Hanuman Chalisa Marathon 2018, nov 4th

 Singing Meditation: ± 33 times the Hanuman Chalisa for 5 hours.
Experience or good voice not important, some practising recommended.
5 hours of singing seems a lot, but time flies when you'r singing ;-)

More information on the Hanuman Chalisa Marathon at https://kirtan.nu/hanuman-chalisa-english/

Bring some food or drinks to share afterwards during pot-luck.

Location:
YogaPraktijk Gaia
1e Colonjes 7
6562DL Groesbeek
https://www.yogapraktijkgaia.nl/routebeschrijvingen voedzaams

sugested donation : € 20,- / low-income € 15,-singing 12.00-17.00 hrs.
17:00 Potluck


SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.ecstaticchant.nl
www.kirtan.nu 
www.ecstaticchant.eu

Ecstatic Chant - ecstaticchant.nl

New website on Ecstatic Chant at www.ecstaticchant.nl
Singing-Meditation.
Sing, Dance and Be in freedom.
Everybody can join in, no experience or good voice needed.
English at www.ecstaticchant.eu

Hans(uman)

Dancing with the dead 2015

monday May 4th 2015 (Dodenherdenking / Death Memorial)
Den Bosch
Kirtan-singing with moving-dancing

more information will follow later

meer info op http://kirtan.nu/dansen-met-de-doden-een-alternatieve-dodenherdenking/


SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu

www.stemyoga.nl
www.ecstaticchant.nl

www.ecstaticchant.eu

Hanuman Chalisa Marathon 2015

there is gonna be a new (4th) Hanuman Chalisa Marathon, this time in Utrecht, Holland, probably on April 12th 2015

12.00-17.00 uur
Location: Puur Beweging
Bemuurde Weerd OZ 13, 3514 AN Utrecht, Netherlands
suggested donation € 15,-
Please bring some food to share afterwards


we will sing a version of Krishna Das (see video below): it is the Shri Ram Chalisa without the Sri-Rams in between

For more information on the Hanuman Chalisa (in Dutch) look at http://kirtan.nu/hanuman-chalisa/ and http://kirtan.nu/hanuman-chalisa/hanuman-chalisa-marathon/

more information will follow

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu

www.stemyoga.nl
www.ecstaticchant.nl
www.ecstaticchant.eu

Kirtan-Mantra Carnival with voice liberation

Kirtan-Mantra Carnival with voice liberation

Friday 13th February
Kids (and parents-grandparents) are very welcome
17.00: vegetarian peasoup and pancakes
18.00-19.00 Svoice liberation en African mantra's by Alexandra
19.15-20.30 uur Kirtan-Mantra Carnival with Hansuman
20.30 tea and sweets (or going into town :-)
Location: Yoga bij Maria
van Ysselsteinstraat 11
5212TR Den Bosch
Holland
 
look also at http://kirtan.nu/kirtan-mantra-carnaval/ (in Dutch)

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu

www.stemyoga.nl
www.ecstaticchant.nl 
www.ecstaticchant.eu

Hanuman Chalisa Marathon sunday 23 nov 2014, Groesbeek, Holland

The next Hanuman Chalisa Marathon will be on sunday afternoon nivember 23th in Groesbeek near Nijmegen, Holland

sunday afternoon 23 november  2014
12-17.00 hr
door open 11.40 hr
Location: Yogapraktijk Gaia
1e Colonjes 7,  6562 DL Groesbeek
directions
suggested donation € 12,50

Afterwards pot-luck, bring something to eat or drink to share

Ask for rehearsing materials!

For more information (in Dutch) look on this page

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.stemyoga.nl
www.ecstaticchant.nl
www.ecstaticchant.eu

The Beginners Guide to Kirtan and Mantra

Across the country and around the world, people are chanting the names of God in foreign tongues including Sanskrit and Hindi. And they’re taking kirtan out of the temples and the yoga studios, and into dance halls, universities, cathedrals, and other unexpected places.

In the last decade, India’s ancient call-and-response form of chanting has been reinvented by modern devotional artists who are blending traditional kirtan with modern music genres such as rock, R&B, hip hop, and electronica—breathing new life (and new devotion) into yoga’s sacred chants. But what, exactly, are these chants about?

