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Symbolism and Mysticism in Islam: A closer look at thepilgrimage, or hajj
April 19, 20227:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
As part of the Nights of Ramadan 2022 in Cordoba, on April 19 we will be hosting this conference by Pablo Rojas, who will give us a closer look at the knowledge about symbolism and mysticism in Islam, through one of the five pillars of Islam: the pilgrimage to Mecca, or hajj.
The basic tenets of Islam are expressed through its five main pillars: professing the faith, prayer, alms, fasting and the pilgrimage. Through this conference, Pablo Rojas will be giving us a closer look at one of these main pillars: the pilgrimage to Mecca, otherwise known as the hajj.
Pablo Rojas
Pablo Rojas was educated at the Ceramics School of La Moncloa (Madrid); in chalcographic engraving at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and in engraving using non-toxic techniques in the same city. Also in the Spanish capital, he has put on exhibitions at the Reina Sofía Museum, the Banco de Santander Foundation, the collection of the Spanish Parliament (Congreso de los Diputados) and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In other countries, his works have been exhibited at the Graphic International Museum (Oslo, Norway), the Gonzaga &
Fernanda Drumond Collection (Madeira, Portugal) and the Presidential Collection of the Republic of Portugal, and he has worked with notable artists from both Spain and abroad.
However, the pilgrimage is a phenomenon that has existed in humanity since the beginning of time and represents a quest, a journey of initiation to seek the creator of tangible forms not exclusive to Islam. It also holds a fundamental importance that has articulated and united the world across space and time, even today, opening routes of trade and knowledge, and building paths used to share mankind’s most important ideas.
Pablo Rojas was educated at the Ceramics School of La Moncloa (Madrid); in chalcographic engraving at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and in engraving using non-toxic techniques in the same city. Also in the Spanish capital, he has put on exhibitions at the Reina Sofía Museum, the Banco de Santander Foundation, the collection of the Spanish Parliament (Congreso de los Diputados) and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In other countries, his works have been exhibited at the Graphic International Museum (Oslo, Norway), the Gonzaga &
Fernanda Drumond Collection (Madeira, Portugal) and the Presidential Collection of the Republic of Portugal, and he has worked with notable artists from both Spain and abroad.