Sufi music

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Aissawa, Gnawa music, Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka, The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Qawwali, Aziz Mian, Kailash Kher, Madan Gopal Singh, Mercan Dede, Debu, Hidayat Inayat Khan, Rabbi Shergill, Sain Zahoor, Chaiyya Chaiyya, Sabri Brothers, Kafi, Allan Fakir, Reshad Feild, Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, Akagündüz Kutbay, Hassan Hakmoun, Zila Khan, Boujeloud, Musharaff Moulamia Khan, Sufi rock, Munnawar Masoom, Ruhaniyat ¿ The All India Sufi & Mystic Music Festival, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Sohrab Fakir, Pappu Sain, Niazi Brothers, Madih nabawi, Barkat Sidhu, World Sufi Festival, Waheed and Naveed Chishti, Manqabat, Madeeh. Excerpt: The Aissawa (also Aïssâwa, Issâwa, Aïssaoua, Issaoua) is a religious and mystical brotherhood founded in Meknès, Morocco, by Muhammad Ben Aïssâ (1465¿1526), best known as the Chaykh Al-Kâmil, or "Perfect Sufi Master". The terms Aïssâwiyya (`Isâwiyya) and Aïssâwa (`Isâwa), derive from the name of the founder, and respectively designate the brotherhood (tariqa, literally: "way") and its disciples (fuqarâ, sing. to fakir, literally: "poor"). They are known for their spiritual music, which generally comprises songs of religious psalms, characterized by the use of the oboe ghaita (similar to the mizmar or zurna) accompanied by percussion using polyrhythm. Complex ceremonies, which use symbolic dances to bring the participants to ecstatic trance, are held by the Aissawa in private during domestic ritual nights (lîla-s), and in public during celebrations of national festivals (the moussem-s, which are also pilgrimages) as well as during folk performances or religious festivities, such as Ramadan, or mawlid, the "birth of the Prophet." These are organized by the Moroccan and Algerian States. Some details regarding Ben Aïssâ remain unknown. He has a controversial genealogy and a hagiography that projects the image of a sufi master and legendary ascetic of considerable spiritual influence. Ben Aïssâ built his own mausoleum in the monastery or Zaouia in the city of Meknès. This is now a destination for his modern followers to visit and pray while participating in individual or collective acts of piety. Ben Aïssâ was initiated into Sufism by three masters of the tariqa Shadhiliyya/Jazûliyya: `Abbâs Ahmad Al-Hâritî (Meknès), Muhammad `Abd Al `Azîz At-Tabbâ (Marrakech) and Muhammad as-Saghîr as-Sahlî (Fès). The spiritual doctrine of the Aïssâwa follows the earlier mystical tradition of the tariqa Shadhiliyya]]/Jazûliyya. This religious teaching first appeared in 15th century Marrakech and is the most orthodox mystical method to appear in the western region of North Africa known a