According to kirtan artist and bhakti yoga educator David Newman, kirtan means “to praise that which is exalted”—aka, the divine. The word “kirtan” also stems from a Sanskrit root that means “to cut through,” he says, so kirtan is also “a practice for cutting through the idea of separation, for connecting to our hearts and connecting to the moment through sound.”

read on at kripalu.org

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.ecstaticchant.nl
www.ecstaticchant.eu
www.stemyoga.nl

Dave Stringer talks about Kirtan

Various interviews and talks where Dave Stringer talks about Kirtan

Radiantly Alive Dave Stringer on how chanting relates to yoga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMehIC2ZYZ8
Nag Hamadi:
If you bring up what is within you, what you bring up will set you free.
If you do not bring up what is within you, what you do not bring up will destroy you..

Dave Stringer: Connecting through Kirtan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0XE7_rlGME

Interview Dave Stringer (Kirtan Musician)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP_BmBBihwo
So what exactly should I be devoted to?
There is a text that says: " If I am Shiva, and you are Shiva, and all is Shiva, then in which direction should I bow?"
So who is the most important person here? Not me, not you, but everybody!
Your heart is at the centre of the universe, so look in it, if you wanna find something!

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.stemyoga.nl
www.ecstaticchant.nl
www.ecstaticchant.eu

Indian Harmonium

The indian harmonum or pump-organ is used in Kirtan, Bhajans and all kinds of other Indian music. In every ashram or temple you are likely to find one, and many people can play some songs on it. Also used in classical music it is very popular in indian folk and popular music.

Wikipedia on harmonum
During the mid-19th century, missionaries brought French-made hand-pumped harmoniums to India. The instrument quickly became popular there: it was portable, reliable and easy to learn. It has remained popular to the present day, and the harmonium remains an important instrument in many genres of Indian music. For example, it is a staple of vocal North Indian classical music concerts. It is commonly found in Indian homes. Though derived from the designs developed in France, the harmonium was developed further in India in unique ways, such as the addition of drone stops and a scale-changing mechanism.

If you want to learn to play the harmonium the Bhakti Breakfast Club provides instructional video's on playing harmonium with Kirtan

