Dargah of Sultan Shah Baba Haji Malang

Dargah of Sultan Shah Baba Haji Malang, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Because of Moharam, these Qawwals were reciting mournful Qawwali , narrating the Martyrdom of Imam Hussain and cursing Yazid too in their kalam, I was in tears listening to their message of lyrical peace through Hussain.

And when they started Bhar De Jholi I could not hold myself back, I just broke all the chains of convention and went into a trance , my feet as light as butterfly floated in the air, yes I had wings as my soul rotated round the husk of my flesh, I was neither here nor there , I was whispering in the winds and whirling round and round and round I finally collapsed on the floor..

This was the first whirling trance I experienced and there was no restriction of space, no crowds just me the Qawwals and the Holy Saint Sultan Shah Baba in attendance to a frozen moment that was melting into my consciousness..