I have memories of these alluring tunes, from …

Comment posted on Qambel Maran- Syriac chants from South India- a review and liturgical music tradition of Syriac Christians revisited by Dr.A.J.Thomas

I have memories of these alluring tunes, from the time before the indigeniztion following the II Vatican Council, in the early 60s.My mother used to sing them to me, apart from what I listened to during the daily liturgical services I atended as a child, as we near a Church. Now, after nearly half a century, I am gladdened to hear them again. When the Asianet Channel was set up in 1992, i had suggested to the pioneering people behind it to do something to preserve these songs by making a database and recordings using the servies of senior priests and nuns as well as surviving old kapyars of churches in the Palai diocese. As I moved out of Kerala soon enough, I couldn’t follow it up. Now I am in Libya, living in Ajdabiya near Benghazi. Could you guide me as to how to get aCD?

regards.

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