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2 unusual facts about Punjabi Qisse


Punjabi Qisse

To date, places like the Qissa Khawani Bazaar (Market of Story-tellers) in Peshawar, Pakistan are thronged by people who visit them to hear oral recitations of qisse sung by renowned performers.

It has influenced almost all the languages of South Asia and occurs as a regular common noun in north-western South Asian languages like Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi.



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