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    Qawwali Music Arts and Entertainment South Asia Regions













Qawwali Music Arts and Entertainment South Asia Regions


Qawwali

A vocal devotional singing style found across Pakistan, and northern India, associated with Sufi music with both Persian and sub-continental roots. A singer of this musical form is called a Qawwal and the performance is always in a group. The word Qawwali literally means 'utterances' in Persian and the present form of Qawwali is credited to be started by Amir Khusrau, a Sufi from Delhi. Derivatives of this form have become a key element of the popular music of India and Pakistan. The word is also written kawali, kawwali, and in other variations in Roman script.

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See Also:

  • - Detailed website about Amir Khusrau (1253-1325 AD), the Sufi mystic who invented the Qawwali form of music and provided lyrics to many Qawwalies. Includes translation of his famous Qawwalies.
  • - Interview with Ustad Badar Ali Khan prior to his first North American tour.
  • - Includes audio and video clips, photographs, and press quotes.
  • - Detailed account of the origin and history of the Qawwali form, including the techniques, use of staging, role of the audience, and the status of the music in Pakistan today.
  • - Profile of the singer, music, albums, qawwali lyrics and their translations in English.
  • - Analysis of the music and its roots in Persian poetic forms.
  • - A page about the Sufi devotional musical form, as performed in Pakistan and India today.
  • - Information about Qawwali music, its history as well as a number of Sufi saints.
  • - A detailed survey of Sufi Music,its geographical distribution and marketability. Also contains many online bibliographic references.


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