Block your dates for The Rajasthan Kabir Yatra - Oct 25-29, 2017
Gopal Singh
Dear friends,
Greetings! We are happy to announce the third edition of the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra from 25-29 October, 2017, a travelling music festival in which we will journey over 5 days in and around Jodhpur & Barmer region taking the power of Bhakti and Sufi music and poetry to places recently affected by communal violence. The Yatra seeks to share and radiate the wisdom of Bhakti and Sufi thought with the hope of contributing to peace and harmony in our inner and outer worlds.
This Yatra takes its inspiration from the last two editions of the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra that took place in 2012-2016 and was widely chronicled and appreciated (see a short 30-min video of it here). Organised by Lokayan, this 3rd edition of RKY'17 is aiming to travel around Jodhpur and Barmer region partnering with Jodhpur Commissionerate Police, East District Jodhpur under the leadership of IPS Dr. Amandeep Singh Kapoor and Barmer's leading cultural organisation Gramin Vikas Evam Chetna Samiti, Barmer. This year we will bring more than 20 folk artists, over 200 yatris from other parts of India and abroad, together with thousands of local audiences.
The Yatra is a space where musicians, artists, scholars, students and seekers can immerse themselves in the poetry of Bhakti and Sufi saints such as Kabir, Mirabai, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Gorakh Nath and many others. This year artists from Kutch, Malwa, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi will perform along with those from Rajasthan. The event will also share works of painters, sculptors and photographers inspired by the Sufi-Bhakti tradition.
The number of yatris participating in this 5 day long event will be limited to 200. For registration please visit www.rajasthankabiryatra.org
Thank you. Looking forward to having you with us.Festival Director