A Kashmir shrine where men whirl and dance

Reviving the central Asian Sufism tradition of ‘Dervish dance’, dozens of local devotees on Friday performed ‘Dambali’ at the shrine of Lal Bab Sahib in Zakura area on the outskirts of Srinagar city. Whirling and dancing at the Urs, the artistes belonged to Lalpora village of central Badgam district in the Valley, the home of the saint buried at Zakura. ‘Dambali’ artists come here each year on the Urs of the saint to invoke divine blessings and re-affirm their faith in the centuries old Sufist tradition of Kashmir. “Holding long…

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