Thursday 16th February - Ahichhatragarh Fort, Nagaur
Sonam Kalra
Sufi Project
The plaintive strains of the sarangi blend effortlessly with the beats of the tabla as a vocalist sings a verse from Kabir's famous song moko kahan dhoonde re bande. It's a song about a yearning, the search for the Almighty, being sung in the true Sufi tradition.
The plaintive strains of the sarangi blend effortlessly with the beats of the tabla as a vocalist sings a verse from Kabir's famous song moko kahan dhoonde re bande. It's a song about a yearning, the search for the Almighty, being sung in the true Sufi tradition.
The tune moves into the interlude, wherein lies a twist-the sarangi, now being strummed like a violin, plays out accompanying intonations, alongside a flute and the same tabla beats. There is an imperceptible shift in melody, one that you wouldn't notice till the vocalist sings again, this time the popular gospel hymn.
“In my Soul,
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church where I kneel.
Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist. ”
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church where I kneel.
Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist. ”
“In my Soul,
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church that dissolves,
that dissolves, in God.”
there is a temple, a shrine, a mosque, a church that dissolves,
that dissolves, in God.”
- Rabia Basri, Sufi mystic
