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Definition of Qawwali
1. Noun. (context: music uncountable) A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium. ¹
2. Noun. (context: music countable) A song in this style. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Qawwali
1. devotional Sufi music [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Qawwali
| qalandars qanat qanats qandilite qanon qanons qantar qantars qanun qanuns | qasida qasidas qat qats qawwal qawwali (current term) qawwalis qawwals qazf qazi | qazis qd qds qeema qepik qepiks qepiq qepiqs qewl qh |
Literary usage of Qawwali
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rattapallax by George Dickerson, Michael Graves, Robert Harding, Judith Werner (1999)
"That is, there exists something outside of time in their time signatures, much
like the meditative plaints of Sufi, Gnawa, qawwali and Voudou ceremonies. ..."
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