Pakistani folk music
| Music of Pakistan | |
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| Religious music | |
| Traditional music | |
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| Music awards |
Lux Style Awards Hum Awards Pakistan Media Awards |
| Music festivals |
All Pakistan Music Conference Lahore Music Meet |
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| Nationalistic and patriotic songs | |
| National anthem | Qaumi Taranah |
| Regional music | |
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Folk music of Pakistan includes the traditional forms of Balochi, Pashto, Punjabi, Brahui and Sindhi folk songs and music. Pakistani folk songs include "Abeeti" (a love song sung by young women), "Allah Hoo" (a Muslim lullaby) and "Ashoor Jan" (a patriotic love song) and Jugni folk songs. Folktales include the epic love stories of lovers like Heer Ranjha, Sohni Mahiwal, Sassui Punnhun and Mirza Sahiban. Then, over the years as time went by, folk songs and folk music were developed by the people based on these folktales.
Badala (or Sandara) is a historically significant form of Pashto folk music that focuses on local romance, epics, folktales, fables, local heroes and historical events. Badala also includes Pashto translations of epics and romances from Arabic and Persian cultures.
The Sindhi kafi is an indigenous musical form of Sindh and Punjab, Pakistan. The word kafi, is of Ararbic origin, used in the sense of "final" or "enough" in the expression “Allah Kafi”, which means, “God Almighty is Supreme”. Thus the kafi is a devotional form of music composed in a particular form derived from a mixture of classical, semi-classical, and light music forms (specifically, the khayal, tappa, thumri, and geet). The mystic poetry of the Sufi saints is usually sung in this mode.
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