Morning raga at Imambara for Tunisian musicians

Ghassen Azaiez

and his band from Tunisia, who are on a tour to India, performed in Lucknow at the Antarrashtriya Baudh, Shodh Sansthan auditorium on Wednesday evening. Organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the five-member band sang several Arabic songs at the event, which were liked by the audience present. Making the most of their first visit to the city, the members headed out to see Chhota and Bada

Imambara

on Thursday morning.

The musicians buying trinkets from

Bara Imambara

(BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

One of the band members making an entry at the Bara Imambara (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

Javed from ICCR, who is travelling with the band members said, "They were really keen to see Lucknow and when I briefed them about the history of Imambara they became quite inquisitive to see it. While they liked

Bada Imamabra

, the moment they entered

Chhota Imambara

, all of them together said, "amazing!" They were quite impressed with the maintenance of the heritage buildings here in Lucknow." Having loved the food and the monuments of the Nawabi city, the band flew off to

Bhopal

for a performance there tonight.