{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Azerbaijan\u0026#39;s new Nasimi Festival honours Sufi icon' data-url='/boclips/videos/6878c8f568f2517d6787600f' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/6878c8f568f2517d6787600f' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nAzerbaijan\u0026#39;s new Nasimi Festival honours Sufi icon\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eHe was one of the greatest poets and philosophers of the east: Imadaddin Nasimi. Now,  a new poetry, arts and music festival  in Azerbaijan honors this brilliant thinker who was also a spiritual leader. The festival opened with a...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eHe was one of the greatest poets and philosophers of the east: Imadaddin Nasimi. Now,  a new poetry, arts and music festival  in Azerbaijan honors this brilliant thinker who was also a spiritual leader. The festival opened with a performance from a legend, one of Azerbaidjan's most important mugham singers, Alim Qasimov .  \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eImadaddin Nasimi was born here in Shamakhi, once one of the key towns on the Silk Road. He was the most influential advocate of Hurufism, a variation of Sufism which is part of Islamic mysticism. In 1417, he was skinned alive in Aleppo for his liberal religious convictions. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"He is still contemporary and progressive because so many years ago, hundreds and hundreds of years ago he was talking about multiculturalism, tolerance and for people to be unified and this is the message which we want to bring with  this festival ,\" says the  Heydar Aliev Foundation 's Artistic Director Emin S. Mammadov.   \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eThe multi-disciplinary festival featured various national and international artists. Among the Azeri artists Chingiz Babayev paid tribute to Nasimi with his project called \"Planets\". His conceptual art project wants to exploit the idea of essence existing in everything. The artist says he is spiritual himself and very close to Sufism. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"We see here different materials, different sizes, different lets say planets but it is about one universe, so difference does not divide the universe to little pieces. Even if there are little pieces, its everything about one thing, « eshq », love,\" insists Babayev.   \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eNgô Hong Quang sings and plays various traditional instruments - Guitarist Nguyên Lê was born in Paris of Vietnamese descent and is known as a jazz musician, though his celebrated albums pay tribute to rock icons like Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. The  two performed  a fusion of ancient and modern music to portray \"the soul of Vietnam\". \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think Vietnamese music is so much about melodies and the expression of emotions,\" says Nguyên Lê. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes its also somehow more about meditation, related to meditation , and also related to the culture of language because our entire language is really strongly connected with the music so the music represents also the language of the people,\" says Ngô Hong Quang. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eAzerbaijan's dynastic ruling family, the Aliyevs, commissioned the fabulous building by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid that houses the exhibition. But across the capital, Baku, there were various art installations and performances. Among the international guests invited for the opening of the festival, Gert Naessens, the Operations \u0026 Project Manager for the European Festivls Association, gave his first impressions of the new event.   \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"What I have seen today pleases me very much. They are combining all disciplines, they are involving local people, they are involving also a lot of international people, so up to now I could say, yes they are on the right track,\" he said. Unfortunately many of the venues were far from full despite the quality of artists appearing, and many in the sudiences seemed more interested in their phones than what was happening onstage. But it's early days.   \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eSami Yusuf  is a superstar. A quarter of a million people rammed Taksim square in Istanbul for one of his concerts. Born in Tehran to Azerbaijani parents he grew up in London. He says he comes from a deeply spiritual family and maintains people need more than ever some spiritual connection today, certainly at a time of right wing populism and young people coming from various Muslim countries living abroad. \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"This alienation, this not knowing who we are, has - I think, created this vacuum of intolerance, hate and misunderstanding, so Nasimi’s message is a message we need today, and what I am trying to do with my music is to connect people to their roots, to their traditions,\" he said defiantly.   \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\"Its certainly a great idea to launch a festival which promotes tolerance, pluralism and multiculturalism. Now the organizers have to prove that they can attract a regional, national and international audience,\" reports euronews' Arts Editor, Wolfgang Spindler from Baku.   \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003eSami Yusuf was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of the highest international accolades for music. \u003cbr/\u003eTime Magazine called Yusuf \"Islam's Biggest Rock Star\"; The Guardian wrote of him, \"The Biggest Star in the Middle East is a Brit.\" \u003cbr/\u003eWhile the festival's organisers hope it will boost tourism, Azerbaijan struggles with a patchy human rights record, and is  frequently criticised  abroad.\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' class='rp-full-description' type='button'\u003e\n\u003ci class='fai fa-solid fa-align-left'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cspan id='read_more'\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-report'\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby='resource-details-heading' class='rp-info-section'\u003e\n\u003ch2 class='title' id='resource-details-heading'\u003eResource Details\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-resource-details clearfix'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eCurator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan class=\"star-rating\" aria-label=\"3.5 out of 5 stars\" role=\"img\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-solid fa-star-half-stroke text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa-regular fa-star text-action\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt class=\"educator-rating-title\"\u003eEducator Rating\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"educator-rating-details\" data-path=\"/educator_ratings/rrp_data?resourceable_id=91048848\u0026amp;resourceable_type=Boclips%3A%3AVideoMetadata\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"not-yet-rated\"\u003eNot yet Rated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eMedia Length\u003c/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e3:59\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eGrade\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd title=\"Grade\"\u003e9th - Higher Ed\u003c/dd\u003e\n\u003c/dl\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='detail'\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eSubjects\u003c/dt\u003e\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"/search?grade_ids%5B%5D=259\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=255\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=256\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=257\u0026amp;grade_ids%5B%5D=258\u0026amp;search_tab_id=1\u0026amp;subject_ids%5B%5D=365223\"\u003eVisual \u0026amp; 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