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PRESS RELEASE Qawwali Evenings at the Indian Embassy
The Embassy of India, Kuwait, in cooperation with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi, is organizing two “Qawwali” performances at its Auditorium on the evenings of October 2 and 3, 2010. An eight-member team of the well-known “Nizami Bandhu” qawwals, who have participated in many prestigious events in India and abroad, will perform on both evenings.
Trained in qawwali and classical vocal music, the “Nizami Bandhu”
belong to the 'Sikandra Gharana' and to a family privileged to be
descendants of the darbari singers of the Asthana of Hazrat
Nizamuddin Aulia and Hazrat Amir Khusro for the past seven hundred
years. The two qawwali functions will be inaugurated by Ambassador
Ajai Malhotra and are by invitation only. |
