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| February 27, 2010 | New Delhi hosts Sufi music festival | |
New Delhi:Rabbi Shergill, a singer from Punjab, performed at Jahan-e-Khusrau - Sufi music festival held against the backdrop of Arab Ki Sarai, Humayun's Tomb complex in the national capital. The festival is an invaluable addition to the city's cultural calendar, and commemorates
the death of famous Sufi poet Amir Khusrau. Shergill performed along with Masaka
Ono from Japan, Sanam Maryi from Pakistan, and Samandar Khan and Group from Rajasthan
on Friday. "Sufism can't be closed in a box, it is a course of life. It has achieved
many milestones and it will achieve many more. It contains Baba Bulleh Shah (a
Sufi poet), Sheikh Farid (another Sufi poet). Sometimes A. R. Rehman is in it
and some times I feel even Jimmy Hendrix's music is contained in it," Shergill
said. "It is a wave in which one can take a dip and everyone should be given freedom
for that," he added. The festival is the brainchild of director-designer-writer
Muzzafar Ali, and it is also a celebration of ideas, and instruments, languages
came about to reinvent the spirit of Khusrau. "It (Sufi music) is a thing that
celebrates love, it is not a new thing. If it is re- invented, and is presented
in a nice way, it will spread more love," Ali said. The highlight of this year's
festival is Begum Abida Parveen, a famous Sufi music singer. The festival is on
in the city from February 25 to 28. |
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