History is made at night

The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters

Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan. Show all posts
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Dancing & Drumming at Lahore Sufi festival

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Lahore Journal: Mystical Form of Islam Suits Sufis in Pakistan (New York Times, 25 February 2010) 'Thousands of Muslim worshipers paid t...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Dancing in Lahore

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'Lahore is a city that has to fight for its cultural survival. The growing influence of the Taliban, although hundreds of kilometres to ...
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Sunday, May 03, 2009

Ayman Udas: a Singer Murdered in Pakistan

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'A rising musical star was allegedly shot dead by her own brothers in the conservative city of Peshawar in Pakistan last week after she ...
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Monday, March 09, 2009

Anti-music Islamists Destroy Shrine

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William Dalrymple on the destruction of a Sufi shrine in Pakistan ( full article in yesterday's Observer ): 'Rahman Baba, "the ...
Sunday, February 01, 2009

Pakistan: Eunuch Dancers Protest

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The Hijras of Pakistan, sometimes described as 'eunuchs', are generally gay transvesites/transsexuals, some of whom have had some ki...
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