Funkar

 In 2018 Funkar International is embarking on two major projects.

We are working on the Spiritual Islamic Culture of the Valley of Kashmir. Kashmir has long been a Spiritual capital of the region. We intend to highlight the major Shrines and also the poetry of Sufis side by side.To showcase this we are working on a Coffee Table Book of Shrines and Sufi Poetry.

Another major project is a Documentary on the Breads of Kashmir. The food of Kashmir has been highlighted over decades but our breads are hardly known to many people outside of Kashmir. We intend to bring into focus the unique culture of Breads and Tea of this culturally rich and diverse place.

 We had our first Kashmiri Music Concert in the USA, starting in April, 2015. Three young and talented musicians from Kashmir, were joined by two equally talented musicians from Chicago. They performed in six US cities, Washington DC, Ellicott City MD, New Rochelle NY, Los Angeles CA, Dallas TX  and Buffalo NY. Irfan, Bilal and Mahmeet came to US for the first time. Habib Wardak and George joined them in all the Concerts. Habib played the Rabab and George accompanied them on Tumbakh. Irfan and Bilal are multi instrumentalists. Bilal has been playing flute and Harmonium.Irfan plays the Guitar, Rabab, Oudh and Tumbakh. Mahmeet Syed is an accomplished vocalist.