SATURDAY JUNE 19 @ 7:30 PM
Asia Society in association with IAAC presents Nine Lives - In Search of the Sacred in Modern South Asia!
Paban Das Baul. (Courtesy of the artist)
Featuring: William Dalrymple, Paban Das Baul and the Bauls Of Bengal, Shah Jo Raag Fakir, Susheela Raman &
Chandu Pannicker Theyyam Dance Group!
Writer and historian William Dalrymple's latest book, Nine Lives, is subtitled In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. This special concert, curated by the author, brings together music and readings to offer a unique insight into some of the fascinating spiritual and musical traditions that still thrive in the subcontinent despite huge social and economic change.
Performances by the Bauls of Bengal—a group of itinerant mystic minstrels whose beliefs draw on Vaishnavite Hindu and Sufi Muslim thought—and the Shah Jo Raag Fakirs, who sing at the shrine of Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in Sindh, Pakistan. Susheela Raman offers insight into the Thevaram hymns of Tamil Nadu, and spectacular ritual Theyyam dance from Kerala. Followed by a reception.
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue @ 70 Street, New York, NY 10065
Tickets: $25 members; $30 students with ID, seniors; $35 nonmembers
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