This 15th edition, which is part of “this breath of transmission of the cultural heritage of Sufism”, will host nearly 200 spiritual artists and singers from Morocco and brotherhoods from around the world, who preserve the traditions of Sufist music by giving an interpretation that is both encouraged and inspired, organizers say.
The opening creation will offer an immersion in the Indian Mughal court, where virtuosos of Hindustani music from North India, performers of the Sufi song “qawwali” and Kathak dance will come together to spotlight a 20th-century Indian Sufi prince. XVII, “Dârâ Shikôh” and its actions in favor of the fruitful coexistence of religions.
The exhibition “The Coats of the Awakened”, followed by the Indian sitar concert, will open the Festival and the artistic program on the theme of awakening consciousness, specify the organizers, who point out that contemporary art will thus bring its gaze on the transmission traditional Sufi of divine and prophetic influx through the cloak or “khirqa”.
Four exceptional concerts will allow visitors to discover the ensemble of the Samaa Orchestra, the art of Mugham from Azerbaijan inspired by the Sufi poetry of Nizami, Indian Hindustani music or the “khatak” dance performed by a young generation of exceptional virtuosos.
In addition, the Festival will host for the first time the ensemble of Turkish musicians and dervishes from Konya for a great “Samaa mevlevi”, in reference to the famous poem “Rubâi’yât de Rûmî”, “Dance of the Atoms”, a poetic evocation of the scientific conception of atoms in the thirteenth century.
As for the closing creation, homage will be paid to the great Moroccan master of Arab-Andalusian Sufism, Muhammad Al-Harrâq, celebrated as a master of the Path through Beauty and whose poetic work will be sung by the greatest voices of Arab-Andalusian Andalusian. song.
This 15th edition, which will also host round tables and masterclasses (with more than 60 speakers from 15 countries) “will allow a better understanding of how this relationship between science and conscience or even faith and reason has been articulated throughout history”. in the civilization of Islam in its connections with various currents of culture and thought, up to the present day”.
The relationships between science, religions and, in general, spiritualities will also be questioned. Leading specialists in the dialogue between science and faith will participate in these debates, from the four corners of the world, but also representatives of different religions.
A moving recital of Breton and Sufi songs dedicated to the Seven Sleepers will pay tribute to the monk who survived Tibhirine and recently disappeared from the Midelt monastery, Brother Jean-Pierre Schumacher.
In the spirit of this artistic and intercultural exchange, the Matruz Jewish Ensemble will give a concert of Piyyoutim songs at the Danane Synagogue.
Drawing on the 12th-century work of Nizami Ganjani, Khusrow, and Shirine, the same source notes that spiritual initiation through the arts is at the core of the master classes, they said, adding that these master classes “will enable you to learn and practice in inheritance. places of the Fassi city”.
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