In this introductory course, you will learn how to properly hold and handle the karatals. You will also learn how to play the most common beats (tin-taal, lofa-taal and double beat) along with simple ornamentations in order to better serve the Harinama-sankirtana-yajna.
You will learn:
Requirements
Own pair of karatals; physical course attendance; WhatsApp; eagerness to learn
Details
About facilitator
Sandesh Mataji (Sabina Seeger) has been serving at ISKCON Zürich since 2001 whenever she was in Switzerland (making flower garlands and kirtan; serving Harinama-sankirtana in the streets). Besides that, she was living in Vraja-dhama (Vrindavan and Radhakund) from 2008-2020 (on and off), serving at the ladies-kirtan at Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi and singing for departing Vaishnavas at the Bhaktivedanta Hospice. She had previously taught karatal-lessons at several VIHE-retreats in Vrindavan/at Goverdhana.
2001: Joined ISKCON at the age of 19
2003: First pilgrimage to India
2006: BA in Religious Studies (University of Fribourg)
2007: Bhakti Shastri in Mayapur
2009: MA in Religious Studies (University of Fribourg)
2017: Founding SripadKosh Publications (publishing Aindra Prabhu’s spoken vani in the form of books)
2018: Inauguration of monthly Mantra-singing at the World Music Store Gandharva-loka in Zürich Niederdorf