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Saint, lover, devotee, rebel... who was Meera afterall?
As we travel with the voice of Meera, we find ourselves in a whirlpool of emotions – longing for union with god, rage against patriarchy, complete surrender in love, and defiance against authority.
'Meera Thaare Kain Laage Gopal / Meera Who Is Krishna To You After All?'
Coming on March 6, 11 Am
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Don't Fall In Love With Those Who Wander In Boats
The first film in Ajab Mulaakaatein Series premieres on Oct 03, 11 AM on Ajab Shahar YouTube Channel.
Join us as we explore separation and its multiple connotations in Shah Latif's Sur Samundi.
A Kabir Project film in collaboration with Sindhi Culture Foundation to support folk artists - rzp.io/l/AjabMulakaatein
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AJAB MULAKAATEIN
A lockdown film series in solidarity with folk artists
What is mysticism without a journey, in both outer landscapes and inner? Bhaktas, Sufis and seekers of all hue have sought the delight and disquiet of mystic poem through journeys into spaces of satsangs and samaas, to immerse in songs of love, wisdom, and oneness. But the brutal jolt of the Covid19 pandemic locked all of us at home, isolated and bereft of the wound of mystic poem and song.
‘Ajab Mulakaatein’ is an attempt by the Kabir Project and our friends to meet in wondrous ways despite the odds. Stumbling through virtual roadblocks, breaching borders and creating new digital intimacies on Zoom we connected with diverse folk musicians of Kutch, Malwa, Rajasthan and Sindh to once again seek, listen, record and share the gift of songs from the oral traditions. Low-tech jugaad by friends in the field ensured some in situ recordings sandwiched between waves of the pandemic with some narrow skirmishes.
Songs survive in the singing, and folk artists are the life force that keeps them alive. The pandemic has left many of them without an occasion or an audience to sing to. This ‘Lockdown Film Series’ is a small gesture of solidarity, an attempt to meet with artists and support their practice, and to put together a series of films woven around conversations and the songs of Meera Bai, Shah Latif, Gorakhnath, Khwaja Ghulam Fareed and Kabir.
As we share these films with you in the spirit of finding solace and strength, we urge you to support the folk artists. The funds raised will be equally shared with the artists we reached out to during lockdown, from Rajasthan, Malwa and Kutch, Gujarat.
Link to donation: rzp.io/l/AjabMulakaatein
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We share here with you songs, interviews, film clips and more from our travels into the oral traditions of Kabir and other Bhakti, Sufi and Baul poets from the sub-continent over the last 18 years. For a deeper immersion in the songs and poetry, please visit our website www.ajabshahar.org, where you will find song lyrics with translations, writings, couplets, artworks, stories and more...
Created by the Kabir Project, housed at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru. www.kabirproject.org.