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.
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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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