{"id":2501,"date":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:02:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:02:58","slug":"kishen-bholasing-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2501","title":{"rendered":"Kishen Bholasing, singer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kishen Bholasing–a Surinamese-Dutch singer and percussionist – died on 12 April 2020 after Covid-19 infection.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Bholasing has been called one of the best interpreters of the Baithak Gana of his era. Bholasing played the Dholak and was lead singer in the formation Kishen & Friends. He has performed in the Netherlands and Suriname, during events such as Holi and sporting events of the Surinamese Wrestling Federation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Several of Bholasing's family members were also known for making baithakgana music, including his father, Angad Bholasing, his mother, Rosie Bholasing-Jiboth, as well as his aunt, Motimala Bholasing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Around 24 March 2020, it was announced that Bholasing was infected with COVID-19. On 12 April, he died in the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam the Netherlands due to the consequences of the disease, aged 35.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He had a wife and two children.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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Kishen Bholasing–a Surinamese-Dutch singer and percussionist – died on 12 April 2020 after Covid-19 infection.   Bholasing has been called one of the best interpreters of the Baithak Gana of his era. Bholasing played the Dholak and was lead singer in the formation Kishen & Friends. 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