Music from Pakistan DVD 2004 Religious and sufi music - Music of Baluchistan / Films by Yves Billon, ft. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pathaney Khan, Zab Zanga

UPC 602498005156

REGION 0 NTSC DVD (all regions)

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: Dolby 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, French, Spanish

Total Runtime: 110 minutes

English Summary:

The Music of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی موسیقی‎, lit. 'pákistáni mosíqi') includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and modern-day Western popular music influences. With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani sound has emerged.

Sufi music is 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 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. Some of the Sufi orders have taken an approach more akin to puritan forms of Islam, declaring music to be unhelpful to the Sufi way.

DVD DESCRIPTION

RELIGIOUS AND SUFI MUSIC
During their meetings, those who practic Sufism - mainly Shiites ~ listen to the poems sung by their masters, the Qhawali. This traditional music, enhanced by new literary and musical elements, has become the most Popular genre in Pakistan. Today, masters like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and
Fratrhaney Khan are the greatest heirs of his vaditton, These artists sing praises to the Prophet and his saints. Through the lands of Sind and Punjab. we meet these artists as they perform in mausoleums, Marriages, and festivals.

MUSIC OF BALUTCHISTAN
The Batoutchi People occupies a vast territory that covers half of western Pakistan.
As nomads, the Baloutchis wander in the frontier zones of Afghanistan, the iranian Khorasan and the Persian Gulf. Early Islamized, they are faithfull to the Sunni
Islam in its strict but tolerant form. This film is s a voyage through the lunar landscapes of the planet with long Stages by the black Makranie ethnic Groups on the Coast, as well as by the Derviches from the Mountains.