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Riyaaz Qawwali’s mission is to expose qawwali to new audiences, while still paying homage to traditional qawwali that has been in existence for 700+ years. The ensemble wants to expand the reach of the genre to new stages and people of other faiths and traditions.
Riyaaz Qawwali’s mission is to expose qawwali to new audiences, while still paying homage to traditional qawwali that has been in existence for 700+ years. The ensemble wants to expand the reach of the genre to new stages and people of other faiths and traditions.
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CLASSIFICATIONS OF QAWWALI<br />
HAMD<br />
Praise for Allah<br />
GHAZAL<br />
Poetic form consist<strong>in</strong>g of rhym<strong>in</strong>g couplets and a<br />
refra<strong>in</strong>. Although the ghazal is most prom<strong>in</strong>ently a<br />
form of Persian and Urdu poetry, today it is found <strong>in</strong><br />
the poetry of many languages.<br />
NAAT<br />
Praise of the Prophet Muhammad<br />
MUNADJAAT<br />
Song where the s<strong>in</strong>ger displays his gratefulness to<br />
Allah through a variety of l<strong>in</strong>guistic techniques<br />
MANQABAT<br />
praise of either Imam Ali or one of the Sufi sa<strong>in</strong>ts<br />
MARSIYA<br />
Dirge lament<strong>in</strong>g the death of much of Imam Husayn’s<br />
family <strong>in</strong> the Battle of Karbala<br />
KAFI<br />
Devotional poem themed around heroic and great<br />
romantic tales from the folkfore, often used as a<br />
metaphor for mystical truths, and spiritual long<strong>in</strong>g<br />
characterized by a musical refra<strong>in</strong> that sets a mood<br />
much like <strong>in</strong> a Ghazal
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