Junoon's 'Mumbai Local' with Askari Naqvi...''The Story of Karbala: A Hindustani Narrative...''
June 1, 2017 2:15:33 PM IST MTG editorial
What happens to a story when it travels across thousands of miles to eventually become embedded in the cultural fabric of a different country? How is the narrative then told? What happens to its form as it is continuously informed by art traditions that are not native to its place of origin? What becomes its religious and aesthetic significance? Can it still transcend everything to communicate universally?
Junoon's 'Mumbai Local' invites Askari Naqvi - artist, performer and lawyer. Askari has been a performer of Soz Khwani from a very young age, as part of his family tradition. Soz Khwani, a performance art that narrates the story of Karbala - a story of death, riots, pain, separation, love and loss - is typically associated with the month of Muharram. Askari is the first person in the country to perform these narratives for interested audiences outside religious settings and community performances.
Askari will take his audience on the journey of this art form in India, as well as his own personal journey from community to stage. His talk will offer us a window into this beautiful performance of grief, showing us how a foreign story is told in the Indian narrative, in Indian languages and in Indian ragas. The story of Soz in India will give us a fascinating glimpse into how art forms collide, and how artists borrow freely and lovingly from multiple traditions to create new, fresh, moving expression.
Date: Saturday, 3rd June 2017 Time: 5 pm Venue: MCubed Library, Princess Bldg, Ground Floor, D'Monte Park Road, Next to Bandra Gymkhana, Bandra (W).
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