From the website keshav-music.com
About harmoniums: The harmonium, which was practically an unknown instrument in the USA as recently as 1989, has now become incredibly popular due to kirtan artists Krishnadas and Jai Uttal as well as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Harmoniums are showing up on recordings by Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Beck . . . the list goes on forever. Originally the harmonium was frowned up in Indian music because of it’s foreign origins  but gradually it became accepted and embraced. Over time the harmonium has replaced the traditional sarangi, and sarod, as number one instrument for accompanying vocals, much to the chagrin of sarod and sarangi players. The harmonium is originally a French instrument. Harmoniums came to India in the 1800s and were used by colonialists for playing church music at home. Indians adapted the harmonium for their own use and developed different tunings for it. Traditionally harmoniums are tuned in what is known as “equal tempered ” tuning. But Indians with no experience of European tuning standards, developed what is known as “just” tuning. A “just tuned” harmonium is set up by tuning the middle part of the keyboard to a pitch specific to the singer’s vocal range. The remainder of the harmoniums reeds are then tuned by ear to match rather than by tuning meter. A just-tuned harmonium is only useful for playing in one key. Whereas . . . an equal-tuned harmonium should be tuned to A-440 from end-to-end. An equal-tuned harmonium will sound good in any key. Gradually, harmonium players in India are abandoning the “just-tuned” standard, and are more and more often playing equal-tuned harmoniums. The majority of harmoniums shipped out of India are continue to be “just-tuned” and many are as much as 15 “cents” sharp. A harmonium that is only say, 2 “cents” sharp will be sonically compatible with synthesizers and pianos. A harmonium that is 15 “cents” sharp will sound okay by itself, but will sound discordant when played alongside a synthesizer or piano tuned to A-440. Most harmoniums utilize two banks of male and bass brass harmonium reeds. Scale-changer harmoniums and other high-end harmoniums utilize three banks of harmonium reeds. Harmoniums with three banks of reeds are manufactured with sets of Bass/Male/Male or Bass/Male/Female and are usually configured with 3.25 and 3.50 octave keyboards. Harmoniums with four banks of reeds are rare. Delhi-built harmoniums and Calcutta-built harmoniums have distinctly different sound qualities. Delhi-built harmoniums use a different grade of brass making the harmonium sound brighter and sharper when new. This style of harmonium reed however becomes mellower with playing over time and gives a very distinctive sound, typified by the Signature 23 as played by Krishnadas, and on the very old Bina models played by Jai Uttal. Calcutta harmoniums utilize harmonium reeds made in Palitana or some equivalent alloy make-up that makes them sound mellower right at the start. Occasionally one hears of people looking for harmoniums with “French” reeds or “German” reeds. These types of harmonium reeds have not been produced in at least 70 years and simply are not available. We do on special order build harmoniums with what are called “English Reeds” which are a perfect copy of classic British harmonium reeds made to exacting standards from special steel harmonium reed materials. Steel harmonium reeds are not as warm sounding as brass harmonium reeds but are more stable. Steel harmonium reeds too, are very difficult to tune but hold pitch longer due to the stability of the steel alloy used in these harmonium reeds. Folding harmoniums are popular because of their small size, which allows the harmonium to be taken on airline flights as carry-on and stored in the overhead. Non-folding harmoniums however, will have a wider breadth of sound because they have double the wind-chest capacity and are often preferred by studio musicians for recording purposes. Scale-changer harmoniums utilize a mechanical device that allows the keyboard of the harmonium to be slid up or down for instant transposing. A well-built scale-changer harmonium can be trouble free for many years. A scale-changer harmonium built with “green” or uncured wood however, will warp and be a nightmare. Scale-changer harmoniums are better suited for players that will maintain them in one place like a home, studio, or a temple. The knobs or “stops” on the harmonium are generally set up 1st/ 3rd/ 5th/ 7th/ for the ones that activate the harmonium’s wind-chest sections that supply air to each bank of the harmonium‚s reeds. The harmonium stops in the 2nd/ 4th/ 6th/ 8th positions will be “drones”. Harmonium drones are traditionally tuned to the black keys as these are preferred for use in Hindustani style playing. Keshav Music Imports builds the Signature 23 Harmonium with the reeds in the white keys for our Western customers. Another feature on all our harmoniums is the octave-coupler. The octave-coupler mechanically connects the note played to the same note one octave above or one octave below. The majority of harmoniums produced in India are built with pine. However nearly all scale-changers and high-end harmoniums are built with teak. Pine produces a softer, diffused quality, whereas teak produces a deeper, and “darker” quality. Neither quality is “preferable” in a harmonium. The preferred quality for a harmonium's sound is subjective to the player. While Keshav Music Imports sells all Indian instruments, the harmonium has been and continues to be our main focus. Keshav Das has spent years working directly alongside the luthiers that build our instruments and learned tuning and repairs at the Bina harmonium factory, the DMS harmonium factory and the Monoj Kumar Sardar harmonium factory. He personally checks all harmoniums for tuning and keyboard set-up before they are packed.



SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl www.stemyoga.nl

Hanuman Chalisa Marathon 13 april 2014, Den Bosch

De Hanuman Chalisa gaat weer gezongen worden, en wel op zondagmiddag 13 april in Den Bosch tussen 13.00 en 18.00 uur, bij Yoga aan de Kade, een mooie ruimte waar ook de kirtan-avonden plaatsvinden.
Op deze datum konden de meeste mensen.
Locatie: Yoga aan de kade
Handelskade 11, 5211 TH  ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Zegt het voort, zegt het voort!

