![]() ![]() ![]() Krishna’s consort, Radha, is also said to be constantly under the spell of his bansuri, and in many folk songs, as well as thumris (a light classical songs) on this subject, she regards the bansuri as her chief rival in vying for Krishna’s affections. Lord Krishna is said to have played it with such expertise that the gopis or milkmaids of the forest of Vrindavan, where he lived, mesmerised by its sound, would leave their beds – and husbands – in the dead of night, to follow the strains of Krishna’s flute through the forest. Ancient Indian folklore tells of how the bamboo seemed to ‘sing’ by itself, after insects bore holes into the wood, and the wind blowing through the holes created melodies, as though by magic.Įssentially a folk instrument, the bansuri is deeply entrenched in the pastoral tradition of the cowherds of North India, most importantly as the instrument of Lord Krishna, always depicted playing the side-blown flute, also known as the murli. ![]() Its name originates from the Sanskrit for wood, bans and the word for musical note(s), sur and is a generic term for any flute made of wood, although some are now also made of metal. The bansuri or bamboo flute is an ancient wind instrument made of a single hollow shaft of bamboo with six or seven finger holes. ![]()
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