The last few weeks have been very hectic. I've been in 4 countries and 3 continents after returning from India. China, Korea and obviously the good ole US of A. The APAC trip was so hectic that Deepa and I have a running joke that home was a transit spot for me in December. More on this later.
Okay, enough of talking abt things that have no relevance to the wierd sounding title of this blog. So here it goes:
We definitely needed a vacation after a hectic year and I wanted to up the ante on adventurous spots to go to for the chuttis.
There comes the third continent and the 4th country - AUSTRALIA ! (More on AU too later)
One of the coolest things in Sydney that I came across was this long hollow wooden pipe calling itself a musical instrument. Its called Didgerridoo. Trust me folks, the sound is just awesome. High in bass, it looks and sounds way too cool. The sound instantly reminded me of the Jaane Kyon song of Dil Chahta Hai. And a couple of Google searches later it was confirmed - the starting bit of the song that kind of stays on for the entire song - that incidentally is picturized in Australia - is indeed Didgeridoo. We saw a very cool show of Didgeridoo that I promise to take some videos during our trip here.
The instrument is made out of Eucalyptus trees that are eaten up by termites from the core. Termites can't penetrate the outside of the tree. Custom is that the aboriginals look at the yellow leaves to locate and tap the hollow trunk of these trees to find out if termites have left the tree.Some finishing touches later, Didgeridoo is ready.
Originally called the Yediki, Charles Darwin first named this the Didgeridoo based on the sound he perceived it created !
Now back to DCH. I noticed a similar sound in the Tanhahee song (the heavy bass rhythm that plays throughout the song). There were only two songs picturized in AU in the movie, so chances are high that its Didgeridoo. Let me know if someone knows for sure what that bass sound in the Tanhahee song is.
Anyways, Didgeridoo (and Sydney in general and AU so far) are super cool!
Need to run for my flight....
