Info on Freddies Indian Roots

SusieJ 30 January 2004 11:15 · Member since April 2003

Hi, does anyone know anything about Freddie's Indian roots. I know that he spent a part of his life in India (boarding school), and I know that his birth certificate states him as being as "Indian" in the nationality category.

I am curious as to know if Freddie could speak any of the Indian languages, or celebrated any Indian festivals etc? How "Indian" was he off the stage? Does anyone have any information on this??? I would love to know...

thanks.

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SusieJ 30 January 2004 11:35 · Member since April 2003

come on... someone's gotta know something!!!

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wstüssyb 30 January 2004 11:37 · Member since August 2001

give it a day, that how long most topics need before being filled.

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Penetration_Guru 30 January 2004 11:52 · Member since July 2001

WUM

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SusieJ 30 January 2004 11:59 · Member since April 2003

yes... i've seen it online. here it is:

http://www.mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg

and it states that his nationality was "indian".

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SusieJ 30 January 2004 14:23 · Member since April 2003

come on... someone's gotta know something! :)

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Brandon 30 January 2004 14:40 · Member since July 2001

Hmm... A bit impatient, aren't we?

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FriedChicken 31 January 2004 10:33 · Member since July 2001

Freddie turned his back on his roots, India, Zanzibar and the traditional religion

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FM 01 February 2004 08:50 · Member since July 2001

I do believe Freddie spoke his Indian language--I'm not sure of the spelling of it though. It was written about in the Defintive Biography, and also in Mercury, the Afterlife and Times of a Rock God, Freddie as Farouck does indeed speak his own language. His family followed the Zoroastrian (sp.?) religion, but as an adult, Freddie did not adhere to his religion.

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MenthylatedGin 01 February 2004 11:57 · Member since December 2003

I believe Freddie spoke Farsi...and his mother was Indian, but his father was american...and they lived in Zanzibar for a bit and moved to England. I think as a family, they didn't pressure Freddie to be Zoritsian how however you spell it...Well, to answer your question, he wasn't very Indian, except for his race.

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Sonja 01 February 2004 12:29 · Member since September 2003

I don't know if he spoke Farsi, all I know is that his parents were Zoroastrians, Parsis who emigrated to India. If you want to read something about Zoroastrian, here's a link

http://www.zoroaster.net/indexe.htm

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FM 01 February 2004 14:28 · Member since July 2001

No, the father was definitly Indian as well--Bomi Bulsari, born in India. The family moved to Zanzibar, but Freddie was educated in an English boarding school (St. Peter's) in Panchgani, India from the age of 8 to 16 when the family then moved to England.

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Sonja 01 February 2004 14:30 · Member since September 2003

Yes, you're right, sorry about that.
So if he was educated English from the age of 8 he must have kept a bit of the Indian laguage that he probably spoke before he went to school...

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Rich Tea 01 February 2004 16:06 · Member since October 2003

I think a big clue is in the phrasing of the Mustapha lyrics!

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SallyJ. 01 February 2004 16:11 · Member since January 2003

oh no....not that again!

*deja vu*

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