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The music performances would be interspersed by evocative story telling of the folk love legends and poetry readings by Mumbai-based translator & poet Anju Makhija and filmmaker Shabnam Virmani. The festival will present the last exponents of the Waee form of singing in the Indian Sindh region – Mitha Khan Jat and Sumar Khan from village Bagadia in the Banni region of Kutch. This style is prevalent across the border between India and Pakistan. The second is a deep, meditative musical form known as Waee which is also the name of the style of poetry created by Shah Latif. This style will come alive in the robust yet lilting voice of Mooralala Marwada, a folk singer from Janan village in the Khadeer region of Kutch. One is the Kaafi form of singing prevalent amongst the bhajan singers of the Meghval community of Kutch. In the festival on Nov 21st, the poetry of Shah Latif will come alive in two distinct musical genres. (translations by Anju Makhija & Hari Dilgir, from “Seeking the Beloved”, Katha, 2005)ĭisciples and followers of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai gather from all over the world annually at an Urs at Bhitshah in Sindh, Pakistan, where the poet spent the final years of his life. His poetry creates a tantalizing dance of expressions between the sensual yearnings for the earthly Beloved and the deeply meditative yearnings for the transcendent Beloved. Sometimes he is Sasui, sometimes Moomal, sometimes Sohini and sometimes Marui… and through their journeys of seeking the Truth he expresses his own.
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He takes the popular love legends of the region and speaks through the voices of different woman protagonists. His major work is the “Shah Jo Risalo” and his poems thrive today as a vibrant oral tradition being widely sung, quoted and loved by both Hindu and Muslim communities in the Sindh region on both sides of the Indo-Pak border. His poetry draws on the power and beauty of Vedanta and Islam melding the two philosophies into one poetic and spiritual vision. Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai (1689-1752) is one of the greatest Sufi poets along with Rumi (1207-1273) and Mir Dard (1721-1785), but relatively speaking lesser known. Kishinchand ‘Bewas’ composed poems on nature instead of the traditional love lyrics.A festival of poetry by 17th century poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai – featuring folk singers from Kutch, poetry readings and evocative story telling of the love legends which feature in the Sufi poetry. Khalifo Gul Mohammad ‘Gul’ was the first Sindhi poet to compose a Diwan. Subject matter changed from mysticism to romanticism. The influence of Persian poetry is to be seen from early eighteenth century when ghazal, gasida, rubai and mathnavi entered Sindhi literature. Besides Abdul Latif, the trinity of Sindhi poets was composed of the eighteenth century writers, Abdul Wahhab (Sachal) and Bhai Chainrai (Sami), the last being a Vedantist. Sind’s greatest poet is Shah Abdul Latif (late seventeenth century) whose collection of poems Rasalo shows a combination of deep thought, graphic description and beauty of language.
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The early poetry in Sindhi language traced back to the 14th century is bayts of Mamoi saints. Sindhi language lacked a fixed script till 1853 when it was decided to have Arabic characters for it. While most scholars consider it an Indo-Aryan language, some scholars believe that it belongs to the languages of the Indus Valley, i.e. But Sindhi Language in India continues to florish even today. There is some controversy over how old Sindhi Language is and what family of languages it belongs to.