BLOG- ‘Tis the Season to … have #FUSION Karachiites witnessed 3 great socials in last few weeks- Royal Embassy of #Denmark brought in the “#Rocqawali”. #GoetheInstitute #Karachi brought “#Cyminology”. Italian Consul in Karachi brought in Chef #VittorioCastellani (aka #ChefKumalé). Rocqawali blends “traditional #Sufi music in a 21 Century version of guitars & drums”. In 2004, Jonas (guitarist) traveled to Pakistan to seek out his roots. Here he met lead singer, Ejaz, who hails from #MehrAliSherAliKhan family. Drummer Stephan joined band in 2012, then Tin (guitar), also from a Persian-Sufi background. Best of all - they are Danish citizens! Cyminology, a “Berlin quartet, combines Persian poetry” with #Jazz. “This subtle yet dynamic, softly-pulsating music takes its cue from the sound of the Persian-language poets- #Rumi, #Hafiz & #Khayyam”. As an extra, they performed a poem by #FaizAhmedFaiz, and that too in #Urdu! #CyminSamawatie is the lead vocalist, #BenediktJahnel on the #piano, #RalfSchwarz played a beautiful #DoubleBass and #KetanBhatti topped off the performance on the #drums. Best of all- all are German citizens! As an extra to this music fusion, is Chef Kumalé, a “#Gastro-Nomad”. A career spanning over 27 years differentiates Chef Kumalé- he’s a traveling-journalist-food blogger extraordinaire! His visit to Karachi was primarily to learn Pakistani food – while he gave a few Italian training sessions, Chef Kumalé immersed himself into #Pakistani culture and food to add to his vast gastronomic & traveling repertoire and blog. The ICING – All three events have fused MULTIPLE cultures into a common platform people enjoy … #MUSIC & #FOOD, regardless of language, race, ethnicity, religion or nationality; and they have done it with respect and dignity to the original chefs/authors/performers/ music. #Pakistan, #India & #Iran, have one of the oldest & richest cultures in the world – with poets, mysticism, love, myriad romantic languages & food havens – a cultural dream for any artist. What better for peace & cohesion than a fusion of these CULTURES with each other and with contemporary western thinking - just what what we, and the world, needs, eh! (at Beach Luxury Hotel Karachi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Ud5LUnxUk/?igshid=1t1kk3kc5276z
