{"id":106526,"date":"2022-12-28T18:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=106526"},"modified":"2022-12-28T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:14:44","slug":"burgher-bugger-baila-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/burgher-bugger-baila-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"“BURGHER BUGGER-BAILA” \u2013 by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"

“BURGHER BUGGER-BAILA” \u2013 by Des Kelly<\/span><\/h2>\n

A great ‘Baila-Story’ that does bring back some precious memories to this writer, who migrated to Melbourne in 1962, continued with my rudely interrupted Showbiz career, by attending some early dances in Melbourne, where the organisers PAID me almost as much as the rest of the band combined, to do a session of about 40 minutes of Baila Classics,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

because I was the only ‘known’ BaIla-Singer around, In the City of\u00a0 Melbourne, of that era.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Desmond-Kelly\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0Desmond Kelly (Mr.Music)<\/span>
\n(Editor-in-Chief)\u00a0 \u00a0e’Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\u2018Chorus baila is \u2018Made in Sri Lanka\u2019 music, like Ceylon Tea\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"elanka\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Themorning<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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    \n
  • University of Cambridge Lecturer in History Prof. Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya on the\u00a0<\/strong>uniqueness of the different concepts of baila<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    No matter where you are in the world, no Sri Lankan party is complete without<\/span><\/p>\n

    that infectious dance beat that we all know as baila. It is an undisputed fact that<\/span><\/p>\n

    Sri Lankans love their baila.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Baila has Afro-Portuguese origins, and over centuries has become unique to Sri<\/span><\/p>\n

    Lanka, from its beginnings as folk art music and subsequently blending into mainstream music in the 1950s and 1960s up to now, changing with the times<\/span><\/p>\n

    along the way. From the era of Wally Bastiansz and the indomitable Sunil Perera of<\/span><\/p>\n

    the Gypsies to the crowd-pulling Bathiya & Santhush, baila has progressively<\/span><\/p>\n

    endeared itself across generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

    On Kaleidoscope this week, we delve into the roots and history of baila with<\/span><\/p>\n

    University of Cambridge Faculty of History Lecturer Prof. Shihan De Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jayasuriya, who was visiting Sri Lanka recently. She has not just written about but<\/span><\/p>\n

    also researched deeply into the roots of this phenomenon that has gripped Sri<\/span><\/p>\n

    Lanka for decades and discussed the rhythmic, lyrical, and auditory wonder that is<\/span><\/p>\n

    baila.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Jayasuriya is the Chair of the International Council on Monuments and Sites<\/span><\/p>\n

    (ICOMOS) National Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage Sri Lanka, Senior<\/span><\/p>\n

    Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced<\/span><\/p>\n

    Study at the University of London, Visiting Fellow at the Lucy Cavendish College of<\/span><\/p>\n

    the University of Cambridge and the International Institute of Social History (IISG),<\/span><\/p>\n

    Amsterdam, Visiting Professor at the College of International Relations at<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ritsumeikan University \u2013 Kyoto, Collaborative Lecturer at the University of Hawaii,<\/span><\/p>\n

    and Collaborative Researcher at the University of Colombo. She has authored<\/span><\/p>\n

    numerous books on history, ethnomusicology, literature, and linguistics.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Following are excerpts.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Why has baila become so central to our culture?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Baila is our common Sri Lankan identity \u2013 it gives us all a unique \u201cSri Lankanness\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

    People seem to think the word \u201cbaila\u201d \u2013 because it is Portuguese (in origin) \u2013 is<\/span><\/p>\n

    something foreign, but what we call \u201cbaila\u201d today is chorus baila, and its<\/span><\/p>\n

    composer was Ollington Mervin Bastiansz. All this emerged after Independence in<\/span><\/p>\n

    1948.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bastiansz was the supreme Kapiri\u00f1a artiste and also the best \u201cwaada\u201d baila (i.e.<\/span><\/p>\n

    debate baila) artiste. Combining these traditions together with his background as<\/span><\/p>\n

    a policeman playing in the Police Band and being exposed to Western music as he<\/span><\/p>\n

    had a Sinhalese mother and a Dutch-Portuguese father, hailing from Galle,<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bastiansz mixed and matched and composed his own unique style of music.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The reason he held the pulse of the people was that just after Independence, the<\/span><\/p>\n

    nation wanted a change. They didn\u2019t want to carry on in the colonial way. He<\/span><\/p>\n

    composed this baila at a very important time in our history.Are there African roots to baila?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Most definitely. The Portuguese introduced a new element to our music: Harmony<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u2013 playing several notes that work well together. The African roots come through<\/span><\/p>\n

    syncopation, and Kapiri\u00f1a illustrates cross-rhythms, with the left hand playing in<\/span><\/p>\n

