitas De Plata performing  Tarantas. This is the first US recordings ever made of Manitas De Plata — October 1963, in Arles, France, produced by Connoisseur Society (the recording engineer was David B. Jones). It was initially released as an LP (“Manitas de Plata aux Saintes Maries de la Mer“) on the Philips and Connoisseur Society labels.  To this day I have never heard a performance of authentic Flamenco guitar playing as flawlessly performed as those recorded on this record.

Here are TWO selections from that album:


In 2003 I attended a concert of the Gypsy Kings at The Greek Theater in L.A. as a birthday present to myself.  This is my favorite music group of all time!  They continue the proud heritage of the true gypsy spirit of freedom and passion and musical genius!  Here is the complete album of the Gypsy Kings Greatest Hits: