Nine Lives: Sacred Music from South India
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAcclaimed writer and historian William Dalrymple reads from his newest book, Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, alongside performances by mystic minstrels from Bengal and a quartet of fakir singers who often perform at a major Sufi shrine in Pakistan.
Performers:
Paban Das Baul is a multitalented musician who has collaborated with several artists in different genres. He plays several different instruments, such as the dubki, the khamak, the dotara, and various other percussion instruments. His style is broad with hints of Tantric, Vaishnava, Sufi, and Buddhist elements. He is also the creator of Antar Jantar, a cooperative society of artisians who specialise in making folk musical instruments. He often travels between Bengal and France.
The Shah Jo Raag fakirs live in a Sufi brotherhood and represent a unique and unusual Sufi tradition in South Asia. They are known to sing in Sindhi and from verses of Shah Abdul Latif, a famous Sufi mystic.
Related events:
William Dalrymple/Nine Lives in New York City, 6/18-19
William Dalrymple/Nine Lives in San Francisco, 6/23
Watch the Nine Lives slideshow
Performers:
Paban Das Baul is a multitalented musician who has collaborated with several artists in different genres. He plays several different instruments, such as the dubki, the khamak, the dotara, and various other percussion instruments. His style is broad with hints of Tantric, Vaishnava, Sufi, and Buddhist elements. He is also the creator of Antar Jantar, a cooperative society of artisians who specialise in making folk musical instruments. He often travels between Bengal and France.
The Shah Jo Raag fakirs live in a Sufi brotherhood and represent a unique and unusual Sufi tradition in South Asia. They are known to sing in Sindhi and from verses of Shah Abdul Latif, a famous Sufi mystic.
Related events:
William Dalrymple/Nine Lives in New York City, 6/18-19
William Dalrymple/Nine Lives in San Francisco, 6/23
Watch the Nine Lives slideshow
Event Details
Wed 16 Jun 2010
Freer Gallery of Art, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW Washington, DC
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