Just in time for the Days of Awe, Darshan, the neo-hasidic folk-rap duo release a new music video, “Know Return”, a poetic meditation on the spiritual cycle of Teshuva (repentance and renewal) that characterizes the months of Elul and Tishrei, including Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur. Through a series of dream-like tableaus, colorful moving images of the natural world, and the chaotic hustle and bustle of human life, “Know Return” is a creative kaleidoscope meant to focus our attention inward on our own personal process as well as outward on the state of the world at large.
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