Sufis - Piety and Poetry

- An Ascetic -
India, Deccan Plateau, 17th century
Watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
(http://www.asia.si.edu/events/sasc.asp)

Muslim Sufism approaches the divine through visual art, music, poetry, self-discipline, and contemplation. It is a remarkably diverse approach and it has been interpreted in various ways both within and outside Islamic world.

A conference exploring the Sufi identity in South Asia (where their presence has been for almost a millennium) will take place in DC at the end of this month (Johns Hopkins University SAIS on April 28, Library of Congress on April 29, Freer Gallery on April 30).

For more information go to:

http://www.asia.si.edu/events/sasc.asp

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