A song for the newborn in the Indian whistling village

Many of you may have heard me tell the story of ‘the song of the child’. A singing tradition amongst the Himba people. Here is another beautiful musical practise from India. Every time a baby is born in Khongthong village, (a place nicknamed the whistling village) a tune or sort of melodic whistling is composed by the mother and given to the child – a unique sound that will be carried for the rest of their life.