Bishar Blues: Directed by Amitabh Chakraborty. Fakirs, or ascetic monks, in the Bengal region of east India practice their own version of Islam.

Synopsis. Bishar Blues travels across the West Bengal countryside on the trail of the Islamic fakir who walks the path of Marfat. In Islam the Shariat laws organize the physical world, ethics; the Marfat is the hidden knowledge, and the goal is to free oneself from the physical, the ascetic way.

This journey through the world of mystical fakirs in West-Bengal, in the eastern part of India, is an equally unconstrained and profound exploration of the ...

Duration: 4:19
Posted: May 30, 2013

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Indien 2006 – Director: Amitabh Chakraborty – Original language: Bengali – Subtitles: English – Length: 80 min. · Sat, 05/05/07 19.00. Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

Travelling almost 3000 kms. across West Bengal, the film follows Fakirs, examining their music and their deeply spiritual everyday life as a living practice ...

Overview. This journey through the world of mystical fakirs in West-Bengal, in the eastern part of India, is an equally unconstrained and profound exploration ...

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This journey through the world of mystical fakirs in West-Bengal, in the eastern part of India, is an equally unconstrained and profound exploration of the ...