Parsi songs of yore

The sixth music album of Parsi songs by Jamshed Kotwal was jointly released by Yazdi Karanjia, well known Parsi Gujarati theater person of Surat, Ervad (Dr) Parvez Bajan, panthaky of Byculla’s Mevawala Agiary and Anahita Desai, chief executive officer of World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis on September 20, 2016 at the J. J. School, notes a write-up received by Parsiana. The CD, titled Papri Papeta na Lagan (Marriage of the broad bean and the potato), is a collection of "fun songs” and some of them were sung by Kotwal along with Viraf Daruwala and Zarin Bahmani on the occasion.

Bajan commended Kotwal’s attempt to revive the tradition of Parsi songs. Monajats and garbas used to be sung and even the Shahnameh was recited by the Parsis of yore, he said, adding that Zoroastrian prayers are to be sung and chanted aloud so that they create vibrations and form a circuit around the person who is praying.
Kotwal thanked the trustees of the Sir Jamsetji Jejeebhoy Parsee Benevolent Institution for permitting the use of its premises free of charge and Dinshaw Tamboly, managing trustee of the World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust for his support without which the project would not have been possible. The function ended with snacks catered by Kersi Gazder of Grub Corner, the write-up concludes.