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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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, Akagunduz 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 Aissawa, Issawa, Aissaoua, Issaoua) is a religious and mystical brotherhood founded in Meknes, Morocco, by Muhammad Ben Aissa (1465-1526), best known as the Chaykh Al-Kamil, or "Perfect Sufi Master." The terms Aissawiyya (Isawiyya) and Aissawa (Isawa), derive from the name of the founder, and respectively designate the brotherhood (tariqa, literally: "way") and its disciples (fuqara, 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 (lila-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...
