Rumi Music Awards 2014 Kabul Bagh Babur 1st Part

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• published: 17 Oct 2014
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"Shine like the whole universe is yours." ~Rumi As they say, "What happens in Kabul... no one knows." We know one thing for sure though and that is that history was made in the ancient land that has given birth to the world's greatest philosophers, artists, "poets", writers, and the most freedom loving people as history remembers- surely known to those that challenged her resilience and strength throughout her 5,000+ years of history. The Rumi Music Awards' main event was held in Bagh-e Babur, a 15th century historic park and the last resting-place of the first Mughal emperor Babur who planted the seed on one of the world's great empires. When the output of the events are aired in a few weeks, the world witness the historical event where 15th century Babur Garden, representing resilience, culture and strength created a fusion with the 13th century thoughts of Mawlana J. M. Balkhi Rumi, the king of love and humanity also born on a September month, forming the revival of a spiritual legacy and Afghan cultural identity. Rumi believed passionately in the use of music and poetry as a path for reaching the ultimate and perfect love. For Rumi, music helped devotees to focus their whole being on the divine and to do this so intensely that the soul was both destroyed and resurrected. It was from these ideas that the practice of whirling Dervishes developed into a ritual form. His teachings became the base for the order of the Mawlana. Rumi encouraged Sama, listening to music and turning or doing the sacred dance. "If the harps and flutes should all be smashed And all the lutes were burned to ash, The Hidden Music would go on!" Rumi Awards would like to thank over 1000 artists and media professionals and special guests who attended the Rumi Music Awards 2014 in Kabul & San Jose for their support and encouragement and made such a historical event memorable and an enjoyable experience for decades to come & generations to remember- indeed the biggest gathering place for Afghan artists in history. Stay tuned as we will reveal the contents of both shows (Afghanistan and USA) in the next weeks. Our efforts do not only showcase quality and standards, but also an exemplar production managed by many young & talented Afghans across continents- it proves yet again that the younger generation can reach the unreachables and make possible even the impossibles. Working side by side with Khurhid TV and with a common goal of "unity and love" based on the words of the king of love, Mawlana J. M. Balkhi Rumi, both entities have generated indeed a historical event, as a model for future shows and productions, that will prove once again that creativity shines among those who are given opportunity regardless of their background and geographic location. “Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” As always, we are fearless of what may happen to our reputation or of the challenges ahead of us for we flow in the depth of ocean for the search of love and unity- after all the bottom of the ocean is where the shining pearls reside and where the lovers gather.