In The Courtyard of the Beloved - Aaj Rung Hai

Great job with the sound and video editing. The imagery is beautiful as is the qawwali.

Enjoyed this very much. Artistically done. Wonderful!

Try submitting it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue, NYC where they have Islamic Galleries.


IN THE COURTYARD OF THE BELOVED is a visual and aural portrait of Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah, a Sufi shrine in New Delhi, India. Made from over 18,000 still images and ambient sounds recorded on-site, rapid-fire bursts of kaleidoscopic imagery assemble into fractured collages.

Each day, hundreds of pilgrims travel by airplane, train, car, rickshaw and foot to reach this shrine, which honors a 12th century Sufi mystic who believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and service to humanity. Beginning with imagery from these journeys, the film then enters the physical space of the shrine; a unique nexus of marketplace, social space and spiritual haven, where devotees come to offer their prayers and find a moment of reflection away from the din of Delhi traffic. As the sun sets behind the dome, musicians begin the qawwali, a style of Sufi devotional music that ranges from contemplative religious elegy to raucous crescendo.

Executive Producer Samina Quraeshi
Original tabla score by Suphala
Audio post-production by Paul Bercovitch
Produced by Sadia Shepard
Photographed and edited by Andreas Burgess
http://vimeo.com/27156797

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Aaj Rung Hai Ree Maan Rung Hai Ree
Mairay Mehboob ke Ghar Rung Hai Ree

Sajan Milaavra Moray Aangan Mein
Aaj Rung Hai Ree Maan Rung Hai Ree

Mohay Peer Payo Nizaam Uddin Auliyah
Nizaam Uddin Auliyah Mohay Peer Payo

Sabir Ala Uddin Auliyah Mohay Peer Payo
Data Fareed Uddin Auliyah Mohay Peer Payo
Khuwaja Qutub Uddin Auliyah Mohay Peer Payo
Meeera Mohhauddin Auliyah Mohay Peer Payo

Payo Nizaam Uddin Auliyah Nizaam Uddin Auliyah Alauddin Auliyah
Mein To Jab Daikhoon Moray Sung Hai Ree Ma Rung Hai Ree

Dais Badais Mein Dhoond Phiri Hoon,
Tora Rung Mun Bhaayo Moin Uddin

Tohay Dhoond Phiri Hoon, Tohay Dhoond Phiri Hoon
Mohay Tora Rung Mun Bhaayo Nijamuddin

Tora Rung Mun Bhaayo Moin Uddin
Mohay Apne He Rung Mein Rung Lay Khuwaja Ji

Mohay Rung Basanti Rung Day Khuwaja Ji
Mohay Apne He Rung Mein Rung Day

Mori Churioon Ki Laaj Khuwaja Rakhna
Yeh To Pehn Layi Ab UTRut na

Jo Tu Maangay Rung Ki Rangai
Mora Joban Girwi Rakhlay Khuwaja Ji

Ahay Dais Badais Mein Dhoond Phiri Hoon
Mohay Tora Rung Manwayo Moin Uddin

Mein To Aiso Rung Aur Na He Daikho Kaheen Bhi
Ahay Nizam Uddin Auliya Jag Ujiaro
Ey Jag Ujiaro Jagat Ujiaro
Jag Ujiaro Jagat Ujiaro

Nizam Uddin Auliya Jag Ujiaro
Jag Ujiaro Jagat Ujiaro

Aaj Rung Hai Ree Aaj Rung Hai Ree