Ahead of the celebration of 73rd Republic Day, the Defence Ministry has determined to drop the Christian hymn ‘Abide by Me’ to be performed on the Beating Retreat Ceremony on January 29. The official record of 26 tunes made public by the army band doesn’t embrace hymn by Scottish poet Henry Francis Lyte ‘Abide by Me’, the tune of Eventide by William Henry Monk.
Christian hymn ‘Abide by me’ dropped from record of tunes in Beating the Retreat ceremony.#BeatingRetreat#RepublicDay https://t.co/uDnQ82ApTx
— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) January 22, 2022
According to the studies, the hymn had been performed yearly in the course of the Beating Retreat Ceremony since 1950 however was dropped within the yr 2020. However, it was reinstated within the yr 2021 after its exclusion created an enormous outcry. The hymn can also be mentioned to be MK Gandhi’s favorite and was once performed on the ceremony on January 29, additionally the eve of Gandhi’s demise anniversary.
In the yr 2020, in an emphasis so as to add extra Indian tunes to the ceremony, the Indian Defence Ministry had dropped ‘Abide by Me’ and changed it with ‘Vande Mataram’. “Both ‘Abide by me’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ songs were favourites of MK Gandhi. However, ‘Vande Mataram’ has only been added to the ceremony tunes this year”, the official had mentioned again then.
The Beating Retreat ceremony marks the formal end result of week-long Republic Day celebrations. The grand ceremony that’s held at Raisina Hills sees performances by bands of three wings of the armed forces- Army, Navy and Air Force.
This yr the ceremony at Vijay Chowk might be graced by the participation of 44 Buglers, 16 Trumpeters and 75 drummers. It is reported that the Central Armed Police Forces bands will play three tunes, adopted by 4 tunes by the Air Force Band. The Air Force Band will even embrace a particular Ladakoo tune, by Flight Lt L S Rupachandra after which the Navy Band will play 4 tunes.
