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Visit of the Chishti sheikh (Pakistan) to Riga

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This year in the middle of September our tekke welcomed a like-minded friend and associate – the esteemed Chishti sheikh (Pakistan) Sahibzada Asim Maharvi Chishty accompanied by his closest companion Punjabi Baithak. Sahibzada Asim Maharvi Chishty was born in Maharsharif (Pakistan). He comes from the family of the great Sufi saint of Chishti order –...

Sounds of Spiritual geometry

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  “Calligraphy is spiritual geometry, expressed by means of physical tools”.  El-Mustasimi From 5 till 7 September Riga welcomed “The Days of Turkish Culture in Europe” During “The Days of Turkish Culture in Europe” from 5 September till 1 October’2018in Riga Congress Hall the art exhibition of Turkish masters of calligraphy “The Art of Mevlevi”...

The Sufi Evening “Plain Miracle”

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The Sufi Evening "Plain Miracle" took place on 12 July, in anticipation of the V International Festival of Oriental Art and Music “RUMI FEST” (28/09/18 – 30/09/18). The guests could attend the concert by a bright contestant of the sixth season of “The Voice” – a marvelous musician and singer Alexander Kazakov - and his...

Sufi evening „The Wine of Love”

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On February 18 our tekke opened the doors for the Sufi evening „The Wine of Love”. The program consisted of three parts: poetic, musical and philosophic. Sufi poetry is very deep, lyrical and image-bearing, and the art of the reciters helped us to feel the rhythm, and the style of great Sufi poets, to take...

RUMI FEST 2017

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The sounds of musical rhythms and applauses at the concerts of IV International Festival of Oriental Music and Culture “RUMI FEST”, which were held in Riga from 29 September till 1 October, 2017, have faded away. This year the Festival program featured performances of virtuosos from Iran – the group "TANEEN-O-TAN ENSEMBLE", singer, composer and...

Exhibition of Classical Turkish Art

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This is for the first time in Latvia when from 27 October till 23 November, 2017, within the framework of the Festival «RUMI FEST» (18.08.2017 — 23.11.2017) at the Riga Congress Hall there was held the Exhibition Destegül “Modern classical Turkish Art”. This exhibition was the touch of the pen finishing the program of the...

Concert of Persian and Kurdish Music “The Path of White Clouds”

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On 23 September, 2017, on the brink of the IV International Festival of Oriental Music and Art “RUMI FEST” we had held the concert of Persian and Kurdish Music “the Path of White clouds”, which featured performance of the group of Iranian musicians led by Mohammad Rassouli. Mohammad Rassouli is one of the best Ney...

EBRU master workshop with master artist Mustafa Inan from Konya

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On Sunday, 20 August, highly respected Ebru master Mustafa Inan from Konya gave a master class, which could be attended by all wishing and interested in this ancient art of painting on water. Many people came to learn or just to have a look at the very paintings created on water. Turns out that Ebru...

The Concert of Mystic Qawwali music

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…«music kindles the heart fire and the flame, rising from it, enlightens the soul» Inayat Khan On 20 July, for the first time in Latvia, we welcomed the concert of Qawwali. The qawwals „Ustad Ali Hafeez Khan and party” gave the concert in front of the wide audience. Profound, emotional voices of the singers, tunes...

Afterword: Arrival of the distinguished guest from Konya in Riga

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time could we take a breath, the day of 12 May came – the day of parting. Those four and a half days were maximally saturated with communication, sharing of knowledge, spiritual talks, common practices, songs, music, heart warmth and happiness. That was the time when owing to affinity of souls and consonance of hearts...