Fanna-Fi-Allah Qawwali Party

Fanna-Fi-Allah: Annihilation into Allah. Qawwali is an ancient practice where in the fire of divine love (ishq) is ecstatically expressed through the mystical verses of Sufi poets, sung in Urdu, Farsi, Hindi and Punjabi. The origins of qawwali music date back about a thousand years to the first sufi mystics who came to India; Data Ganj-Buksh & Khwaja Mueen ud Deen Chishty. The sufi sama (sufi gathering) of Persia was recreated to suite the culture of India & qawwali was deseigned for this setting.

Tahir Qawwal and Amena Chisty Qawwal, who are infinitely blessed to be the foremost disciples of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, the greatest Qawwali master of Pakistan and only nephew-successor of the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Dildar Hussein, world renowned tabla master from the Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Qawwali party, lead the Fanna-Fi-Allah Qawwali party consisting of five to ten rigorously trained musicians. This young Qawwali party wishes to bring forth, from out of the Sufi shrines, the blessing of this ancient practice of devotion and love through music and dance to all. Fanna-Fi-Allah has been greatly honoured to play at such sacred sufi shries in Pakistan such as the beloved tombs of :Data Ganj Baksh (Lahore), Baba Ganj-e-Shakar (Pak Pattan), Baba Bulleh Shah (Kasoor), Baba Lasuri Shah (Faislabad)....and in India at the tombs of Khwaje Nizzam-Ud-Deen Aulia, Hazrat Amir Khusrau, Pir Inayat Khan (Delhi), Khwaje Mueen-Ud-Deen Chishty (Ajmer), and many more mystic sites.

Qawwali has evolved into an amazingly immense art form spanning over hundreds of years of poets, languages & musical evolutions. The aspiration of Fanna-Fi-Allah is to bring the magic of Pakistan to the west, by properly receiving this time honoured tradition from the grand masters. Through years of heartfelt effort Fanna-Fi-Allah performs at festivals, yoga studio's, gatherings, house concerts, workshops, benefits, tombs & in the streets of the third world.

“I was in tears for over 2 hours…the vocal mastery and heartfelt devotion are compelling. More than a “good” time, these young players move me to a greater sense of the mystery within” –Koda Sun (respected elder of the Earthome community)
 

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