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qawwali
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qawwali [kəˈvɑːlɪ]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) an Islamic religious song, esp in Asia


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Known for her Punjabi folk and classical renderings, Pushpa Hans had developed an interest in Sufi music from the age of 10.
Among the topics are plural authenticities at the centers and at the margins, Islam and Sufi music in the West, the transmigration of Sufism to Britain, Sufi calculations of a perfect divine universe in Manchester, generational change in the Burhaniya Sufi order, Sufi oriented activities and community building among Bosnian Muslims in southern Sweden, and the reception of Sufi and neo-Sufi literature.
He brought Pakistani Sufi music to a huge international audience until his death over a decade ago.
 
 
 
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