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The Spirit of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - by Andy Carvin

In 1993, a winter performance at the Gateway Theater in Chicago displayed all the ingredients of a typical rock concert: an endless, almost hypnotizing beat; hundreds of mesmerized individuals slavishly clap to the beat while dozens more dance in the aisles. But unlike a U2 or Pearl Jam show, this was a concert with a higher purpose — rejoicing in the grace of Allah.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a name which is neither well-known or well-pronounced by most Americans, is a pinnacle of success in southern Asia and many other parts of the world. Hailed by many as the Pavarotti of Pakistan, Khan is the world’s most celebrated qawwal. A qawwal is a specially-trained male vocalist who performs qawwali, a musical expression of devotional poetry practiced by the Sufis. The Sufis, an ancient mystical sect of Islam, achieve spiritual enlightenment through music, much like a Whirling Dervish achieves a higher state of consciousness through dancing.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born October 13, 1948, died August 16, 1997, was a Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). He featured in Time magazine’s 2006 list of ‘Asian Heroes’.

Traditionally, Qawwali has been a family business. Nusrat’s family has an unbroken tradition of performing qawwali for the last 600 years. Among other honorary titles bestowed upon him, Nusrat was called Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, meaning The Emperor of Qawwali.

My Feelings for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan-by Tosha

i was young, just a teenager when i first heard Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. i knew him only after he launched his video Afreen Afreen in India. The time was a boom for indian pop music. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan came to me as an enlightening singer. i was aware that is was a Qawwali singer but never realized what really Qawwali ment.

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More than his words its is his music that apples to me. As I have finally discovered, he was a sufi singer. I asways sensed sprituality in his music. Music that would make you dance and dance and you would rejoice your dancing. Even if you don’t physically dance, the dance is of the mind and the soul… body is just the witness. Such rejoiceful is his music.

Listen so some of his tracks here and you will understand what I mean. Feel for yourself how enchanting is the music.

Piya Re