Ektara India

 

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Ektara India is a group of media and arts professionals based in Delhi, India, involved in many activities of culture, arts, research and peacemaking. In the past, we have produced well known documentary films, music albums, multimedia and books, besides managing cultural events, academic symposia, and exhibitions.

workshop

Understanding Sufi Literature
and Sama

An Intensive Workshop on Appreciating Sufi Music and Qawwali at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
28-29 May. 2011

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Ektara India is interested in:

Promoting music, culture, cinema, theatre and the arts via audio, video, Internet, print and other media, besides live events, workshops, seminars and exhibitions.

Collaborating with artistes and performers globally, and in the Indian subcontinent.

Encouraging and strengthen the cause of religious and social harmony, peace and tolerance by using cultural pluralism as a basic principle.

Preserving and documenting traditional arts by providing their practitioners with a platform to perform or exhibit.

Conducting and facilitating research in the arts and media, and network with academic institutions globally.

More details about Ektara

Schedule of our previous workshops on Sufi Music: October, December '09. Also, the Feb 2010 workshop on Appreciating Bulleh Shah and Amir Khusrau

"Appropriating Amir Khusrau to create versions of cultural identity in India and Pakistan"
A talk by Yousuf Saeed, at India International Centre, New Delhi, March 11, 2011

Ektara, literally meaning one string, is a traditional musical instrument played by folk musicians and mystics in much of
south Asia from Bengal to Afghanistan (in central Asia its called yek-tar). Ek tara can also mean ‘one star'.