Een middag meditatief en vreugdevol zingen, én een oefening in zijn-met-wat-er-is.
Iedereen kan meedoen, ervaring of mooie stem niet belangrijk.
(beetje oefenen of luisteren vooraf is wél handig :-)

Uitgebreidere informatie kun je vinden op http://kirtan.nu/hanuman-chalisa/hanuman-chalisa-marathon/

Geef mij door of je komt, door een email te sturen (reply).
Vragen stellen mag ook (is nou niet een alledaags gebeuren :-), via email of op facebook
http://www.facebook.com/hansuman.kirtanl of https://www.facebook.com/hanumanchalisa3


Alles over de Hanuman Chalisa op http://kirtan.nu/hanuman-chalisa/
Luister naar de Hanuman Chalisa op http://kirtan.nu/hanuman-chalisa/uitvoeringen-hanuman-chalisa/
Facebook pagina van de Hanuman Chalisa Mantra-Marathon-Estafette op http://tinyurl.com/nmac3a8

Wordt vrienden met Hans(uman) op http://www.facebook.com/hansuman.kirtan (als je dat nog niet bent)
En 'like" de pagina's https://www.facebook.com/zingendeziel en https://www.facebook.com/hanumanchalisa3



SitaRam SitaRam

Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl
www.stemyoga.nl

Dave Stringer on Kirtan: Sing louder!

"You don't need a priest, you don't need a temple. This thing that we're seeking is already inside us, and if you want to find it, then sing. Then dance. Then clap your hands. And get together with other people who are doing that. And if you can't find it there, sing louder."

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl www.stemyoga.nl

New location Kirtan Utrecht: Puur Beweging (nieuwe lokatie)

Puur Beweging (Pure Movement) is the new location for the Kirtan-Mantra Happenings with Hansuman in Utrecht. Pure Movement moved in October 2013 to the Bemuurde Weerd near the Mill, opposite EKKO (where Sophie's Palaca was formerly)

Puur Beweging is de nieuwe locatie voor de Kirtan-Mantra Happenings met Hansuman in Utrecht. Puur Beweging is per oktober 2013 verhuisd naar de Bemuurde Weerd bij de sluisjes, vlakbij de Molen, schuin tegenover EKKO (waar vroeger Sophies Palaca was, voor de “ouderen” onder ons :-)

Adres: Bemuurde Weerd OZ 13, 3514 AN Utrecht
Map and conct-information on www.puurbeweging.nl

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl www.stemyoga.nl

Hanuman Chalisa Marathon-Estafette

Sunday afternoon 20 october 2013 you can sing the Hanuman Chalisa for 5 hours with together with Hansuman in Utrecht.
You are all invited to join in!

You can find more information on this event in Dutch at the page Hanuman Chalisa Marathon at www.kirtan.nu

Puur Beweging
Bemuurde Weerd OZ 13, 3514 AN Utrecht
door open 11.40
singing:12.00-17.00
afterparty with food & drinks (bring to share!) until 18.00
suggested donation: € 15,-, low-income/students € 10,-

Send a email to me to keep informed about the latest news on this event


Later more marathons will follow in Nijmegen, Den Bosch and other cities (invite me!)

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl
www.stemyoga.nl

Searching new location in Utrecht for Kirtan

In Utrecht I'm searching vor a new location for the Kirtan singing, as the yogacentrum Utrecht (YCU) ceased to be.
There are some options already, but suggestionas are always welcome.
Obviously, making music and singing must be allowed there :-)
Kirtans in Utrecht are on sunday-evenings.
In Utrecht we will start again in Spetember.
In Groesbeek and Nijmegen in August.

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl
www.stemyoga.nl

newworldkirtan.com, kirtan podcasts

on newworldkirtan.com you can find podcast on western kirtan, krishna das, jai uttal, deva premal etc for free!
Give it a try!

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl www.stemyoga.nl

What is Kirtan?

quoted from www.newworldkirtan.com

Kirtan is a very different kind of music.  Based on ancient chants, it has the ability to quiet the mind if listened to with intention.  Everyone experiences kirtan differently, and it doesn’t have to be a religious experience.  You can think of it as a sing-along.  A kirtan concert is not your typical concert either.  Everyone sits on the floor, although chairs are usually available.  The performers are accessible, in fact there’s not much of a distinction between performers & audience.  The wallah (leader) sings the mantra, and the audience sings it back.  A single chant can go on for up to forty minutes.  As you sing with each other you experience a deep connection with the musicians, the other audience members and yourself.  And when the music stops, your mind is quiet.

Because kirtan has roots in India, many of the songs are sung in Sanskrit.  Some I choose for the New World Kirtan podcast are also in Punjabi, the language of the Sikhs.  If you’ve ever chanted responses in Latin or Hebrew in your religious tradition, then you know how powerful singing in an ancient, holy language can be.  You can be completely immersed in the sound, with no words to distract the mind.  The magic of the chants can then carry you within.

