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The songs of the Padapattu genre can be classified into four different types: [16] Islamic folk tales : These songs have no relation to actual historic events but either from a folk tale, a legend or simply an imaginary story related to Islamic traditions. Songs of this category include the Zaqqum Padappattu and the Jinn Padappattu.
In Arab culture, [1] the zaffa (Egyptian Arabic: زفـّـة / ALA-LC: zaffah), or wedding march, is a musical procession of bendir drums, bagpipes, horns, belly dancers and men carrying flaming swords. This is an ancient Egyptian tradition that predates Islam.
In the past, weddings would take place in the bride's home as community centers were not available. Many people would be invited to the wedding. In the villages, women would sing geet, a traditional type of song sung at weddings, and dance. Nowadays, modern music has taken over the geet, and most weddings are held at community centers. [3]
The song is an essential part of the Eid festival for Bengali Muslims. This song was composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. On 25 May 1931, this song was recorded for the first time. Kazi Nazrul Islam himself was also the composer of the song. There is a story behind the composition of this song.
This is not the case with rural areas, or, for example, most parts of Saudi Arabia, where they still do the original traditional Arab Islamic wedding style. In rural areas of countries like Egypt, after the zaffa, the wedding ceremony will usually take place in a big clearing, where a huge Arabic tent called a sewan (صوان) has been set up ...
A nasheed (Arabic: نَشِيد, romanized: nashīd, lit. 'chant', plural Arabic: أَنَاشِيد, romanized: anāshīd) is a work of vocal music, partially coincident with hymns, that is either sung a cappella or with instruments, according to a particular style or tradition within Sunni Islam.
Islamic music may refer to religious music, as performed in Islamic public services or private devotions, or more generally to musical traditions of the Muslim world. The heartland of Islam is the Middle East , North Africa , the Horn of Africa , Balkans , and West Africa , Iran , Central Asia , and South Asia .
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