"The Kabira Festival"
Musings from a Recliner – The Kabira Festival – 27th Nov 2019 ~ Lally Virk "THE KABIRA FESTIVAL" (22nd Nov – 24th Nov 2019) Jasmin and I were very fortunate to be invited as delegates for the “Kabira Festival”, held in Varanasi from 22nd Nov to 24th Nov 19. The “Kabira Festival” is an annual event held on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi, in the month of November. It is a meticulously curated festival held over three days to celebrate the enigma that was “Kabir”. Before I enter the Festival proper, a word on “Kabir, the poet”. Chalti Chakki Dekh Kar, Diya Kabira Roye Do Paatan Ke Beech Mein, Sabit Bacha Na Koye (Translation: Kabir says, Seeing the rotating grinding stones of the mill, the light inside cries. No one survives once put between the grinding stones.) (Meaning: Kabir sees the two grinding stones as the duality that we live in. Heaven and earth, Good and Bad, M...