amritpyala

Amrit Pyala

amrit pyala is a film archive of Sufi and Bhakti poetry in Pakistan.

we record and translate the bhajans and kalaams of poet-saints like Mirabai, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Kabir Das, Shah Hussain, Baba Farid, Bulleh Shah, and other mystics.

this project was inspired by Ajab Shahar/The Kabir Project.

we have recorded folk musicians like Shah ja faqir, Bhagat Bhoora Lal, Jiyan Bai Bhagtani, and Zainab Bibi.

you can listen to these recordings on our YouTube.

we believe that Sufi and Bhakti oral tradition is a river that cannot be caught—never fully. our project concerns itself with chand katre, some drops of this surging, thrilling, threatening river. 

we consider our work as foraging in the poetic landscape. we record what comes our way, and collect it in our carrier bags. our archive is a receptacle, a cup, a pyala. 

Photos from the road