Kirtan is non-denominational, the Universal language of Spirit, the song of the Soul.


SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl www.stemyoga.nl

KRISHNA DAS in CONCERT 2013, 2 and 3 july, Amsterdam

Mozes en Aaronkerk, Waterlooplein 207,hartje Amsterdam, 1011PG
Concerten op 2 en 3 juli. Concerts on july 2 & 3
Toegang, voorverkoop/admission 27,50 euro.
Kaarten aan de deur Door € 30,-.
Korting voor CJP, 65+, Stadspas, studentenkaart €2,50
Doors open/De zaal gaat om 19.00 open en het concert begint om 19.30. End 22.15

meer informatie en kaartverkoop op www.livingsatsang.nl


SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl
www.stemyoga.nl

10-11 juni 2013, Concert Deva Premal & Mitten

Concert Deva Premal & Mitten
Schouwburg Almere, 10 en 11 juni 2013: 19.30 - 22.30 u

Deur open om 19.00 uur. Schouwburg Almere, Esplanade 10, 1315 TA Almere
Vlakbij het station Almere-Centrum, 10 min. lopen.
(20 min. per intercity vanaf A'dam CS)

Kaarten zijn te koop via de website: www.schouwburgalmere.nl
het bespreekbureau van de schouwburg, tel. 036-84 55 555
en aan de kassa.

Meer info op www.livingsatsang.nl en op www.kirtan.nu

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl 
www.stemyoga.nl

24 maart feestelijke Kirtan-Happening in Utrecht

Zondagavond 24 mrt is er in het yogacentrum Utrecht een extra feestelijke Kirtan-Happening. Dan vier ik namelijk ook meteen mijn verjaardag (25maart). Het wordt een mix van "gewoon" Kirtan-zingen, "stembevrijdend Kirtan-zingen" en "Dansen met de Goden" : zeg maar "Kirtan-Anders" of "Kirtan-Happening".
Er zal in ieder geval gedanst, bewogen, en gezongen worden (zitten mag ook:-), er zijn extra percussie-instrumentjes, wellicht en harmonium, en het wordt gezellig.

meer info over deze avond
http://kirtan.nu/24-maart-extra-feestelijke-kirtan-utrecht/

Voorbeeldfilmpjes Dansen met de Goden
http://kirtan.nu/voorbeeld-videos-dansen-met-de-goden/

meer info over stembevrijdend kirtan-zingen
http://kirtan.nu/stembevrijdend-kirtanzingen/

Locatie: YCU, Lange Nieuwstraat 3, Utrecht (10 minuten lopen van Utrecht CS)
Route en kaartje http://www.yogacentrumutrecht.nl/kontakt.htm
Tijd: 19.30-21.30 uur
Deur open: 19.10
nababbelen met thee en lekkers tot ± 22.00 uur
entree vrij, bijdrage mag
En of iedereen wat lekkers mee wil nemen voor een paar personen,dan is er altijd genoeg voor iedereen, hoeveel er ook komen.

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl 
www.stemyoga.nl

Kirtan-Mantra -Carnival, febr 9, Den Bosch

Kirtan-Mantra -Carnival saturday, February 9, 2013, 13-15.00 , Den Bosch (nice if you dress up). All ages are welcome, so feel free to bring your children, parents, uncles and aunts, or grandfather's and grandmother's life. Sign Up via an email or the contact form on the contact page of www.kirtan.nu

Again in 2013 there is a "Dancing with the Gods" in Den Bosch with Carnival. Kirtan and Mantra's singing Kirtan-style call-response form (question-and-answer) with the possibility to clap-allong, move, dance and what else comes to you. Extacy alternates with serenity. Movement alternates with silence. Afterwards the already-famous vegetarian dutch peasoup, pancakes, and chai.
A Dutch version of this message at http://kirtan.nu/dansen-met-de-goden-carnaval-2013-den-bosch/

SitaRam SitaRam
Hans(uman)
www.kirtan.nu
www.dezingendeziel.nl
www.dansenmetdegoden.nl www.stemyoga.nl