RUHANIYAT

Yesterday, Saturday the 21st of November I attended a Sufi and Mystic Music Festival...I did experience a world 'replete with universal love, peace, harmony...
Last year I heard Parvathi Baul, she reminded me of Meerabai...She carried her orchestra with her, on one hand her ektara and her drum in the other...The picture is of Kachra Khan. The children of his parents would not survive until a sage prophesied that a son would be born to them who would enthrall with his music...but they must call him Kachra Khan...Kachra means 'garbage' with a name like that you had no choice but to remain humble even if you touched peaks of glory...
More about Kachra Khan:
Kachra Khan is one of the most renowned traditional singers of the Managniar community of western Rajasthan. The Manganiar is the largest heredity musician caste whose music has been supported by wealthy landlords and aristocrats for generations. Kachra Khan was born in Khanayani Village, in the Barmer district of Western Rajasthan. He is now 47 years old yet his voice thrills world music audiences in every part of world. He learned from his father and started singing from a very early age. He sings a variety of songs related to local folklore as well as the sufi repertoire of Rajasthan. He also sings "Sufi Kalams" of famous sufi poets of the Sindh Area. He is a master of "Dohas and Allap" (High Pitch Recitation). He sings hundreds of traditional Rajasthani songs with themes around weddings, child birth, love and bravery