Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, better known by her stage name M.I.A., has reiterated in several interviews that the making and release of her newest album, Matangi, was a long and contentious process, emerging among the fallout of custody battles with the father of her child and the NFL. Theoretically, though it is the second album bearing her own name, M.I.A. contends that the title is an ode to the Hindu Matangi- a tantric incarnation of the goddess Maa Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, speech, the arts, and music.
As she is not a mainstream deity, she is worshiped in unconventional ways- after eating as opposed to before, and with food that has already been tasted. Perhaps this album is M.I.A.’s unconventional form of worship, as it is certainly laden with references to Hinduism. It is peppered with brief clips of rich harmonium and...
As she is not a mainstream deity, she is worshiped in unconventional ways- after eating as opposed to before, and with food that has already been tasted. Perhaps this album is M.I.A.’s unconventional form of worship, as it is certainly laden with references to Hinduism. It is peppered with brief clips of rich harmonium and...
- 11/6/2013
- by Maggie McBride
- Obsessed with Film
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