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	Music of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Music is an important part of the new year celebration, as it is for Mazar-i Sharif.
		Afghan ragas, in contrast to Indian ones, tend to be more focused on rhythm, and are usually played with the tabla, imported from India, or the native zirbaghali, daireh or dohol, all percussive instruments
		The Afghan concept of music is closely associated with musical instruments, and thus the unaccompanied religious music is not considered music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Afghanistan (1124 words)

	Music in Afghanistan before the war
		Afghans believe, with some justification, that music from their part of the world had a significant influence on the classical music of northern India.
		The original music of mixed :Pashtun-Tajik areas near Kabul (such as Parwan) provided the models on which the new popular music broadcast by the radio station was built, bringing together Dari (Afghan Persians) or Pashto texts, the Pasthun musical style, and northern Indian theory and terminology.
		The development of Afghan popular music took place with the assistance of master musicians (Ustads), descendants of Indian's court musicians, whose knowledge of Indian music theory and terminology and high standards of performance were important for organizing small ensembles and large orchestras at the radio station.
	www.mikalina.com /Texts/music-afghanistan.htm (2123 words)

	Afghan music experts see bleak future for Pashto music culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Despite all this, some Afghan scholars, researchers and experts on culture and history were able to have had a direct contact with their respective fields and helped a great deal in promoting Afghan traditions and culture in different parts of world.
		The Afghan music experts were of the view that the youngsters should not lose touch with the original Pashto music and abstain from corrupting the taste of the general music lovers through the ear-splitting noise.
		Afghan musicians who have a sound training in the intricacies of music are faced with many problems as there they said there was no institute or academy where pure Pashto music culture could be preserved.
	www.khyberwatch.com /musicculture.htm (819 words)

	village voice > music > by Richard Gehr
		A Bamiyan statue to Afghan music fans, Zahir benefited from Radio Afghanistan's ability to draw the country's tribes together beginning in the 1950s until the 1979 Soviet invasion (the Taliban destroyed the station's archives after it came to power).
		Afghan pop and musiqui (secular instrumental music), according to UCLA ethnomusicologist Hiromi Lorraine Sakata's Music in the Mind: The Concepts of Music and Musicians in Afghanistan, have become so proscribed that wary drivers took to jamming tapes of Taliban chants recounting the jihadic victories of Islamist martyrs into tape decks as they approached checkpoints.
		One strain of Afghan music derives from the North Indian classical tradition, whose ragas were imported to the country during the 1860s.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0147/gehr.php (1225 words)

	Afghan expatriates keep their music alive (SJMN)
		Their music can be found in bins of cassettes in Pakistani bazaars or on the Internet.
		Afghan music distinguished itself from its Indian roots with its use of spiritual and mystical poetry sung with heavy vibrato; a favorite subject is romantic love.
		Her musical career began in the 1960s, and in 1976 the government gave her the title of master musician.
	www.mockingbirdfoundation.org /press/afghanistan.html (820 words)

	Music in the Afghan North
		A few open-reel tape recorders allowed minor circulation of other musics, mostly the songs of the Hindi films that were the mainstay of the few local cinemas.
		Afghan musicians, and even most officials, were curious, sometimes bemused, and helpful.
		Baily also saliently summarized the crushing of Afghan music under the heel of the Taliban in the period 1996-2001 (Baily 2001), and at the end of 2002, he visited Kabul to help with the reconstruction of Afghan musical life under the Karzai government.
	www.wesleyan.edu /its/acs/modules/slobin/html/intro/index.html (1083 words)

	Students record, release album of Afghan music \| Music For America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Two Berkeley MBA students, inspired by the rich sounds of Afghanistan and the tragic plight of its people, embarked on a digital recording mission to the country last summer, which has now resulted in the release of their 11-song album of traditional Afghan music, called Afghan Music Project, at afghanmusicproject.
		The Afghan Music Project, now available for download through 40 online music stores, including Apple’s iTunes and Real’s Rhapsody, was made possible with the help of a fellowship from the Haas School's Clausen Center for International Business and Policy.
		Music for America is providing the cultural capital and political savvy for our generation to reinvent progressive politics.
	www.musicforamerica.org /node/98783 (357 words)

	The Afghan Music Project
		The Afghan Music Project (AMP) is a mixed media social venture, seeking to raise awareness of Afghan culture through music.
		Classical Afghan music weaves together the past and present of diverse ethnic groups, resulting in a pulsating expression of emotion across Afghan society.
		Since music was a form of non-religious expression, it was perceived as a vice, and the Taliban decreed that it should be eliminated.
	www.afghanmusicproject.org /about.htm (1130 words)

	Afghan Art in Exile
		That violence and looting laid waste to Afghan museum collections, which were further decimated when the Taliban systematically and intentionally destroyed most of Afghanistan's art, deeming it "un-Islamic." An estimated 92 percent of the National Gallery's collection has been destroyed and looted.
		He is one of a group of Bay Area Afghan painters who produce figurative work, preserving their memories of Afghan villages, scenery, monuments and people.
		Afghan Info has the latest news and provides background information about Afghanistan, including a section on art and music.
	www.acfnewsource.org /art/afghan_art.html (708 words)

