[Reader-list] Seeking the Beloved: Festival of Sindhi Sufi Poetry in Bangalore

[Chintan Girish Modi]

From
http://www.kabirproject.org/events/seeking%20the%20beloved%20a%20festival%20of%20sindhi%20sufi%20poetry

This two day festival seeks to bring alive for Bangalore audiences the rich
and vibrant Sindhi Sufi tradition around the poetic and musical legacy of
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, the deeply-loved and renowned 17th century poet.

The events would comprise an evening concert at NCBS amphitheatre on Nov
20th evening followed by a half day main festival in the centre of town on
Nov 21st from 4 pm till 10 pm, consisting of two music concerts by folk
singers from Kutch – Mooralala Marwada & troupe and Mitha Khan Jath
&troupe. The music sessions would be interspersed with evocative story
tellings of the seven folk love legends of the Indo-Pak Sindh region which
appear in poetry, uncovering some of the spiritual metaphors and ideas of
Shah Latif. There would be poetry reading sessions by Anju Makhija, a
Mumbai-based poet who has translated Shah Latif’s poems into English.

This is a partnership between the Kabir Project at Srishti, the Sindhi
Culture Foundation and the National Centre for Biological
Sciences, Bangalore.

For more details, check
http://www.kabirproject.org/events/seeking%20the%20beloved%20a%20festival%20of%20sindhi%20sufi%20poetry