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2 unusual facts about Qawwali


Nizami Brothers

Nizami Bandhu is an Indian Qawwali musical group consisting of Chand Nizami, Shadab Faridi Nizami, and Sohrab Faridi Nizami.

Shye Ben Tzur

Shye Ben Tzur is an Israeli Qawwali composer/ producer and performer who composes qawwalis in Hebrew.


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Chhaap Tilak Sab Chheeni

This Qawwali also featured in 1978 Bollywood Movie Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

Culture of Pakistan

The variety of Pakistani music ranges from diverse provincial folk music and traditional styles such as Qawwali and Ghazal Gayaki to modern forms fusing traditional and Western music, such as the synchronisation of Qawwali and Western music by the world-renowned Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Filmi qawwali

Within the sub-genre of filmi qawwali, there exists a form of qawwali that is infused with modern and Western instruments, usually with techno beats, called techno-qawwali.

Ghulam Farid Sabri

The group became the first exponents of Qawwali to the West in 1975, when it performed at New York's Carnegie Hall.

Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi

Ateeq Hussain Khan is currently carrying the legacy of his father and heading the Sufi qawwali group Bandanawazi Qawwal.

Vasanta Habba

Performances in this edition of Vasanta Habba included a concert on the Mohan Veena by Grammy Award winner, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, fusion music by Taufiq Querishi and qawwali by the Ateeq Hussain Khan Warsi brothers.


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