Come together this March to celebrate the poet-saint Kabir\, who sang of the ultimate and challenged the people of hi s time-and us today-to rethink the religious and other boundaries that bind us.
The celebration features a performance of Kabir singers\, led by Dalit folk artist Prahlad Tipanya\; a series of four documentary films ent itled Journeys with Kabir directed by Shabnam Virmani\, which move through contemporary spaces touched by the music/poetry of the 15th centur y mystic-weaver-poet of north India\; and two scholarly lectures by leading figures in the study of South Asian devotional culture and literature.
DAY 1 SCHEDULE:
1-3 pm\, Film 1: Hadh-Anhadh: Jou rneys with Ram and Kabir
3-4 pm\, Tea and conversation with the filmm aker\, Shabnam Virmani
4-6 pm\, Film 2: Chalo Hamara Des: Journeys wi th Kabir and Friends
The Celebration of Kabir is sponsored by the Cen tre for India and South Asia Research\, The Departments of Asian Studies\, Art History\, Visual Art & Theory\, and Theatre and Film.
All events are free and open to the public.
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