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/kəˈwɑːli/ · noun
(music, uncountable) A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium..
Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […].
They are singing not a religious qawwali but its secular and lay cousin.
Every Thursday, in the dargah's enclosure, musicians in shimmering turquoise kurtas, their fingers bejewelled with bling, perform qawwalis attributed to Khusrau […].
Use qawwali when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Qawwali means (music, uncountable) A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […].
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