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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.
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 .
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.
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 ...
Zahir Howaida, also spelled as Zahir Huwaida (Dari: ظاهر هویدا) (February 28, 1945 – 5 March 2012), was an Afghan Hazara musician. [1] [2] [3] He had been active since the 1960s and his popularity peaked with the hit songs "Kamar Bareek-e-Man" and "Shanidam Az Inja Safar Mikoni."
The Hazara people are an ethnic group who are mostly from Afghanistan, primarily from the central regions of Afghanistan, known as Hazarajat, they established a large diaspora that consists of many communities in different countries around the world as part of the later Afghan diaspora.
Pages in category "Hazara singers". The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Shekeb Hamdard ( Persian: شكیب همدرد ), born as Ahmad Shekeb, is a well-known singer from Afghanistan. He is ethnically Hazara and currently continues his music career in the United States. He is the first winner of Afghan Star, a reality TV show in Afghanistan.