Iranian Tar player Ali Ghamsari began a solitary sit-in at the Damavand Power Plant near Tehran that supplies much of the city’s electricity. He is playing music as an act of defiance.
He often quotes another Persian artist, one from long ago:
After all, you're just another me and I'm just another you. Rumi
Persian poetry, from Iran. Then there is the music.
When it is played by Ali Ghamsari it can sound to me like Spanish guitar; hauntingly beautiful. Listen. It is what we can all do. Listen and learn about this rich culture and civilisation that persist today in Iran. The dominant culture today in Iran, it persists.
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Iranian Tar player Ali Ghamsari is currently camped at Damavand Power Plant, which provides a significant amount of electricity to Tehran. Ghamsari says he’ll remain there for a while in the hopes that his presence will protect it from bombing.
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A rich poetic, musical, and philosophical tradition that persists — from Rumi to Ali Ghamsari.
You cannot defeat a people raised on poetry, music, and love. You can bomb, kill, destroy, but you cannot take their soul. Rumi
I love this: "You cannot defeat a people raised on poetry, music, and love. You can bomb, kill, destroy, but you cannot take their soul."
So true.
Of course, Ali Ghamsari and me, we sit under the same Sun. Here is some more of his music, that we can share together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUBJyxFhhJM&list=RDoUBJyxFhhJM&start_radio=1