It is a tabla player joke. The syllables they sing each represent a different hit – teaching tablas is an aural tradition – and these phrases sound somewhat similar!
That’s great – I just know I’m going to start laughing next time I hear their drum duet! Of course, the duet can’t help but make you smile anyway – their energy is contagious!
lol!!!! tell me you’re not serious…and there I was, thinking it was some highly cultural, tribal custom, the singing with the percussion…
And then just imagine the transition between the two phrases, if Ron removed the word “tuna”.
Gotta get a dog for dindin…
The ASPCA would be all over him!
It is a tabla player joke. The syllables they sing each represent a different hit – teaching tablas is an aural tradition – and these phrases sound somewhat similar!
That’s great – I just know I’m going to start laughing next time I hear their drum duet! Of course, the duet can’t help but make you smile anyway – their energy is contagious!
Thanks for the translation! LOL!
If you check out the 2003 Drum Detour in the Listening Lounge, you can hear Ron’s mantra at the end. Nice to know what you’re hearing.