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This year's Urs festivities mark 274 years since his death and thousands have travelled to Latif's shrine for...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Pakistan has been celebrating the great Sufi saint and mystic poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. \u003cbr/\u003e              This year's Urs festivities mark 274 years since his death and thousands have travelled to Latif's shrine for religious blessings. \u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE: \u003cbr/\u003e              25-year old Beebul Bibi has come to thank her patron saint for blessing her with a child. \u003cbr/\u003e              She was childless for five years after her marriage, considered an ill omen in religiously conservative Pakistan.\u003cbr/\u003e              As a tribute, Bibi has brought her one-year old daughter for the celebrations at the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a popular mystic considered the greatest Sufi poet of the Sindhi language. \u003cbr/\u003e              The shrine is located in the Bhit Shah town of district Matiari in Pakistan's Sindh province. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"I have come to do Parh (placing religious cloth on the grave) as he blessed me with a daughter,\" says Bibi, as she rubs 'blessed' oil on her one-year old.\u003cbr/\u003e              She has come from the neighbouring district Sanghar to offer parh – placing of the symbolic piece of cloth on Latif's grave – as a token of gratitude.\u003cbr/\u003e              Muhammad Ali, her father-in-law, is a strong believer in the saint's powers to heal and grant desires.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We were facing financial difficulties at home. My daughter-in-law wasn't getting impregnated. We called for intervention from our saint,\" Ali says.\u003cbr/\u003e              This is was the 274th Urs (death anniversary) of Shah Abdul Latif, who lived from 1689-1752. The celebrations also include a three-day Melo (or festival) that attracts people of all faiths, beliefs and sects.\u003cbr/\u003e              It is held from the 14th to 16th of Safar, the second month of the Islamic lunar calendar.\u003cbr/\u003e              Followers of the Shia sect of Islam also attend in large numbers. Their self-flagellation to the tunes of the Noha, music lamenting incidents of the Karbala tragedy of Islam, is a key part of the festivities.\u003cbr/\u003e              They come in large numbers despite the recent threats, which has seen two shrines – the popular Lal Shahbaz shrine nearby and the Shah Noorani shrine on the border of Sindh and Baluchistan – being targeted by suicide bombers over the last twelve months. \u003cbr/\u003e              Syed Sardar Ali Shah, the provincial minister for culture, has been at the forefront of fighting extremism through organizing culture and literary activities across Sindh.\u003cbr/\u003e              He says the message in Shah Abdul Latif's poetry takes paramount importance in times when we are beset with extremism, intolerance and terrorism.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"People across the world are affected by them and also afraid – whether they are in New York or here in Bhit Shah. In such times, the message of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai with its emphasis on love, humanity and interfaith harmony is very helpful in fighting such mindsets and attitudes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Sardar Shah, the culture minister, says there are plans to disseminate the message of Latif in multiple languages and forms.\u003cbr/\u003e              As the sun sets on the shrine, the festivities take on a new rhythm. The Qawals (traditional musicians) take centre stage, carrying on the tradition that has continued unbroken since the day Shah Abdul Latif died over two centuries ago.\u003cbr/\u003e              Every day, between sunset and sunrise, a troupe performs the Qawalli. It includes a rendition of the poetry of Latif and his preferred spiritual incantations.\u003cbr/\u003e              The instrument used in these Qawallis is the Dambooro, a five-stringed traditional musical instrument similar to the harmonium that Latif is credited with inventing.\u003cbr/\u003e              Akbal Faqeer has sung the Wai (recitations about the divine) and played the dambooro at the shrine every day for the last three decades. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Shah's poetry is full of divine love. It has reflections on Islam's spirituality. Hearing it opens new vistas. You understand about notes and ragas (melodic modes of classical music) and about spirituality,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Entire families come and camp at the shrine for the entire three-days.\u003cbr/\u003e              The shrine administration provides a large number of these visitors with free food.\u003cbr/\u003e              Abdul Shakoor, an worker with the provincial Auqaf Department, says that over three hundred thousand people visit Bhit Shah over the three days of the festival, of which over a hundred thousand are given free food.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The festival is also good for the businesses and shops around here. Over the course of three days, we at the shrine provide free food to at least a hundred thousand people,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              The majority of those who visit shrines tend to be the poor.\u003cbr/\u003e              They set up camp at the 'feet of their beloved saint' in the hopes of getting their heart's desire. They continue to return to Bhit Shah because they have the conviction that their plea will be heard and answered.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Bhit Shah, Sindh -  4 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. 