The term "Folk music" is wide and can
mean different things to different people but it can be interpreted
as "National music", "Local music" or "Traditional music".
Music of any country exhibits the mood of people of that country,
it also depicts the taste of the people of that very country. Music
also shows culture and traditions of that very country.
Pakistan is a country situated in south Asia. There is a lot of
change in the weather of Pakistan and you can feel this change in
the folk music of Pakistan too. There are four provinces of Pakistan
namely Punjab, NWFP, Sindh and Balochistan, which vary widely in
climate as well as in their local music. In Punjabs local
music you can feel strong shadows of sufiism, "Qawwali" is very much popular in Punjab, Qawwali is mostly in praise of Prophet
Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and his near and dear ones.
Except Qawwali there are different kinds of music
in Punjab like Kafi, Mahiya, Sufiyana kalam etc. But anyone listening
to the music feels the strong shadow of spiritualism in it.
It will make you feel relaxed and take you out of
this world into the other world, in which you feel free from all
worries, free from desires and free from fears. It is a scientifically
proven fact that a religious and spiritual person is not very afraid
of death and has less greed than other persons. It is the best features
of this music that it makes you feel light and relaxed. Anybody
who doesn't get a chance has the right to disagree from this statement
that this music (local music of Punjab) make you feel relaxed, but
it is strongly recommended for those people that they give it a
try. Here it must be made clear that this is about local music of
Punjab included in Pakistan because Punjab has a totally different
taste in music.
Summarizing this article, it can be said that folk music of Pakistan
is slow, relaxing , having a good poetry and is of good taste and
as described above in this article that we can guess mood of people
of a country by knowing folk music of that country: it can be concluded
that people of Pakistan are noble, hardworking and having great
traditions of hospitality.
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