Rastak, one of Iran’s leading contemporary folk music ensembles, will perform on the final day of the Dhaka International Folk Festival 2017 that will present the diverse richness of Persian culture to the stage on November 11.

The ambassadors of Persian Music, rendering the soothing sounds of Tar, Setar, Daf, Santur, Tanbur or Tonbak will make the listeners wonder and lose their soul to the rich sounds of their musical heritage. Their music and performances combine language, culture and history while merging traditional instruments with contemporary rhythms.

The sounds of Iran including the Kurdish, Balushi, Shirazi and Arabic traditions will come alive in Dhaka.

Rastak began as an experimental music group in 1997 with a group of Iranian students who shared a passion for sharing traditional Persian folk music with an international audience.

Rastak will introduce a number of Persian folk instruments to the audience, including the tar, which is a long-necked string instrument, the balaban, which is a type of flute, the tonbak, which is a drum, and the gheychak, a stringed instrument played with a bow, just to name a few.

Their programme will include a number of songs that reflect the different regions and cultural influences in Persian culture such as Kurdish, Balushi, Shirazi and Arabic to Bangladeshis. / unb /