Material Cultures & Performances

A Sidi dance troupe from Ahmedabad performing the dhamal for a cultural festival in Gujarat

The three-legged drum that is played during the ritual ceremonies at the Bava Gor chilla at Patharkua, Ahmedabad

Sidis use instruments such as coconut rattles while performing rituals at the shrines of Bava Gor

A sidi woman tying a saree before the textile is dyed. Sidi women in Jamnagar are skilled at the craft of tie dying.

The intricately carved window panels as seen from the back of the mosque.

The window panel with latticework at the Sidi Sayed mosque. At the center of the panel is the intricately carved tree of life.

The intricately carved window panels at the back of the mosque

The intricate carving on the surviving pillars of the Sidi Bashir mosque.

Details of relief panels from the minarets of the mosque.

The intricately carved stone relief work from the standing minarets of the mosque demonstrates the artistic traditions on the Gujarat Sultanate.

The Sarkhej Roza is an architectural complex with tombs, mausoleums, and mosques and represents the architectural and spiritual traditions of the Gujarat Sultanate.

An elderly sidi quilter sorting out pieces of textiles for making a new quilt.

Colorful handmade quilts dried in the sun at the sidi village of Javantri in Gujarat. Sidi women make colorful quilts out of old cloth and textile waste.

The sidi women of Jamnagar are skilled in the arts of tie-dye and most of them work in the local tie-dye industry of Jamnagar