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Baha’is believe in the power of prayer and you’ll find Baha’is and their friends, throughout the world, getting together to pray. This is often referred to as a ‘devotional gathering’ or ‘devotional meeting’, and they happen in diverse settings, whether in cities or villages. These gatherings are open to all and are intended to embrace that attitude of prayer and practice of devotion that is universal to all religions.
Baha’i Blog’s Studio Sessions series just reached the massive milestone of having published 400 Studio Sessions!
For those of you unfamiliar with our Studio Sessions, it’s a musical initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends in different parts of the world, to come into a studio to sing an original song based on the Baha’i Writings or letters of Shoghi Effendi or the Universal House of Justice (though we’ve made some rare exceptions to this rule such as this tribute to Mona Mahmudnizhad by Tom Francis where he sings a cover of Doug Cameron’s “Mona With the Children”). We then make these videos and audio recordings available on our YouTube Channel and SoundCloud page for everyone to listen to!
Studio Sessions started around five years ago and we were partly inspired by a letter from the Universal House of Justice which stated:
“We long to see, for instance, the emergence of captivating songs from every part of the world, in every language, that will impress upon the consciousness of the young the profound concepts enshrined in the Baha’i teachings.”
Letter from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies, 12 December, 2011
We’ve recorded songs in 44 locations in 33 different languages, and we could not have done this without the help of so many wonderful friends! We encourage you to check out the Studio Sessions playlist, and in the meantime, we’ve listed one example from each of the 44 locations, followed by one example of each of the languages represented.
We’d love to hear about any of your favourite songs and how our Studio Sessions have touched your life, so please let us know in the Comments section at the bottom of this article.
Now on with the music!
Here’s one example from each of the 44 locations listed in alphabetical order based on where they were filmed and recorded:
We hope you’ve enjoyed the Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions series and that you’ve have found them useful as well!
Watch the entire Baha’i Blog’s Studio Sessions series here on our YouTube channel.
Thanks again to everyone for your support, and don’t forget to let us know how you’ve been using Studio Sessions in your own home or community and if you have any favourites in the Comments section below.
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They’re in my playlist and have used them in my devotionals. So uplifting songs. Wondering how from Singapore can add to the list though? :).
Jes (March 3, 2022 at 10:41 PM)