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The Hazaras ( Persian: هزاره, romanized : Hazāra; Hazaragi: آزره, romanized: Āzrə) are an ethnic group and a principal component of the population of Afghanistan. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan.
The music of Afghanistan comprises many varieties of classical music, folk music, and modern popular music. Afghanistan has a rich musical heritage [1] and features a mix of Persian melodies , Indian compositional principles , and sounds from ethnic groups such as the Pashtuns , Tajiks and Hazaras .
Safdar Tawakoli ( Persian: صفدر توکلی ); (born 1942 in Yakawlang, Bamyan) is an ethnic Hazara musician from Afghanistan. He focuses on and plays mostly Hazara folkloric and regional traditional music based on the dambura. [1] [2] In 2020 the Afghan government awarded him the title of "Sultan Dambura" for his unique musical style.
Dambura. Many Hazara musicians are highly skilled in playing the dambura, a local oud instrument found in other Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Some of the musicians and dambura players are, such as Sarwar Sarkhosh, Dawood Sarkhosh, Safdar Tawakoli, Sayed Anwar Azad and others.
Dawood Sarkhosh (also spelled as Daud Sarkhosh) (Dari-Persian: داوود سرخوش) is an ethnic Hazara singer, musician and poet. Early life [ edit ] Dawood Sarkhosh was born on 26 April 1971 in Urozgan (now Daykundi ), Afghanistan .
Sayed Anwar Azad (Persian: سید انور آزاد) is an ethnic Hazara folkloric singer from Afghanistan. He plays folkloric and regional traditional Hazara music on the dambura. Early life. Seyed Anwar Azad was born in 1969, in Yakawlang, Bamyan, Afghanistan. In 1989, when he was about 20 years old, he turned to the Hazara folkloric and ...
On 3 July 2022, in the rural areas around Balkhab District, the Taliban committed a series of war crimes against the local Shia Hazara population, those war crimes include the execution of 150 civilians after they were subjected to prolonged torture, playing music and dancing in Shia Mosques, Shia seminaries, and schools before turning them ...
Paris-based film sales agency Cat&Docs has acquired “Kamay,” the debut feature documentary from filmmakers Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran. The film will world premiere at Visions du Réel ...
Hazara (Hindko: هزاره, Urdu: ہزارہ) is a region in northern Pakistan, falling administratively within Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is dominated mainly by the Hindko speaking Hazarewal people , who make up the many native ethnic groups of the region and often called the " Hazarewal ".
Pages in category "Hazara singers". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .