The leading Baloch
ethnic nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed
Saturday in a massive military operation in the southwestern Balochistan province.
Saleh was an
active source of information about Balochi culture, language,
poetry and literatures. During his life time he had
participated in every Balochi congregations, meetings and
interviewing the great personalities...[read
more]
The
importance of the Baloch as a case study cannot be ignored.
The Baloch, after all, represent more than ten million people
dispersed throughout Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Gulf
States...
In Iranian Balochistan, the
people were under tighter control, The Shah’s was an
oppressive administration. But people like Daad Shaah, who is
a folk hero for his fight against the Iranian
Monarch...[read
more]
The poet-politician gave a new
meanings and form to Balochi poetry. The concept of freedom
and sovereignty were beautifully portrayed. He opposes
Balochistan losing its independence...
Zahoor Shah (1926—1977) was a renowned
poet and writer. A few excerpts from his book of prose,
Sistagien Dastunk, rendered freely in English, are reproduced
below to show that he was deeply shocked to see the
Baloch...[read
more]
Meer
Chaakar Khan Rind or Chakar-i-Azam (Farsi or Urdu: میر چاکر
خان رند) is considered a folk hero of Baloch people. Meer
Chaakar (1468 – 1565) was a Baloch King in the 15th century.
Chakar Khan founded a kingdom which proved to be
shortlived...[read
more]
The revolt of prince
Abdul Kareem in May 1948 did not gain much momentum. Along
with his followers, he had entered Afghanistan with the hope
of getting assistance from the Afghan rulers...[read
more]
With
regret, much grief and sorrow Western Balochistan has lost
another intellectual, teacher, and freedom fighter. Mr.
Abdullah Qaaderi Passed away Yesterday in his hometown Pahrah
( Iranshahr) at the age of 83...[read
more]
Member of Senate of Pakistan, and member of Standing
Committee on Local Government and Problems of Less Developed
areas. In addition, he serves as a member of Senate Function
Committee on Government Assurances..... [read
more]
Baloch artists,
singers, musicians, composers, directors and
actors
"I should have gotten the Pride of
Performance 10 years ago".
Assuming classical music has not been
given its due and has been neglected in this country, then
folk music doesn't even come into the picture...[read more]
Singer Noor Mohammad Nooral,
the most popular modern Balochi singer, has helped to
rejuvenate the artistic heritage of his people. He has
brought Balochi poetry to the masses, reviving the
link...
Saeed Borhanzahi is a
Baloch song writer, singer, and music searcher who has written
and sung a remarkable array of songs in most major regional
languages such as Farsi and Dari (Afghani Language)
[read
more]
A well known name in
Balochi music world. A music director behind many success
stories! Ostaad
Zahoor Shah Zeybi has worked and still working with great
Baloch artists such as Aref, ShahJaan, Muslim Hammal, Asim,
Naseer and many more....[read in
Balochi]
Ostaad Abdul Sattar Baloch
was born in Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan. He was the son of
“Mohammad Hashom” who belongs to Bompoor, Balochistan,
Iran. His family left Balochistan, Iran to Pakistan for a safe
life during the tension of Baloch nationalism in Iran[read
more]
The great legendary heroine of
Sindh, the brave and restless sprit of all political struggles
and the symbolic mother "JEEJEE" of entire Sindh, Zareena
Baloch has been admitted to Agha Khan Hospital Karachi
Pakistan..
Golbang plays both traditional and modern
Iranian folk music. On their new CD "Saali nó" they have also
added a Swedish touch. The unique meeting between the Orient
and Scandinavia is nothing less than
magic...[read
more]
Mahnoor Baloch is like this beautiful fragile desert
flower who could play a mysterious Arab princess, delicate
enough to bruise by the stem of a flower. The every next
instant, she is a fire-breathing feminist who
hates...[read
more]
The Honari Family immigrated to Canada from Iran 1985.
They have been actively pursuing the art of Persian
traditional and folk music. In addition to giving numerous
“family” concerts for the
Persian...[read
more]
Music lovers in Dubai
will soon be able to learn to play classical music on the
musical instrument, benjo, from Ostaad Mumtaz Ali Sabzal, who
hails from the Gharana of the inventor of benjo and claims to
be...[read
more]
Ghulam Rasool Mulla
(b.1939) is a nationalist produced by an era of deep
deprivation. Mulla believes in his destiny as the poet of a
subjugated people whose rights have been snatched and whose
vast land has been...[read
more]
Sheida = crazy about
love In this unique gathering of folk music from
Sweden and Baluchistan*, one is struck by the similarities
between the two styles, but above all, by how well the
differences complement each other... [read
more]
The Baloch has a rich musical
culture. His interest in music was profound. It is possible
that like other civilizations, music among ancient Baloch had
functions connected with religion. However, its ecstatic and
secular possibilities nevertheless had relation with some form
of magic... [read
more]
This is a fairly new instrument in Pakistan, but is
popular today in Balochistan. The Benjo or banjo is basically
a dulcimer. The Balochi version of the banjo is a large
version, approximately one meter in length...[read
more]
Before I
report that this is a wonderful CD which you have absolutely
got to buy, allow me to unload one small bone of
contention. I am no fan of fusion music. For that
matter, when I tell the world I dig ethnic music the most...
[read
more]
Attaullah Baloch, age 28, is a Baloch
musician, originally from Kech, Naigvor, Balochistan. He has
been living in UAE, Dubai since his early childhood. He is
Happily married with two children and he is the grandson of
Mr. Doshmabe Koohi... [read
more]
Baloch form a nation
without State which one can evaluate the population with a
dozen million, distributed on a vast territory, mainly in
Pakistan and in Iran, like in Afghanistan and in the Arab
Emirates... [read
more]
NoorKhan Bezanju
was born on January 9th 1970, in Pasni, Balochistan, the son
of Meer Ghulam Sarvar Bezanju. From an early age, he showed
great musical talent,
learning to play musical instruments and sing. He started to
perform in front of small and large audience, and knew early
on that music was the only career for him...[read
more]
Abdulrahman Surizehi both as a performing
artist on Benju and a composer and arranger of contemporary
melodies. The Baloch music is related to the musical
traditions of southern Afghanistan, western Pakistan and
eastern Iran, and has its very distinctive scales and
rhythms....[read
more]
The folktales and myths of the Baloch
constitute an archive of authentic material. Until very
recently they possessed no written history or literature
only a vast treasure of epic and romantic ballads and tales
handed down...[read
more]
The Brahui people or Brohi people are an ethnic group
of about 2.2 million people with the majority found in Kalat,
Pakistan, but also found in smaller numbers in neighboring
Afghanistan and Iran...
History of
The Baloch Regiment 1820-1939 The Colonial Period. Major
General Rafiuddin Ahmad (Retired) - Published by Baloch
Regiment Centre, Abbottabad; Printed by Central Army
Press Rawalpindi (First Edition, 1998.)
The Balochi horse is found in parts of
Balochistan and Sind Provinces and districts of Bahawalpur,
Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh and Multan in Punjab Province.
The color varies from bay, chestnut or gray. They are used for
pleasure riding, tent pegging and for pulling 'tongas'... [read
more]
The study investigates the
genesis of Baloch nationalism during the first
half of the twentieth century, analyses the
emergence of a Baloch national movement, and
sets it into relation to therise of an Indian
and Muslim Indian national movement in British
India during that time. ......[read
more]
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