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Qawwali, as a Sufi musical tradition, has traveled through time and has seen significant changes in terms of space and structure. In the Indian subcontinent four major Sufi Tariqas (orders) have formed a strong base, these are: Chistiya, Qadiriya, Suhrawardiyya and Naqshbandiya. Amongst…
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‘Being a pilgrim at Ajmer Sharif
Will bear the same fruit as visiting Mecca
At the Dargah (mausoleum) of our beloved Khwaja
O naive soul, keep chanting the name of Allah’
The lines above are translated and quoted from a Bengali qawwali song released in 2004 in the album Bharat Tirtha…
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Qawwali is a form of devotional music of the Sufis, practiced in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is a fusion of the Persian musical tradition qawl and the tarana form of Indian dhrupad as well as dhamar. Besides traditional compositions in the Arabic, Persian and Hindvi, the use of…
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