    3\/4 timing, which is three crotchet notes to a bar, while the right hand plays to the<\/span><\/p>\n

    6\/8 beat \u2013 six quaver notes to a bar. This is what drives the music \u2013 the<\/span><\/p>\n

    syncopations. It lights up the music and it makes everyone want to dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What influences has baila had over the years?<\/span><\/p>\n

    The baila referred to today is chorus baila. But \u201cwaada\u201d baila became very popular<\/span><\/p>\n

    and survives in places like Moratuwa. It\u2019s basically challenge-singing, impromptu<\/span><\/p>\n

    baila where the words are composed to the music at that moment of challenging<\/span><\/p>\n

    your opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Sumathipala Perera was one of the foremost \u201cwaada\u201d baila singers in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

    When I interviewed him for my research, he told me he had challenged Wally in a<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cwaada\u201d baila competition. And he remembered Wally\u2019s retort: \u201cAagama<\/span><\/p>\n

    Christian, samaagama Wesleyan, mama Wally Bastian, all-Ceylon baila champion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    It\u2019s a matter of wit as well; impromptu composition is also called \u201chitivana baila\u201d,<\/span><\/p>\n

    but Sri Lankans know it by various names.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Are there any lesser-known facts about baila?<\/span><\/p>\n

    The most important fact to understand is that chorus baila is \u201cMade in Sri Lanka\u201d,<\/span><\/p>\n

    like Ceylon Tea. It\u2019s not something foreign. It\u2019s not Portuguese either; (although)<\/span><\/p>\n

    the word \u201cbaila\u201d is Portuguese, it has Latin roots \u2013 \u201cbailar\u201d means \u201cto dance\u201d. The<\/span><\/p>\n

    other fact is that baila is a narrative poem set to music to which you can dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Baila has various contexts \u2013 storytelling, educational, and even comical. If you<\/span><\/p>\n

    listen to Wally\u2019s songs like Mathakai Amme, he was also educating the nation. Kusi<\/span><\/p>\n

    Amma Sara would be a comical song.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Wally sang in five languages \u2013 Sri Lankan Malay, Sri Lankan Portuguese, English,<\/span><\/p>\n

    Tamil, and Sinhala \u2013 so that Sri Lankans could understand what he was singing about. After Independence, his songs began to speak to everybody, and by singing<\/span><\/p>\n

    in these five languages, he felt he was not excluding anybody.<\/span><\/p>\n

    There\u2019s a myth that baila is Sinhalese, but that is not so either. Sunil Perera sang a<\/span><\/p>\n

    baila called Buongiorno, Senore, a bilingual baila in Sinhala and Italian. I remember<\/span><\/p>\n

    requesting him that with his popularity and following, if he could promote baila in<\/span><\/p>\n

    an international language \u2013 not Portuguese or English, because nobody wants to<\/span><\/p>\n

    be reminded of the colonial era, but perhaps Spanish \u2013 baila could be promoted<\/span><\/p>\n

    internationally. Baila is so catchy because the Africanised rhythm makes people<\/span><\/p>\n

    want to dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Do you think the younger generation will embrace baila the way older<\/span><\/p>\n

    generations have?<\/span><\/p>\n

    For anything to survive, it has to change. Listen to Bathiya & Santush\u2019s Baila<\/span><\/p>\n

    Gamuda Remix Karala \u2013 a big change from the likes of Nona, Mage Nurse Nona<\/span><\/p>\n

    and Mathakai Amme. I strongly believe the younger generation will continue the<\/span><\/p>\n

    tradition. We may even see the birth of \u201crap-baila\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Sri Lankans are the subject of envy for the people of Goa. The Goan Catholics have<\/span><\/p>\n

    three types of music which are legacies of their Portuguese rule, but these are<\/span><\/p>\n

    relegated to festivals now. Our baila is a living tradition. It brings us all together<\/span><\/p>\n

    and I love to watch all ethnic groups unite on a single dance floor, showing the<\/span><\/p>\n

    world that we are all one, we are all Sri Lankan!<\/span><\/p>\n

    (Savithri Rodrigo is the host, director, and co-producer of the weekly digital<\/span><\/p>\n

    programme \u2018Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo,\u2019 which can be viewed on<\/span><\/p>\n

    YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. She has over three decades of<\/span><\/p>\n

    experience in print, electronic, and social media.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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