25-year old Beebul Bibi of Sanghar getting oil, considered blessed or sacred, from a bowl in the inner sanctum at the shrine of Sufi poet and saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai \u003cbr/\u003e              2. People taking oil\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Beebul Bibi rubbing her child with sacred oil \u003cbr/\u003e              4. Muhammad Ali, Beebul's father-in-law, rubbing his granddaughter's face with sacred oil\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (Sindhi) Beebul Bibi, Devotee:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I came from my home in Sanghar (neighbouring district) to Bhit Shah (shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai). I have come to do Parh (placing religious cloth on the grave) as he blessed me with a daughter. I had prayed to come here when I was not getting pregnant. Now that she is born and healthy enough to come, I have come to offer gratitude.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Muhammad Ali offering prayers at the saint's grave \u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE (Sindhi) Muhammad Ali, Devotee and Beebul Bibi's Father in Law:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We were facing financial difficulties at home. My daughter-in-law wasn't getting pregnant. We called for intervention from our saint. So I have brought my year-old granddaughter here to offer gratitude to Shah Bhittai.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Tilt down from ceiling of inner sanctum, with traditional patterns and indigenous tile work, to the poet's grave inside the wood panel\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Man placing the chador (piece of cloth) with calligraphy of Islamic verses on the Bhittai's grave. This practice is called Parh.\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Main grave with relics\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Various of devotees \u003cbr/\u003e              12. Devotees of Shia sect of Islam self-flagellating to beats of Noha religious music (similar to dirge) in the shrine outside the main mausoleum.\u003cbr/\u003e              13. People in the outer area of the shrine \u003cbr/\u003e              14. Various of people walking through metal detectors to enter shrine\u003cbr/\u003e              15. People coming to shrine \u003cbr/\u003e              16. Cut-away of map of Sindh at the entrance of shrine\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Devotee playing the drum while another does the Dhamaal (movements synced with drum beats)\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Various of devotees doing freestyle Dhamaal.\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Syed Sardar Ali Shah, Sindh Minister for Culture, Tourism and Antiquities:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We live in an age where there is extremism, intolerance and terrorism. People across the world are affected by them and also afraid – whether they are in New York or here in Bhit Shah. In such times, the message of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai with its emphasis on love, humanity and interfaith harmony is very helpful in fighting such mindsets and attitudes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Sunset\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Wide of shrine with sunset\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Musicians perform the Qawalli, a daily ritual held between sunrise and sunset, outside the inner sanctum. It is played on the Dambooro\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Various of musicians \u003cbr/\u003e              24. Various of local musician Akbal Faqeel, part of the troupe that performs the Qawalli every night, at the shrine\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Devotees listening to Qawalli\u003cbr/\u003e              26. SOUNDBITE (Sindhi) Akbal Faqeer, Shrine Musician:  \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Everyone should come here and listen to the message of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. There is praying. It also opens your mind. Shah's poetry is full of divine love. It has reflections on Islam's spirituality. Hearing it opens new vistas. You understand about notes and ragas (melodic modes of classical music) and about spirituality. One must feel it in order to understand it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Cut-away of traditional tile work and Islamic calligraphy on the entrance of inner sanctum\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Tilt down of entrance of inner sanctum outside which Qawalls perform and devotees gather\u003cbr/\u003e              29. People at the shrine \u003cbr/\u003e              30. Devotee blowing the conch announcing distribution of food\u003cbr/\u003e              31. Various of people getting food from Langar (free meals) inside shrine\u003cbr/\u003e              32. Left pan with tilt up showing devotees inside the shrine with the main dome lit up\u003cbr/\u003e              33. Front of shrine \u003cbr/\u003e              34. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdul Shakoor, Government worker:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The festival is also good for the businesses and shops around here. Over the course of three days, we at the shrine provide free food to at least a hundred thousand people. But more than twice as many eat outside. A lot of people also buy large quantities of food from outside and donate for distribution. We try to feed as many devotees as we can.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              35. Various of market outside shrine\u003cbr/\u003e              36. 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