DAY 1: Saturday, October 12th
2:30-4:00pm WORKSHOP: How to Pray the Sufi Way with Fanna-Fi-Allah
Join Tahir Faridi Qawwal and members of Fanna-Fi-Allah as we discuss sufism, dervishes, and prayer. In this unique workshop, we’ll hear stories of the great Sufi masters alive today, learn more about how the musical traditions of Pakistan are woven into song, and gain a deeper insight into the life and history of Qawwali.
9:00pm (doors 8:00pm) CONCERT: DakhaBrakha
This remarkable quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine, the «ethno-chaos» band DakhaBrakha, reflects fundamental elements of sound and soul, creatin\ng a world of unexpected new music.
Having experimented with Ukrainian folk music, the band has added rhythms of the surrounding world into their music, thus creating bright, unique and unforgettable image of DakhaBrakha. It will help to open up the potential of Ukrainian melodies and to bring it to the hearts and consciousness of the younger generation in Ukraine and the rest of the world as well.
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DAY 2: Sunday, October 13th
2:30-4:00pm WORKSHOP: Borscht Workshop with Ukrainian Folk Songs with DakhaBrakha
Join the artists of DakhaBrakha for an afternoon of Ukrainian folk songs and delicious borscht. In the style of a cooking show, a pot of the traditional beet soup will be prepared in front of audience members alongside a selection of traditional Ukrainian songs performed live. Everyone will get the opportunity to sample some soup at the end of the workshop.
"𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘵: 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵." – 𝘋𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘢'𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘺𝘤𝘩
8:00pm (doors 7:30pm) CONCERT: Fanna-Fi-Allah
Fanna-Fi-Allah hold the flame of traditional Sufi Qawwali music, with the blessings of their teachers; some of the greatest masters of the qawwali form in India and Pakistan. The group's founding members have spent over 20 years learning this classical art, which celebrates the great Sufi mystics of old and relishes in the love of the Divine through poetry. Sung with a powerful soaring chorus and accompanied by the energetic rhythms of tabla and group clapping, the Beloved is celebrated with ecstatic devotion.
