Pilgrims from the past, travellers of the spirit, making their way through mountains, deserts and oceans, brought to civilisation a sense of the sacred in daily life. Today, facing a confusing world based only on materialistic values, it is through art and music that one can relate to a deep feeling of ecstasy.
The Spirit of Jodhpur Festival Mehrangarh Fort, unique in India, will welcome the most beautiful of sacred traditions from the Orient, the East and Africa, while showing off the wealth of Rajasthan’s traditional heritage, a heritage at the crossroads of Indian, Afghan, Moghol, Arab and Persian civilisations, between Hinduism and Sufi Islam.
Thus thiso prestigious venues, through its history and architectural refinement, will open the door to a musical voyage of initiation into another world. The magnanimous setting of, Mehrangarh Fort- Jodhpur, this small town in the heart of rural Rajasthan, offers a knowledgeable and well-travelled public arriving from the four corners of the world, the chance to taste the rarity of Indian music and to celebrate a full moon that will cast its immaculate white light onto these ancient walls.
Equally lit, by the flickering incandescence of a thousand and one candles, the audience will have the chance to discover magnificent choreographed musical shows created especially for this venue, of which every stone contains the memory of a past that dates back to the 4th century.
Details of the Programme.
Monday – February, 20, 2012
| 7.00 a.m. |
SUNRISE CONCERT Pashant Hanjani & the Wahdat sisters Iran Ney flute and traditional music. |
| 10.00 a.m. |
NATYA,DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Kanjar Dance Chhipa Barod Rajasthan |
| 11.00 a.m. |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Gotipuas The young acrobats from Orissa Rajasthan |
| 12.00 a.m. |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Gotipuas The young acrobats from Orissa |
| 3.00 p.m. |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Traditional dance and drama from the Sahariya community Rajasthan |
| 4.00 p.m. |
SUFI RITUAL FROMINDIAN OCEAN Deba ritual Mayotte |
| 5.00 p.m. |
IMMATERIAL HERITAGE UNESCO The Royal Ballet Cambodia |
| 6.00 p.m. |
SUNSET CONCERT Ozodakhon Ashurova – chanteuse Abdulvali Abduvali Abdurashidov – tanbur and sato Sirogiddin Jurayev – dotar Pashant Hanjani – ney Tadjikistan Sufi songs. |
| 6.00 p.m. |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Kathak Dance Anuj Mishra Lucknow |
| 7.00 pm |
SUFI CYCLE Farred Ayyaz & Party Pakistan |
| 8.00 pm |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Gotipuas The young acrobats from Orissa |
| 9.00 pm |
MAIN CONCERT Kailash Kher India |
| 11.00 pm |
SUFI RITUAL FROM THEIDIANOCEAN Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble Zanzibar. |
| 11.30 pm | IMMATERIAL HERITAGE UNESCO The Royal BalletCambodia |
| Next Day | Tuesday February 21, 2012 |
| 7.00 am |
SUNRISECONCERT Mehardeen Khan Langa Sher Khan Rajasthan the art of the flute. |
| 10.00 am |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Kanjar dance Chhipa Barod Rajasthan |
| 11.00 am |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Gotipuas The young acrobats from Orissa |
| 12.00 noon |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Traditional dance and drama from the Sahariya community Rajasthan |
| 2.00 pm |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Gotipuas The young acrobats from Orissa |
| 3.00 pm |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Traditional dance and drama from the Sahariya community Rajasthan |
| 3.00 pm |
WANG LI The master of jew’s harp China |
| 4.00 pm |
SUFI RITUAL FROM THEINDIAN OCEAN Deba ritual Mayotte |
| 6.00 pm |
SUNSET CONCERT Gombojorge & Diphonic singins Mongolia Köomij and nomadic songs from the steppes. |
| 7.00 pm |
SUFI CYCLE Fareed Ayyaz & Party Pakistan |
| 8.00 pm |
NATYA, DANCES OFINDIACYCLE Gotipuas The young acrobats from Orissa |
| 9.00 pm |
MAIN CONCERT Abidah Parveen |
| 11.00 pm |
LIVE ORCHESTRAL SCEENINGS Prem Sanyas, The light ofAsia A silent movie from Franz Osten (1929) relating the life of Buddha with Live Rajasthan music from Divana. |
| 11.00 pm |
IMMATERIAL HERITAGE UNESCO The Royal Ballet Cambodia |
