From so many 'Ragas' of India only Bhairvien Raga is popular among the Pashtoons because of its evergreen melodious composition fit for all seasons, times and geographical conditions. Much of the and antes have been taken from Indian 'Ragas' for harmonizing the Pashto tunes. The Pashto doesn't have in writing its own mode of music. In folklore the Pashto has a very rich history. So we have a history of our own nature of Pashto music, which started like other nations from folklore. Besides this the Pashtoon would practice his original music non-professionally in the privacy. The reason is that the professional musicians used to come from the sub-continent of India. The use of Indian terminology is common because the rich music of India has influenced the Pashto music due to interaction of both the cultures. Pashto music has its own terminology for teaching, but professional musicians have been using the Indian musical terminology. So the Pashto music has not written but has a long history and tradition. He would like to sing folk songs but not as profession. Before the coming of radio, the mullahs sternly opposed the music but Pashtoon would carryon their musical ceremonies.Īpart from the professionals the staunch Pashtoon would practice music in his hujras and love to play 'Rabab' or 'Sitar' with the beating of 'Mangay' (water pot) as a drum. However, some of the notations and symphonies have survived, other are created and being transferred practically. Very little is written about it in the past. The Pashto music has very rich traditions though so far not written in notation locally, but by tradition it transfers from one generation to the other. If we look through ages the Pashtoons have promoted music indirectly by generously spending on it rather lavishly by giving too much money to the musicians for their performance. They have less patience for all other professions. The Pashtoons only like the profession of soldiery and agriculture. The musicians earning through music is thought to be against Pashtoon character. The disliking for musicians has some grounds. They are fond of music and have very romantic approach towards it. If we look at the history of nation, they are rough tough people. The other reason may be the soft and delicate nature of this profession, which is considered among the Pashtoons to be the job of women folk. The musicians would belong to lower cast of the society and they adopted music as their profession for livelihood, while Pashtoons are warrior people and like manly professions. This seems very strange on their part, but there is a background to this. The Pashtoons are a romantic people and extremely love music but don't like musicians. Publishing Date: Friday, December 17 2004
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