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A self-taught singer and harmonium player
but very few have heard the original versions
became the centre of the immensely popular style of music known as qaraami
Abubakar Sani
LA-011 Su Wai - Gita Pon Yeik New Arrivals Digital copies of this recordSu Wai is a modern virtuoso of the ancient Saung Gauk, a Burmese harp instrument of both royal and religious significance (fashioned to resemble a leaf of the bo tree which the Buddha attained enlightenment beneath) with roots as far back as the 6th century. In this collection of 8 traditional poem songs, Wai unfurls clusters of melodic lines alongside a cyclical bell chime pulse to accompany texts drawn from the Mahagita, a collection of 500 court