	Afghan Music
		Afghan music is considered to be both modal and melodic to the listener and...
		Afghan music has recently taken the world by storm.
		Afghan music is a beautiful blend of Indian and Persian melody.
	www.afghanshop.com (441 words)

	Freemuse: U.S. Funding Effort to Preserve Afghan Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Freemuse report on music censorship in Afghanistan is believed to be one of the main sources behind a U.S. preservation grant.
		Freemuse report on music censorship in Afghanistan is believed to be one of the main sources behind a U.S. preservation grant, which has launched a project to record the music of Afghan musicians now residing in Pakistani refugee camps
		Afghan state television has gone back on a decision to show female singers, saying the country is not yet ready for such broadcasts.
	www.freemuse.org /sw6517.asp (958 words)

	MTV Music \| Afghan Whigs - Profile and Biography
		Evolving from a garage punk band in the vein of the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney to a literate, pretentious, soul-inflected post-punk quartet, the Afghan Whigs were one of the most critically acclaimed alternative bands of the early '90s.
		The Afghan Whigs were one of the few alternative bands around in the late '90s to acknowledge R&B, attempting to create a fusion of soul and post-punk.
		The Afghan Whigs were formed when the members -- vocalist/rhythm guitarist Greg Dulli, bassist John Curley, lead guitarist Rick McCollum, and drummer Steve Earle -- were attending the University of Cincinnati.
	www.mtv.com /music/artist/afghan_whigs/bio.jhtml (735 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan SAAZ Afghan Fusion Musical Group
		SAAZ Afghan Fusion Ensemble creates a world of vibrant color and art as the musical history of Afghanistan is brought to life and transformed.
		The four artists of the ensemble transcend historical, geographical, and cultural boundaries, illustrating the beauty and complexity of Afghan culture through music.
		"Saaz", meaning "music" in Dari and Pashtu (the official two languages of Afghanistan), creates a fusion of traditional and modern music with its distinct blend of Eastern and Western traditions.
	www.afghanland.com /entertainment/saaz.html (584 words)

	The Afghan Whigs - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MTV Music is the ultimate destination for content on Afghan Whigs, including band info, music videos, live performances, news, albums and previews, photos,...
		The Afghan Whigs were born in a jail cell in Athens, Ohio.
		Afghan Whigs, named after a Florida-based white Muslim biker gang from the Sixties who were...
	music.aol.com /artist/the-afghan-whigs/3509/main (146 words)

	Watan Music: A collection of Afghan Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born on June 14, 1946 in the province of Laghman, Ahmad Zahir was destined to bring his talents and influence to Afghan music.
		The 1960s was an ideal time for this new form of music dubbed "amaturi" (amateur) or non-professional because the musicians and performers were not from traditional families that made their living on music.
		Blessed with an extraordinary tenor voice and acute musical instincts, Ahmad Zahir directed Afghan music to new depths.
	www.watanmusic.com (356 words)

	CNN.com - Afghan music hits virgin territory - December 13, 2001
		Television, photographs, lipstick, neckties, playing cards and music -- except for religious music -- were banned as part of the Taliban's campaign to create the purest Muslim state on earth.
		Today, women are casting off their burqas, men are clean shaven, and a female voice has relaunched Afghan radio after five years of harsh Taliban rule.
		Afghanistan's music fans are still a couple of decades behind, with the 80s currently reigning supreme.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/12/gen.afghan.music (366 words)

	Afghan Music Channel
		The goal of the exhibit is to convey the message that Afghans have been on a culture journey for hundreds of years and Afghanistan is a blend of extraordinarily diverse cultural and religious influences throughout the centuries as reflected by the art in the exhibit.
		This is the first time that the Afghan Art Exhibit will be held in the heart of the Afghan community often referred to as “Little Kabul,” the largest Afghan community in the world outside of Afghanistan.
		This is also the first time that art directly from Afghanistan will be displayed by talented artists who have lived through the havoc of the past 20 years as well as art from Afghan children which reflects their reality and the innocence that’s been stolen from them.
	www.afghan-network.net /Music/events-2004.html (424 words)

	Afghan Music
		Furthermore, if you have Afghan music videos that can be shared with the online Afghan community, please send it to us so we can publish it.
		Music Center and Fine Arts Foundation - Fremont (California) based Music Center, the original Recording Studio of Afghanistan Established in 1975 is proud to revive all its archives to CD format.
		Afghans in Australia - One of the first collections of Afghan music on the internet.
	www.afghanistanmusic.com (709 words)

	AfghanCalendar
		Afghan calendar (Jantari) is based on Islamic era which begins with emigration (Hijrat) of Prophet Mohammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D. Afghans use two dates, one for Islamic festivities based on the Arabic lunar (Qamari) year and the Persian solar calendar (Shamsi) year for administrative purposes.
		The Lunar year is 11 days shorter than the solar calendar and the months do not correspond to the seasons.
		The Afghan solar year begins on March 21, which is Nowrose, New year's day.
	afghancalendar.homestead.com (117 words)

