qawwali

Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia
Intangible music_genre Q512410
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qawwali

Summary

qawwali is a music genre[1]. qawwali ranks in the top 6% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • qawwali's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • qawwali is a type of devotional song[4].
  • qawwali is a type of music of India[5].
  • qawwali is a type of Hindustani classical music[6].
  • qawwali is a type of Sufi music[7].
  • qawwali's Commons category is recorded as Qawwali[8].
  • qawwali's country of origin is recorded as Pakistan[9].
  • qawwali's country of origin is recorded as India[10].
  • January 1, 1450 marks the founding of qawwali[11].
  • qawwali's instrumentation is recorded as dholak[12].
  • qawwali's instrumentation is recorded as Indian harmonium[13].
  • qawwali's instrumentation is recorded as tabla[14].
  • qawwali's instrumentation is recorded as tanpura[15].
  • qawwali's instrumentation is recorded as voice[16].
  • qawwali's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Qawwali[17].
  • qawwali's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'قَوّالی\u200f'}[18].
  • qawwali's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'pnb', 'text': 'قوّالی'}[19].
  • qawwali's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'কাওয়ালি'}[20].
  • qawwali's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sd', 'text': 'قوّالي'}[21].
  • qawwali's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)[22].

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Definition and Type

qawwali's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include devotional song[4], music of India[5], Hindustani classical music[6], and Sufi music[7].

Origins

January 1, 1450 marks the founding of qawwali[11].

Why It Matters

qawwali ranks in the top 6% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2] qawwali has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . indiaculture.nic.in. indiaculture.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin Pakistan, India
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    Instance of music genre
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