SUFIYANA MAUSIKI - ART AND CULTURE
News: Kashmir’s
fading Sufiyana Mausiki, Tchakri songs attract a spotlight
What's in the news?
● The
fast fading Sufiyana Mausiki and
Tchakri, devotional folk songs that assumed centrality for carpet and shawl
weavers of Kashmir for centuries, were finally replayed with the old-charm
setting in a rare bid to “reconnect with the past” at Kunzer area in Baramulla
of north Kashmir.
Sufiyana Mausiki:
Origin:
● The
word Sufiana has been derived from “Sufism”, meaning “mystical” and Mausiqi is
the Urdu word for music.
● It
is an amalgam of the music of Persia,
Central Asia and India and was born due to the intercultural synthesis of
the music of already mentioned regions during the 15th century.
Key takeaways:
● The
classical music of Kashmir is known
as Sufiana Mausiqi.
● It
is a type of choral ensemble music which is based on the principal melodic
concept of Maqam, plural Maqamat.
Tchakri:
● TChakri
is one of the most popular types of traditional
music played in Jammu & Kashmir.
● It
is a responsive song form with instrumental parts, and it is played with
instruments like the harmonium, rubab, sarangi, nout, geger, tumbaknaer and
chimta.
● It
is performed in folk and religious spheres, by the Muslim and Hindu Kashmiris.