Kishen Bholasing
Kishen Bholasing was a Surinamese-Dutch singer and percussionist.Biography
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 performed in the Netherlands and Suriname, during events such as Holi and sporting events of the Surinamese Wrestling Federation.
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.Death
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.
He had a wife and two children.
