multi-lingual singing in Indonesia

While Elina was in the choir at Eden, we learned Miren que bueno by Argentine composer Pablo Sosa. It’s a short, rhythmic setting of Psalm 133 inspired by an indigenous dance. Elina had adapted it into Bahasa! Then they sang it in English (she offered the verses) and then they sang it in Spanish. I was so moved to hear villagers in Indonesia singing a song from half a world away, carried there by my student.

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