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Rekha Bhardwaj: Sufi has become a way of life for me
Updated On: 10 November, 2016 10:28 AM IST | | Joanna Lobo
Ahead of her performance at Sama'a this weekend, artiste Rekha Bhardwaj gets candid about Sufi music, whirling and singing for Gulzar


What can we expect at your concert?
The concert will feature only Sufiyana songs. There will be a traditional Qawwali in Punjabi, my favourite version of a Mehr Ali and Sher Ali qawwali. I got the lyrics corrected by friends from Pakistan. I’ve also composed a few zikr (rhythmic repetition of the name of God) and kalma (La ilaha illa'llah Muhammad Rasulullah), and two verses of a Sarmad (a Sufi saint, martyr and poet). They are reflections of my evenings spent in a sama (Sufi ceremony) last December in Konya, Turkey. A sanyasi friend of mine will be whirling on stage with me.
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