Ira Cohen was an American poet, publisher, filmaker, photographer and a countercultural icon. In the '60s and '70s he traveled extensively around the world, in particular in India, Nepal and Maroc (he lived in Tangier for 4 years, in the early 1960s.)
In 1981 he returned in New York, but continued to travel, making trips to Ethiopia, Japan and back to India, where he filmed the Kumbha Mela, the greatest spiritual gathering of the world.
Deeply inspired by Hindu and Islamic philosophy and spirituality, Ira was also an expert and a joyous user of hashish in its various forms, in particular the majoon, a powerful Moroccan confection made of cannabis resin, honey, dates, spices and other ingredients. In 1966 he published The Hashish Cookbook.
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A memorial event for Ira Cohen will be held in New York City on Sunday, Febr. 5th, 2012, 6 pm - 10 pm at the Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street, NYC
For more details please visit Ira Cohen's website
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