![]() ![]() Kaden Ramzanali, a 13-year old performer and member of the Santa Clara Choir team, vividly remembers the Eid festivals he would attend at a young age that included traditional music, live bands, and dandia raas. Her performance of the iconic ghazal enabled the audience to experience individual and unique emotions from the lyrics, and the auditorium filled with a roar of applause at its end. “When you recite ginans, you are taught to connect with the words and emote those feelings.” At the festival, Beenish performed a ghazal entitled, “Hosh walon ko khabar kya,” which translates as “What do they know, those who are aware of their senses” composed by Jagjit Singh.Īs Beenish explains, “If you lose yourself, that’s the only way you can achieve something outside of yourself.” Beenish had always been drawn to this particular ghazal and was certain, when she found that the Jubilee Arts Festival would take place, that this would be the song she would perform. On February 25, 2018, young artists from across the west coast identified the correlation between their faith and art in the regional Jubilee Arts Festival.īeenish Dhanani, from Santa Monica, says that music is the way that she most relates to both faith and emotions, and that she learned this as a four-year old singing traditional ginans in her Jamatkhana. ![]() The traditions of the Ismaili community are rich in artistic expression, and for many it is music that is the bridge between tradition, culture, and faith. ![]()
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