‘Sufi Night’

Every year, Bozar and Moussem invite you to experience the ritual music and dance of the Sufi traditions. This year, this evening honours two traditions, that of the Bauls of Bengal and Bangladesh and the ceremony of the Sema embodied by the dervishes of the Mevlevi Order of Konya in Turkey.  

With her unique voice, gestures and personality, Parvathy Baul delights the ears and heart of the audience with the words of wisdom of traditional songs that have inspired such greats as Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel Prize in Literature 1913). Accompanied by talented instrumentalists, she presents songs from the Baul Pada Madhuri, an anthology of Sahajiya, Baul and Fakir traditions. 

Since its foundation in 1990, the Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble has been dedicated to keeping the traditions of the Mevlevi Sufi Order alive. This popular award-winning ensemble from the Turkish city of Konya immerses you in the Sema Ceremony, which is a quest for unity between humans, the cosmos and the divine through prayer, song, dance, swirling movements and the meditative trance of the whirling dervishes.