PARADISE FESTIVAL
AN UNCHARTED MONUMENTAL MUSEUM PARK, AN IDYLLIC PLACE WHERE DIFFERENT CULTURES COME TOGETHER, WHERE UNTRODDEN PATHS CROSS EACH OTHER AND WORLDLY STRUCTURES IN THE FORESTED LANDSCAPE SET THE SCENE FOR THE FESTIVAL. WE MUSICALIZE THIS CULTURAL-HISTORICAL MELTING POT WITH AFRO, DISCO, AND NON-WESTERN HOUSE. AND THAT IS JUST A STONE’S THROW AWAY FROM NIJMEGEN. THIS IS PARADISE.

KERVAN SARAY – RASHA IS A PASSIONATE DANCER AND TEACHER. HER LIFE JOURNEY, SPANNING THE MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE, AND TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD, HAS OFFERED HER COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CULTURAL COLLABORATION. THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE FUELED RASHA’S MISSION TO PROMOTE RESPECT, LOVE, AND UNITY AMONG INDIVIDUALS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS. DURING HER PERSONAL JOURNEY, RASHA DISCOVERED THE FASCINATING PATH OF THE WHIRLING DANCE, ALSO KNOWN AS SEMA OR SUFI DANCE. ROOTED IN THE DEPTHS OF SUFISM, THIS SACRED PRACTICE SERVES AS A SPIRITUAL CHANNEL FOR INNER TRANSFORMATION, HARMONIZING THE BODY, MIND, AND SOUL THROUGH MEDITATION, BREATHING, AND FLUID MOVEMENT.