Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover workshop performance
When: Tue., Sept. 19, 5:30 p.m. 2017
If you've ever felt literally lovesick, Shahin Sayadi’s workshop-stage musical play will ring a special chord: The story is set in a fishing village in Southern Iran where zar exorcism ceremonies, brought to the region by escaped East African slaves, are used to cure illness (and love).