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    Circling Beyond the Square is an EP coming out of Mahesh's 2022 Folk Fellowship exploring quadrille tunes and connections between South Asia, Australia and the world. CD comes with liner notes booklet.

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This is Tamil Sri Lankan baila song (full title - Ilankai enbathu nam thaay thiru naadu) about the beauty of the island of Lanka. This was written by AE Manoharan. The tune has a long history in baila music, which is a popular genre of dance music in Sri Lanka based on káfriinha, the traditional music and dance of Portuguese Burghers, a small minority community in Sri Lanka. Portuguese Burgher káfriinha is, in fact, a syncretic quadrille with a range of cultural and musical influences and is an important part of their identity. This version of the song is inspired by a love for the island beyond the divides of politics and nationalisms and pays homage to the Portuguese Burgher community with a verse about Batticaloa where many of them are based and the addition of the Irish Washerwoman, one of the tunes which is closely related to a káfriinha tune.

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Lyrics by AE Manoharan. To come.

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from Circling Beyond the Square, released November 12, 2022
Mahesh - vocals, guitar
Dave - nylon-string guitar, electric bass, banjo
Andrew - accordion, percussion
Phillippa - viola

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