Here are eight other performances that stood out. Next to him, an admiring pupil is sitting at his feet. According to Waddell, the Elders Sanskrit name is Guhah which could be connected with Sanskrit guhya secret, concealed. And Cheikh Lo from Senegal, who crooned smoothly while propelling his band with complex, skittering African funk drumbeats. Above, the Buddhist Elder Gopaka, Tibetan sBed-byed, 'The Concealer', is shown seated in the royal-ease posture, holding a book. Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas, who hooted and clattered through bayou rockers and two-steps. The lineup included well-known performers: Yungchen Lhamo, a Tibetan singer whose meditative songs and Buddhist sentiments were Globalfest’s brief moment of serenity on a boisterous night. Some were expatriates, mingling sounds from their birthplaces with influences from their newer homes others sought to thrust a local heritage into a 21st-century context. With 12 acts in five hours on the three stages of the Copacabana in Manhattan, this year’s event brought musicians from Korea, Brazil, Turkey, Hungary, Algeria, Senegal and the Louisiana bayou, and elsewhere. Tibetan Incantations is a must have album for anyone who is serious about meditation and Buddhism. This year’s Globalfest, the 17th, was the most manic and clamorous of them all, a lineup of musicians demanding attention with speed, rhythm, passion, humor, costumes, dance moves and the determination to hold on to particular cultural heritages in a connected world. Concentrate and feel yourself drift off into the ancient lands of the Tibetan Buddhist with soft tones and what seems like an endless chant of some of the best words ever written in Sanskrit. A shrinking world, a growing potential audience, an ever-shifting definition of authenticity and the insatiable curiosity of musicians: Globalfest, the annual New York showcase for world music, flaunts all those frictions.
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