Qawwali (Urdu: قوّالی; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabiਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ;Pashto) قاووالی is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in...
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (category Pakistani qawwali singers)
primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. Often called the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of Kings of Qawwali), he is considered...
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qawwali musician in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Jullundur, Punjab, British India in 1904. Fateh Ali Khan was the father of Pakistani Qawwali musicians...
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Rizwan-Muazzam (Urdu: رضوان ـ معظم) Qawwali is a Pakistani Qawwali group, headed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's nephews, Rizwan and Muazzam. They have performed...
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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (category Pakistani qawwali singers)
fəte(ɦ) əliː xɑːn]; born 9 December 1974) is a Pakistani singer, primarily Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. Khan is one of the most popular and highest...
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Filmi qawwali (Urdu: فلمی قوٌالی. Bengali: ফিল্মি কাওয়ালি, Hindi: फ़िल्मी क़व्वाली) is a form of qawwali music found in the Lollywood, Dhallywood, Tollywood...
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Sabri Brothers (category Pakistani qawwali groups)
performers of Sufi qawwali music and were closely connected to the Chishti Order. They are considered one of the greatest Sufi qawwali singers of all times...
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Amir Khusrau (redirect from Father of Qawwali)
the "father of Urdu literature." Khusrau is regarded as the "father of qawwali" (a devotional form of singing of the Sufis in the Indian subcontinent)...
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Indian classical tradition. She appeared in The Voice UK in 2013. She sings Qawwali, Carnatic and Western music. She was the first singer from an Asian tradition...
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Headbanging (category Qawwali)
Headbanging is also common in traditional Islamic Sufi music traditions such as Qawwali in the Indian subcontinent and Iran. Headbanging has been common in Islamic...
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