Diminished Duo, street singers from Europe on a musical tour in Kolkata

Bohemians or drifters, call them what you may, but for Jansky Tamamsky and Ayki Ayk, its the streets they call home and random people, their family.
"We call ourselves the Diminished Duo. It is too cold in Europe now, so we have come here to play music," said Jansky from Turkey, in between playing his trumpet and singing. Ayki is originally from Czechoslovakia but his family is in Marseilles now.He wowed the audience gathered in front of a Park Street shop with his jumbush, a stringed instrument that he plays with lan.
"Both of us were playing on the streets of Istanbul, when we met and decided to be together. We made money on the streets and saved some to travel all the way to India since we had heard a lot about this country," he said. "Even the common people know a lot about music here and the women are simply beautiful," added Ayki.
The two had put up in a cheap Sudder Street hotel and made just enough money playing on the streets to see them through the day. "We were chased by the cops. Some locals also objected to us playing here. I was even attacked by some goons, but well, this is what we do," said Jansky.
The two start around 10 in the morning and play till midnight, as passersby stop to listen or even break into impromptu jigs. With their family far away, Jansky and Ayki have found a friend in nine-year-old Sunny, a street kid, and even gifted him a ukulele. "My wife, Litsy, is in Marseilles. We speak almost everyday," said Ayki. Whenever possible, the duo sends some money home.
The Diminished Duo plays hot jazz from the 20s and New Orleans music and apparently share a love-hate relationship. "We cant stay in one place for long and will be leaving soon. But we would love to come back next year. We met some wandering singers you call bauls and went to Bolpur to sing with them. It was amazing," admitted Jansky.
With that,they started playing again. Soon, they will vanish into the streets of a different city, this time, Puri, where the duo was headed.