Khooghi – Storytelling with puppets and music (2nd performance)
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About this event
If you love puppets, live music and tales from far-away places, then you’ll love Khooghi!
Kauser Mukhthar presents a family-friendly storytelling session, set within a beautiful pop- up toy theatre stage.
Follow the story of Khooghi (the red collared dove), who has managed to survive for 153 years. The story is told using puppetry, music and live song from Saif ul Mulooq (The Journey of Love) a Kashmiri folk tale, with a brand new script written in both Punjabi and English. Khooghi travelled through many generations and to every continent having been brought to life by the Sufi Saint Mian Muhammed Baksh in British India under the shadow of the Empire.
Khooghi was brought to England by Alam Lohar, Pakistan’s most famous folk singer, where she found new home with a little girl in West Yorkshire. The story explores heritage too – telling of how cassette letters connected British Pakistanis who came to work in the mills to their families in Azad Kashmir.
This event is brought to Sangam Festival by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF).
This performance includes a Q&A with storyteller Kauser Mukhthar.
Organiser Sangam Festival
Organiser of Khooghi – Storytelling with puppets and music (2nd performance)
A new Festival launched across Kirklees this summer, with a mix of venue-based, outdoor and digital events. Sangam Festival: A Celebration of South Asian Heritage has secured support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants to run during South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM): 18 July – 17 August 2021.
The Festival will include heritage, arts and cultural events, including talks and trails on the history of textiles and mill workers in the area; workshops exploring family history; art and photography exhibitions; film screenings; dance and music performance from Bollywood brass bands to classical Qawalli inspired by Sufi poetry. Some events will be delivered in partnership with other local festivals, community organisations and educational facilities.
