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16-508: Television Internet Traditional Modern Kafi is a classical form of Sufi music in the Punjabi and Sindhi languages that originated from the Punjab and Sindh regions of South Asia . Some well-known Kafi poets are Baba Farid , Bulleh Shah , Shah Hussain , Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai , Sachal Sarmast and Khwaja Ghulam Farid . This poetry style has also lent itself to
32-461: A band from Pakistan, created the genre of Sufi rock /Sufi Folk Rock by combining elements of modern hard rock and traditional folk music with Sufi poetry. In 2005, Rabbi Shergill released a Sufi rock song called " Bulla Ki Jaana ," which became a chart-topper in India and Pakistan. Madonna , on her 1994 record Bedtime Stories , sings a song called " Bedtime Story " that discusses achieving
48-442: A high unconsciousness level. The video for the song shows an ecstatic Sufi ritual with many dervishes dancing, Arabic calligraphy and some other Sufi elements. In her 1998 song "Bittersweet", she recites Rumi's poem by the same name. In her 2001 Drowned World Tour, Madonna sang the song "Secret" showing rituals from many religions, including a Sufi dance. Singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt 's record The Mask and Mirror (1994) has
64-517: A solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets. Abida Parveen , a Pakistani Sufi singer is one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music, considered the finest Sufi vocalists of the modern era. Sanam Marvi , another Pakistani singer has recently gained recognition for her Sufi vocal performances. Asrar Shah a Lahore based Sufi singer who gained popularity in Coke Studio Pakistan and now
80-428: A song called "The Mystic's Dream" that is influenced by Sufi music and poetry. The band mewithoutYou has made references to Sufi parables, including the name of their album It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright (2009). Tori Amos makes a reference to Sufis in her song "Cruel". Mercan Dede is a Turkish composer who incorporates Sufism into his music and performances. Shohreh Moavenian
96-523: Is an Iranian singer who sings Rumi's poems. She has produced two albums by the title "Molana & Shora 1 and 2" in which she incorporates elements of pop and traditional Persian music. Devotional music A devotional song is a hymn that accompanies religious observances and rituals. Traditionally devotional music has been a part of Hindu music , Jewish music , Buddhist music , Islamic music and Christian music . Each major religion has its own tradition with devotional hymns. In Christianity,
112-472: Is characterized by a devotional intensity in its delivery, and as such overlaps considerably with the Qawwali genre. Just like Qawwali, its performances often took place at the dargahs (mausoleums) of various Sufi saints in the region. However, unlike Qawwali, the musical arrangement is much simpler and may only include one harmonium , one tabla , one dholak and a single vocalist. The emphasis remains on
128-914: Is owner of his music producing company Soul Speaks. A. R. Rahman , the Oscar-winning Indian musician, has several compositions which draw inspiration from the Sufi genre; examples are the filmi qawwalis Piya Haji Ali in the film Fiza , Khwaja Mere Khwaja in the film Jodhaa Akbar , Arziyan in the film Delhi 6 , Kun Faya Kun in the film Rockstar and Maula Wa Salim in the film O Kadhal Kanmani . He has performed many Sufi concerts in The Sufi Rout at Delhi . He performed Light Upon Light in Dubai with Sami Yusuf . Bengali singer Lalan Fakir and Bangladesh's national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam scored several Sufi songs. Junoon ,
144-648: Is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the Sufi culture in South Asia. However, music is also central to the Sema ceremony of the whirling dervishes , which is set to a form of music called Ayin, a vocal and instrumental piece featuring Turkish classical instruments such as the ney (a reed flute). The West African gnawa is another form, and Sufis from Indonesia to Afghanistan to Morocco have made music central to their practices. Sufi love songs are often performed as ghazals and Kafi ,
160-492: The murid (disciple) and his Murshid (Master), and often by lover and his Beloved. The word Kafi is derived from the Arabic qāfiya ( قافية ) meaning 'rhyme'. The genre is said to be derived from the Arabic poetry genre, qasidah , a monorhyme ode that is always meant to be sung, using one or two lines as a refrain that is repeated to create a mood. Kafi poetry is usually themed around heroic and great romantic tales from
176-560: The Kafi genre of singing, popular throughout South Asia, especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Over the years, both Kafi poetry and its rendition have experienced rapid growth phases as various poets and vocalists added their own influences to the form, creating a rich and varied poetic form, yet through it all it remained centered on the dialogue between the Soul and the Creator, symbolized by
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#1732773060382192-529: The Western audiences. Sanam Marvi from Hyderabad is another singer and vocalist, performing Kafi based Sufi songs. This Sufism-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sufi music Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis , inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi , Hafiz , Bulleh Shah , Amir Khusrow , and Khwaja Ghulam Farid . Qawwali
208-739: The devotional has been a part of the liturgy in Roman Catholicism , Lutheranism , the Greek Orthodox Church , the Russian Orthodox Church , and others, since their earliest days. A devotional is a part of the prayer service proper and is not, in these contexts, ornamentation. Within the Reformed tradition, church music in general was hotly debated; some Puritans objected to all ornament and sought to abolish choirs, hymns, and, inasmuch as liturgy itself
224-726: The early notable exponents of this form in the 1930s, when classical singing became highly popular, were Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of the Patiala gharana , who used the dhrupad style in his rendition of Sindhi Kafis, and his contemporary in Sindhi kafi singing, Ustad Allahdino Noonari, who used the fusion form. Kafi has gained a higher profile in the West in the late 20th century, thanks to the Pakistani singer Abida Parveen , who, like qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , has performed in front of
240-613: The folkfore, often used as a metaphor for mystical truths, and spiritual longing. In musical terms, kafi refers to the genre of Punjabi and Sindhi classical music which utilizes the verses of kafi poets such as Bulleh Shah and Shah Hussain . Kafi music is devotional music, normally associated with the Sufi orders or Tariqah of Islam in South Asia , and was sung by dervishes or fakirs (Islamic mendicants), solo or in groups, as an offering to their murshid , spiritual guide. It
256-476: The words rather than the music itself, since the central aim of Kafi music is to convey the essence of the mystical lyrics. The central verse is often repeated. There are no fixed styles of singing of Kafi. Traditionally dervishes in Sindh used instruments like yaktaro , a one-stringed plucked instrument, and wooden clappers, chappars , though many contemporary singers have chosen their own variations Some of
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