Essop brothers to showcase Gadat tradition
Contemporary artists Husain and Hasan Essop will bring one of Cape Town’s most loved religious traditions into an artistic space at the Live Art Festival which is running from February 10-26. Through their latest experimental site-specific art, the twin brothers are bringing the iconic Cape ‘gadat’ to the Artscape. The Ratib-al-Haddad (Gadat) is a set of Quranic verses and Prophetic prayers compiled by the great scholar and saint, Sheikh Abdullah […]
