Folk singers from Kachchh celebrate diversity in the face of intolerance

Gujarat witnessed ethnic violence directed against the Muslim minorities of the state in 2002

Artists perform at the Rann of Kutch. Kachchh, though a part of Gujarat, remained unaffected by the outbreak of violence in 2002 Photo: Wikipedia

A Delicate Weave (Jhini Bini Chadariya), a documentary film set in Kachchh, Gujarat in Western India, traces four different musical journeys, all converging in the ways they affirm religious diversity, syncretism (blending of religions and cultures) and love of the other in a country where religious politics too often divide communities.

Drawing on the poetic and musical traditions of poet-mystics