of flickers and flames

kaiee irradey har roz
bantey hain
ban kar, toot jatey hain
dar par vahee aatey hain
jinko madhav laal bulatey hain

na ameeron key
na gareebon key
chiraag jaltey hain
bas fakeeron key

mardaar qadir ali khan
terey naam sey har ittalaah hai
terey naam sey har inntahah hai

these words were sung at the end of an ecstatic whirling by the Malangs of Shah Hussain's mazar in Lahore, Pakistan.

places to go

Ajoka Festival with the Lahore Arts Council (LAC) bring to you the Panj Pani Indo-Pak Theatre Festival,Amritsar, Punjab, India.
October 23 - 27, 2009 Festival Links http://www.ajoka.org.pk/ajoka/theatre.asp
www.ajoka.org.pk
Source: www.ajoka.org.pk
Ajoka has been part of the struggle for a secular, democratic just, humane and egalitarian Pakistan for the last 25 years. Few cultural institutions have been able to thrive, even survive, in the climate of hostility and apathy towards performing arts that has existed in Pakistan. ...


Ladakh Festival

September 1 - 15, 2010
http://www.reachladakh.com/festivals.htm

Assam

Poorvottar Natya Samaroah
March 26 - April 10, 2008

Gujrat
Saptak Music Festival Dance, Music January 1 - 13, 2009
http://saptak.org/

TAj MAhoutsav
Agra,UP
February 18 - 27, 2009

http://www.agra-india.net/
http://www.up-tourism.com/

Malangs of Shah Hussain's Mazaar-Lahore

spell binding






i was here.
SAARC FOLKLORE FESTIVAL
CHANDIGARH 6-9 NOV 09
enthralled to hear baba bulleh shah,warris shah,shah hussein & ambojh in the span of the same evening..