London Exhibition Explores Sindh’s Sufi Music

A stunning photographic exhibition currently on show in south London explores the traditions of Sufi musicians on their journey of spiritual growth towards divine union.

The Spirit of Sufi Music: Troubadours of Allah is an inspiring showcase of 40 colour images and is on display in the Horniman Museum’s Balcony Gallery until February 27 2005.

On show in Britain for the first time, the exhibition explores and evokes the mystical movement of Sufism; a religious movement that encourages followers to have a direct communion with God through music, poetry and dance.

Taken by highly acclaimed German photojournalist Horst A. Friedrichs over a period of two years, the collection of images captures the Indus Valley, Sindh – the southernmost province of Pakistan.

In this corner of the subcontinent there are numerous holy shrines to Sufi saints, where pilgrims flock to holy festivals and musicians create a devotional soundtrack…