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Radio 3,45 mins

SeriesSongs of the Sufi Mystics

The Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi

World Routes

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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. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    A Qawwali in praise of Ali
    A Qawwali in praise of Ali
    Nizami Qawwal
  3. 2.
    Our eyes met
    Our eyes met
    Nizami Qawwal
  4. 3.
    Unknown
    Unknown
    Nizami Qawwal
  5. 4.
    unknown
    unknown
    Nizami Qawwal
  6. 5.
    A wedding song
    A wedding song
    Nizami Qawwal