9 that after threats he will be releasing one Carnatic "song every month on Jesus or Allah." This is not the time to get defensive," Krishna said. You should either say you are doing it for money, which is a professional reason, or you truly believe that Carnatic music is not only for Hindus. "This is the time for musicians to take a firm stand. He said those who support Hindu upper-caste dominance in Carnatic music denounce the idea of having devotional music developed for any other religion in Carnatic style. People who support Brahmanical hegemony in music "think Carnatic singers are one of them and feel betrayed that they are not acting as per their bigoted beliefs," Krishna told The News Minute, a web news portal. Krishna, who won the 2016 Magsaysay Award for music. "Carnatic music is highly entrenched in the Brahmanical Hindu system and they have actively encouraged this controversy," said Carnatic singer and critic T.M. The other major classical form in India is Hindustani, which is popular in the north. He told media that he decided not to perform "because I couldn't deal with the pressure."Ī fringe Hindu group also threatened Arun and other Carnatic singers who perform Christian songs with violence and a boycott of their concerts.īuckling under pressure, another singer, Nithyasree Mahadevan, said in a social media post that she "… will no longer sing Christian songs or collaborate with Christian musicians."Ĭarnatic music was developed by upper-caste Tamil Brahmins of Hindu tradition. He later tweeted that he was canceling his performance. Arun's announcement of his appearance triggered a social media backlash in which he was called a "traitor" and a "Vatican stooge" along with a call to boycott his concerts.
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