A Christmas Carol service in Sri Lanka has gained notoriety after accidentally printing the lyrics of rapper Tupac’s Hail Mary instead of the traditional words to the Catholic prayer. Sometimes called Ave Maria (the Latin translation), the original verse asks Mary, Mother of God to pray for “us sinners”. The Tupac version talks about battling violence and negativity in explicit language. The inside of the booklet
Andrew Choksy was at the concert on Dec 11 at the Nelum Pokuna concert hall in Colombo. The 30-year-old told i: “It truly was quite something reading Tupac’s version of Hail Mary in the book. A lot of people around us were in shock as to whether it was a joke or someone would actually rap the song! A few of the older ladies in front of us could not stop looking at the printed booklet. The people that realised were shocked at first but then took it in good humour around me.
“I do believe the group that were supposed to sing did a rendition of the actual Hail Mary hymn. It was true copy/paste error from whoever was in charge of the event booklet . No explanation was given at all. They didn’t acknowledge it at the venue. “To be honest I wouldn’t have believed it either if someone told me. People on day didn’t believe it either… With the book staring them in the face!”
Andrew Choksy was at the concert on Dec 11 at the Nelum Pokuna concert hall in Colombo. The 30-year-old told i: “It truly was quite something reading Tupac’s version of Hail Mary in the book. A lot of people around us were in shock as to whether it was a joke or someone would actually rap the song! A few of the older ladies in front of us could not stop looking at the printed booklet. The people that realised were shocked at first but then took it in good humour around me.
“I do believe the group that were supposed to sing did a rendition of the actual Hail Mary hymn. It was true copy/paste error from whoever was in charge of the event booklet . No explanation was given at all. They didn’t acknowledge it at the venue. “To be honest I wouldn’t have believed it either if someone told me. People on day didn’t believe it either… With the book staring them in the face!”