	Radio Kaboul performs Afghan music at WFU
		She received the coveted title of "Ustad" (Master) in 1977 and was awarded the BBC's Asia/Pacific Award of World Music in 2003.
		She has lived in California for the past 12 years and tours the world to promote a better understanding of the music of her country.
		The music will be performed by five musicians on ethnic instruments including the zerbaghali drum (a clay goblet drum), bansuri flutes (a side-blown bamboo flute), tabla/dolak (both types of drums), rubab (a short-necked stringed lute) and other Afghan lutes.
	www.wfu.edu /wfunews/2005/110905r.html (402 words)

	Afghani Music Videos
		Afghans from all over the world recognize this sweet melody.
		This song is for anybody whose got a passion for Afghan music.
		The most famous of all the Afghan singers, Abdullah Muqurai, who always sang about his country and the poor people, sings a beautiful love song in Hujray Majlis in Kabul.
	www.afghanan.net /video (826 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Ustad Qasim Afghan
		One of the guests had asked Ustad Qasim to teach him an afghan song for he could play it on the piano, Ustad Qasim thought him the now famous “Our School is of Independence and our Subject of study is the air of Independence” which had ignited the crowed with applause.
		Ustad Qasim Afghan has many students in Afghanistan and abroad, some of the more famous students are: Ustad Natu, Ustad Saber, Ustad Rahimbakhsh, Ustad Nabigul and Ustad Mohammad Omar.
		Ustad Qasim Afghan passed on in 1957 leaving behind a school of music, a dynasty, and hundreds of songs and poems.
	www.afghanland.com /entertainment/music/qasim.html (691 words)

	Freemuse: Afghanistan: Strict self-censorship on Afghan music tv
		- Freedom of expression for music presenters and musicians up til now has been a big problem in Afghanistan because it is linked to the political situation and questions of national security.
		But I believe that a music presenter should be allowed to show the music he wants on his program.
		A CD by and for Afghan children has received massive coverage through Afghan and international media.
	www.freemuse.org /sw11901.asp (705 words)

	UNESCO Condemns Murder of Afghan Music Presenter Shaima Rezayee: UNESCO-CI
		She is the first media personality to have been assassinated for her professional activities in Afghanistan since the end of the war in 2001.
		Ms Rezayee presented her music programme on television until March 24 when she was fired.
		According to the non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders, Ms Rezayee’s dismissal followed accusations by the Council of Ulemas that her programme was anti-Islamic and that her behaviour on screen was too liberal.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=19150&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (278 words)

	PESHAWAR: Refugee musicians keep Afghan music alive -DAWN - Local; December 25, 2001
		It is the place, which, after providing shelter to musicians and singers from Afghanistan, has become a a centre of conserving Afghan music, specially the Pashto and Dari (Persian) folk music.
		Love for their beloved country, desire for the return of peace and normalcy to their cities, villages, streets, and the restoration of Afghan way of life form the central point of the songs they are often asked to sing by the audience in the marriage ceremonies and functions of Afghan refugees in Peshawar.
		Khayali, like several other Afghan musicians who live in Khalil Plaza, was forced to leave Kabul six years back when the Taliban banned music, declaring it unIslamic.
	www.dawn.com /2001/12/25/local22.htm (688 words)

	Afghanistan, Afghan, Afghan Chat
		Afghan forces killed 19 suspected Taliban rebels on Sunday as they traded rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire with insurgents in volatile southern Afghanistan.
		Friday July 21, 2006 By The Associated Press As of July 20, 2006, at least 257 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
		NATO chief urges world not to neglect Afghans Reuters KABUL - NATO urged the international community on Thursday not to neglect Afghanistan at a time of conflict in the Middle East and Iraq, as the alliance gears up to take over security in the violence-plagued south of the country.
	www.afghanchat.com (1750 words)

	Afghanistan Chat - Home
		KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity flew to Italy on Wednesday evening, hours after Afghan lawmakers declared that he should not be allowed to leave the country.
		His asylum raises fears here that other Afghans will convert to other faiths, just to be able to leave the country.The case has been a test for the fledgling Afghan democracy, struggling to find its way after the fall of the harsh Taliban in late 2001.
		The young Afghan boy dying from cancer, who has won the hearts of Canadians nationwide, could be receiving palli
	www.afghanzone.com (746 words)

	AfghanOnline.com the source of communication and information of Afghans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Afghan Radio to Afghan radio covers very aspect.
		Afghan recipes have just been added to AfghanOnline.com Please visit our recipes page for most delicious Afghan Food.
		Afghans with letters starting A-Z has been added.
	www.afghanonline.com (341 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Ensemble Kaboul is a new generation of musicians who have kept Afghan music alive through many difficult years.
		Vocalist Ustad Farida Mahwash was one of the biggest stars of Radio Afghanistan before the Taliban regime effectively banned all performances of music and she was forced into exile.
		Many of her songs are classical Dari poems set to music with structures similar to those of classical ragas and rhythms reminiscent of tabla drums and North African darbuka.
	worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1858 (265 words)

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