Deepa Nair Rasiya at Nottingham Mela

This is Deepa Nair Rasiya an Award winning Composer / Vocalist performing in the Nottingham Arboretum Bandstand at Nottingham Mela.

Deepa's Twitter feed describes her as a World Musician; Recording Artiste Indian Classical, Semi-classical, Rock Fusion, Sufi .

Sufi music is the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets, like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.

Sufi love songs are often performed as ghazals and Kafi, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.

All the above information was obtained by a google search and Wikipedia

[*lynn]

lovely photo and interesting (and very unfamiliar to me) facts … a beautiful setting too, love the windows and trees

[Margo]

Colourful costumes

[Dione Giorgio]

Very nice shot, Phil. Does tell a historic story.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

I'm a fan of Indian classical music and bhangra but have never heard Sufi music. Will have to investigate.
Love the depth in this - the colours work really well to add to it. Nice one!
Thank you for the info. too; always glad to add to my appreciation of music.

[Hazel]

The colourful costumes are lovely against the soft green background.

[Pat Knowles]

Wonderful strong colours against the light green background Phil.

[Lee]

Nice shot Phil, colourful and clear. Thanks for the info too.

[Phil Howcroft]

@gamelee thanks lee , glad you like this

@happypat thanks Pat, the bandstand makes for a great backdrop

@quietpurplehaze thay are indeed haze, many thans for your continued support

@dulciknit thanks Alison, the lady is a bit of a star by all acounts

@sangwann thanks for your observation and thoughts dione, much appreciated

@777margo thanks Margo

@lynnz thanks Lynn, it is a wonderful location for sure