Asana Kiri

This gong is quite a leap for the Paiste Gong Makers to create and we applaud them for their boldness. Nibiru was the celestial body or region sometimes associated with the Babylonian god Marduk.

 

At this juncture in time, Nibiru is purely a hypothetical, conjectured planet, some ufologists and alien conspiracy buffs call it Planet X, a brown dwarf waiting to be discovered by our telescopes, or knowledge of its orbit being hidden by the government.

 

The planet Nibiru was proposed by a scholar named Zecharia Sitchin. He posited, after translating many ancient Sumerian texts, that Earth was visited by an advanced race back then, the Annunaki, in search of gold and valuable metals.

Some astrologers believe it exists and portends nasty things on our planet in 2012, coinciding with Mayan cycles; other astrologers doubt its veracity.

Astronomers, the scientists who spend a lot of time looking for new planets, stars and galaxies, are adamant the Nibiru, Planet X situation is just a hoax.

The Malletheads, leave it to you decide. However, what would be more fun than hitting a gong that tunes you with a fictional planet? That's like being able to enter the wardrobe in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe!