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The earliest historical record of an instrument named rabab dates back to 10th-century Arabic texts, as identified by Henry George Farmer. This instrument, along with its variations like rubab , rebab , and rabob , subsequently gained popularity in various regions of West, Central, South, and Southeast Asia. [ 5 ]
The rubab is often used in Pashto music. Loba is very popular among the masses and are added within Tappas occasionally. This is a form of folk music in which a story is told. It requires 2 or more persons who reply to each other in a poetic form. The two sides are usually the lover and the beloved (the man and woman).
The Afghan concept of music is closely associated with instruments, and thus unaccompanied religious singing is not considered music. Koran recitation is an important kind of unaccompanied religious performance, as is the ecstatic Zikr ritual of the Sufis which uses songs called na't, and the Shi'a solo and group singing styles like mursia, manqasat, nowheh and rowzeh.
This is a list of Pashto-language singers. ... Music portal; List of Afghan singers; References This page was last edited on 15 January 2025, at 06:12 (UTC). ...
It has its roots in the Balochi, Brahui, Sindhi, [1] and Pashto. [2] Folk music, Balochi handicrafts, drama and Balochi cinema play a significant role in Baloch culture. [3] [4] [5] Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, has several historical monuments such as Pirak, the Chaukhandi tombs and the Quaid-e-Azam Residency. [6]
Laila Khan, a celebrated Pashto singer, who has also sung in Urdu, Arabic, and French. Pashto music is predominantly found in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and in major urban centers of Pakistan, including Peshawar, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi. There is a long oral tradition of Pashto folk music, which includes genres such as ...
Chants Du Pashtou, (transl. Songs of the Pashtu, Pashto: زرسانګه) is the alternative-indie and debut solo studio album by Pashtuns singer Zarsanga. The album was released on June 1, 1993 by Long Distance in Afghanistan. [1]
Farzana Naz (Pashto: فرزانه ناز) is an Afghan female singer born in Baghlan, Afghanistan. She sings mainly Pashto songs and made her first songs in Pakistan, due to the unstable situation in Afghanistan. Her mother is a Dari speaker while her father belongs to the Pashtun tribe.