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1/2. In the first of two award-winning programmes, first broadcast on BBC World Service, Jameela Siddiqi attends the all-night festival at the cradle of Sufi music, the Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi. She attends a special performance by the Nizami Qawwal, the shrines resident musicians, and discovers qawwalis both public and secret. She talks to pilgrims and describes the mystical experience of visiting the shrine.
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- 1.A Qawwali in praise of AliA Qawwali in praise of AliNizami Qawwal
- 2.Our eyes metOur eyes metNizami Qawwal
- 3.UnknownUnknownNizami Qawwal
- 4.unknownunknownNizami Qawwal
- 5.A wedding songA wedding songNizami Qawwal