Chadariya Jheeni I Smita Bellur I Rajasthan Kabir Yatra 2018

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'चदरिया झीनी रे झीनी'
Saint Kabir here talks about the body, or human life, and how to utilize it. He talks about how he lived in the body, how other notable predecessors lived, and how an average man lives. He teaches us about the value of the gift of life, how preciously and patiently it has been created, and how we should handle it with utmost care and dignity.

Our body is like a delicately woven cloth and is dipped in the essence of Raam naam. A mesmerizing eight-petalled lotus(refers to the eight latent tendencies of the body) was used as a spinning wheel, and the five natural elements (Panch-tatva) were used as yarn to create this masterpiece. After 9-10 months of perseverance (time as celestial movement), finally, it was ready.

This wonderful work of art gets easily soiled by foolish people who don't understand the significance of this human birth. Kabira now talks about his own body. When he took his body, he let his Guru work on it. His Guru dyed it( permanent transformation of body based on experiences) and made it red, that is Kabira was transformed into a better human through knowledge and wisdom.

Sant Kabira now talks about how other noted men, who wore it, Dhruv, Prahlad, Sudama(all Bhaktas), and Shukdev(son of Vyasa). These wise men purified it (lived with awareness). Finally, Kabira talks about his own experience. He didn't let it get tainted. He maintained the newborn's awareness all his life. He was aware of its worth and he handled it with wisdom and care.

Performed by the versatile Smita Bellur, she is a Hindustani classical vocalist and Sufi singer who specializes in the field of Hindustani Classical Khyal and traditional Sufi Music (Qawwali). She is also adept at other genres such as Ghazal/Thumri/Chaiti and other semi-classical varieties, does collaborative work with fusion rock/pop bands, playback singing for movies, retro-hits from Indian Film music. Having sung (live in concert) at more than 300 venues, she belongs to Jaipur -Kirana Gharana.
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English translation of the song -

Finely, finely woven, this cloth!

Of what its warp, of what its weft?
What thread was used to weave it?
This cloth so fine...

Ingala Pingala its warp and weft
woven with the thread of Sushman
This cloth so fine...

Eight whirling lotuses spun the thread
With five elements and three qualities
This cloth so fine...

That cloth was worn by gods, sages and men
They wrapped it and got it dirty
This cloth so fine...

Kabir, humble slave, wore it with care
He shed it as clean as the day he got it
This cloth so fine...

Vocal : Smita Bellur
Harmonium : Kasam Khan
Khamaicha : Rafiq Khan
Khartal : Lateeb Khan

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Rajasthan Kabir Yatra is a 7 days-long annual travelling folk music festival spread across six rural and urban locations in and around Rajasthan. Organised by Lokayan, Bikaner and partnered with Rajasthan Police, this is a folk festival providing a space where folk musicians, artists, scholars, students and seekers can immerse themselves in the voices of Bhakti and Sufi saint-poets such as Kabir, Mira, Bulleh Shah, and many more, questioning and dissolving boundaries of caste, class, religion and identity.

The five editions, in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 were widely chronicled and appreciated. It brought together 50 artists, over 400 Yatris every year from other parts of India, and thousands of local audiences.
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Video Credits:
Camera: Madhur Vyas, Sharad Bissa, Ravi Maru, Neeraj Khatri, Himanshu Gehlot
Editing: Deepanshu Tiwari & Gopal Singh Chouhan
Subtitling: Nikita Tiwari
Collection: The Lokayan, Bikaner

Place: Nachna, Rajasthan, India
Event: Day 3, Rajasthan Kabir Yatra 2018
Date: 4th October 2018