A Study of Islamic Sufi Music in India and Pakistan─Taking Qawwali For Example

• Main Authors: Lin, Kuang-Hui, 林光輝
• Other Authors: Lin, Chang-Kuan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72299534574411463741

碩士 === 玄奘人文社會學院 === 宗教學研究所 === 92 === The topic is Qawwali, it is an often seenly musical form in northern India and Pakistan. Qawwali is a kind of songs mixed by Islamic and Indian influences. The Sufis(you can understand them as an school of Islam, but it is not nearly right) in this area depend or use Qawwali to get the situation of hāl(it is an arabian word, meaning ecstasy or trance), and they say they could get closer to Allah(God of Islam) in Qawwali. Qawwali is believed to survive in this area at least 800 years. The texts of Qawwali are the words of Qur’ān(Bible of Islam), Hadith(the words of Prophet Muhammed), and words of muslim or Sufi saints. The musical or song forms are but from India, like bhajans, ghazals. So Qawwali are very welcomed in muslim or Sufi cultural areas here. But the Formal Islam in and out India says they don’t like musical instruments or musical uses in the rituals of Islam. Thus the points I want to explore are: 1. The cultural aspects of conflict and mixing of Islamic Sufis in Northern India and Pakistan, especially focusing on Sufis and non-Sufis. 2. The muslim’s attitudes to music, and their musical activities in and outside India. 3. Studies in Qawwali itself, including its outer, musical specialities, and its religious connections to Islamic and Indian cultures.