Dam Mast Qalandar | Farhan Shah & Sufi Oz | SPETACOLLO - Adelaide Fringe 2023

Описание: Music Ensemble : Farhan Shah & Sufi Oz
Song : Dam Mast Qalandar
Event : SPETACOLLO - Adelaide Fringe 2023
Presented & Produced by : Farhan Shah Music & Art Beats
Event Emcee : Emilly Tulloch (CEO and Artistic Director Nexus Arts)
Venue : Adelaide Town Hall - South Australia
Video Shot & Edited : Mashal Yousufi
Video Support : JollyGul.com

Group Performers Names
Mr. Farhan Shah
Mr. Keith Preston
Mr. Ravi Madhawan,
Mr. Shiva Chandiran
Mr. Shiva Karan
Ms. Satomi Onishi
Mr. Alain Valodze
Mr. Noni Espinosa
Mr. Aboud Abaza

Description:

FARHAN SHAH & SUFI OZ

Australia's foremost Sufi Contemporary Group fronted by Multi Award Winning Sufi Rockstar Farhan Shah - also dubbed as "Pakistani Pavarotti". Farhan is the winner of UNESCO city of music and global music awards for his achievement in Sufi & Eastern Contemporary Music.

In recognition of his achievements in the arts and cultural sector in Australia and internationally, Farhan was awarded the prestigious Governor's Multicultural Award last year. Farhan has played an important role in facilitating cultural understanding between East and West, introducing audiences to the immense beauty and power of Sufi music, tradition, and culture

Sufi Oz is an Australian multiracial group performing Sufi music of Pakistan and North India. The music is a blend of traditional and modern musical instruments and styles merging Sufi music with world music sounds.

The group brings members from Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne together to play high powered Sufi inspired music in Australia. Sufi Oz appeared at WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) the world's largest international music festival in 2022 and undertook a successful sold out national tour supported by the Australian Council for The Arts.

The group has performed extensively for multicultural communities of Australia, more prominently in South Australia as well as Nexus Arts, Trinity Church, private shows, Oz Asia (JLF) Nowruz Festival, Auburn Courthouse, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Convention Centre and sold out Adelaide Fringe Festival shows and many more music performances.

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Dama Dam Mast Qalandar (transl. Every Breath for the Ecstasy of Qalandar) is a spiritual Sufi qawwali written in the honour of the most revered Sufi saint of Sindh, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177–1274) of Sehwan Sharif. The original poem was initially written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Amir Khusrow, then further modified by Bulleh Shah in the 18th century.

This qawwali was adapted from the original prayer by Amir Khusrow, and was then modified completely by Bulleh Shah. Bulleh Shah gave an entirely different color to the qawwali, adding verses in praises of Shahbaz Qalandar and giving it a large tint of Sindhi culture. The poem includes a reference to the town of Sehwan, which is home to the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. The word "Laal" can refer to Jhulelal as a young man, or his red dress.

With origins dating back 600 years, "Dama Dam Mast Qalandar" is a popular traditional Sindhi Sufi Islamic folk song across the northern Indian subcontinent, especially Punjab and Sindh, as well as Iran. Various renditions of the song have been composed and performed by numerous composers and singers over the years.