Rekha Bhardwaj | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Rich, smokey sun Loban (Fragrant resin) Exiting the Sufi pilgrimage of Delhi, keeping the memories of Bharadwaz is also fresh. Today is color It comes in his head.

Fighting a viral infection to find his specialty timbre before its performance at the upcoming Sufi Heritage Festival at the beautiful nursery at the end of this week, the singer says that during growing in Delhi, it was a common thing to bend before the Sufi pilgrimage site, even though it was never entered. “listening to Garm Hava Qawwaali, Maula Salim Chithi Still weeps me, and the memories of listening to Shankar-Shambu and Habib painter on Dordershan fill me with surprise. ,

However, it was “silence and” Campaign relaxation (Internal cool) “Out of the hours spent in Mata Sundari Gurdwara with a childhood friend after classrooms at a nearby government school, which prepared him for a trip to Sufi. “When I look back, I think Letter (Vessel) was ready, but entered together Ishqa Ishqa, Years later. , A Course on the Sufi Darwish threshold in Osho Commune opened it for consideration Zikar And introduced him to Rumi and Hafiz.

Rekha Bhardwaj | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

“Sufi thought that you are ready to walk on the path where you join from within. You start working on your negative feelings and celebrate your goodness. Gradually, you realize how the ego manipulates you and comes out in the way of blaming others. When I learned to take responsibility for my tasks, it made me feel light. “It is also reflected in his work. “I can’t fake a feeling and only can sing only the one who echoes with me.”

A Schoolgirl (Disciple) Hazrat Inat Khan, Rekha again saw parts of the album, which made him a domestic name and presented his version to Khusru’s other popular composition version Ayi sakhi drani drani ghar aye, Which became an anger in the voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Rekha, who has impused it with raga Saraswati and Durga, says that a woman’s cow is different, even if the idea of ​​the soul is gender -free in Sufi idiom.

Like Rekha, Yasmin Kidwai, director of the festival, enlarged the inclusive ethos of Phulwalon’s sire and recall how the whole city comes to celebrate the spring in the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. She says that the annual festival tries to fill the cultural void in Delhi due to epidemic. “Apart from being a political capital, Delhi needs to be the country’s cultural subscription and, I think the homogeneous culture and language of the city is best reflected in the ethos of Sufism.”

Describing the festival as a salute for the global appeal of local traditions as well as the global appeal of Sufism, Yasmin says that the programming captures the expansion and freedom of the expression contained in the Sufi idea. “Kabir Cafe brings into the devotional aspect of shared heritage which celebrates the unity of the Almighty. Women are a curated performance by Priya Malik on Sufi saints and women place in Sufi places at a special place. The art establishments cured by Dhomomal Art Gallery and modern interpretations such as Caricature and Amir Khusru’s toy chief in calligraphy, and, of course, the culinary tradition of Nizamuddin Basti. ,

Dhruv Sangari | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Famous singer and Sufi scholar Dhruv Sangari says that people do suitable Sufi tradition, but do not do many things to preserve it. “The festival of reviving Sufi heritage resonates with me. When people think of reviving history, they mostly think of architecture. They do not look at living heritage, including music. ,

Talking about Qawwali’s global appeal, Sangari says it is seen as Jazz of the East by Western music scientists. “Like Jazz, qawwali allows improvement and moves rules where the complex arrangement seems to be misleading. “Its attractive rhythmic form combined with clapping has been engineered to attack a raga with the soul.” There is no disadvantage in going for the popular, but Sangari insisted that “the popular should choose from within the tradition.” Since spring is still in the air, he promises to recite the raga Bahar at Khusarovi Khayal and test the taste of Delhi with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and a Mankabat’s one-discounted compositions.

Nizami Bandhu Qawwals | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Chand Nizami of the famous Nizami Bandu, who has kept the traditional qawwali alive for 19 generations, also sees the festival as an opportunity to maintain the sanctity of Sufiana Kalam. “Is Qawwali attractive yet challenging that there is no restraint of ragas in qawwali. We can go from Malakoun to Darbari to Bhihimpi …. Music is prayer in this country, and our work is like a bouquet where you will get Khusru Kalam Also Meera’s Hymn“He inspires us to explain her Chhap Tilak Sub Chisel Moss Naina Milake Where his nephew has added a verse to a film song. “I don’t like it, but if we have intelligent in the audience, then we have to hand over to the youth who come in prayer looking for their beloved eyes.”

After working for the Nizamuddin region’s redevelopment and protection in his ability as a municipal councilor, Yasmin says that he is not a caretaker of purity, but is not alert to fall for Sufi heritage’s “Bollywoodization and Gift-Rapping”. “More than an evening of music and dance, this is an experience, and I hope that the message of the festival resonates longer than a night clap.”

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