The musical journey of this program moves from the traditional to the original, making its way, at the same time, from city to town to village.
In Part I of the concert, the Dünya ensemble and Mavi Dance present the traditional music and characters of the Istanbul shadow puppet theater "Karagöz and Hacivat". The traditional selections represented in this section are performed with an ensemble that bears the city identity of Karagöz.
In Part II we move from city to town with a half composed, half improvised musical theatre piece based on a story about the famous folkloric character
Nasreddin Hoca which includes themes and songs from the Bektasi Sufi tradition.
In Part III the concert closes with the 60-piece PALS Childrenıs Chorus and the Dünya ensemble performing an original composition by Mehmet Ali Sanlikol about the foolish Keloglan, the poor village "bald boy". This composition combines a trio of Turkish traditional instruments with a Western piano trio.
The folkloric characters in all three parts of the program are comic, but they also share strong connections to traditions of Turkish folk wisdom which at times overlap with both conventional religion and secular philosophy.