Folk musician plays Sidhu Moose Wala’s ‘295’ on Chandigarh roadside. Watch

The elderly musician played Moose Wala’s hit song on a ravanahatha, an ancient bowed, string instrument.

Sakoon Singh, an author, shared a video of an elderly folk musician paying tribute to Sidhu Moose Wala by playing the tune of the song 295.

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Punjabi singer and rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was murdered in May last year but left behind a legacy with his songs such as ‘So High’, ‘Dollar’, ‘Jatt Da Muqabala’, and ‘The Last Ride’. His song 295 which was released in 2021 talks about controversies and how detractors use his name to claim fame and slap him with cases under Section 295.

Many people often pay tributes to Moose Wala by singing the song 295 as it resonates with what he stood for. Sakoon Singh, an author, shared a video of an elderly folk musician paying tribute to Moose Wala by playing the tune of the song 295 on a ravanahatha, an ancient bowed, stringed instrument.

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Clad in a white kurta pyjama, the elderly man is seen playing the ancient instrument to Moose Wala’s song on the roadside at Chandigarh’s Sector 17 in the evening. “Sector 17, Chandigarh. Can you guess the tune?” Sakoon Singh wrote as the caption.

Watch the video below:

Sector 17, Chandigarh. Can you guess the tune? pic.twitter.com/yyFyFrTK1L

— Sakoon Singh (@SakoonSingh) March 26, 2023

Posted on March 26, the video has amassed more than 53,000 views.

“This goes hard,” commented a user. “We spend so much money here and there, little we can appreciate and help them with money,” posted another. “Sad to see these artists begging on streets,” wrote a third. “Ravanhatha is one of my favourite musical instrument it reminds me of childhood days But as I grow up it makes me sad to see that people play that instrument for survival…have to go through extreme hardship and poverty and I can’t do anything for him or her,” expressed another netizen.

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