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Sikh Folk Music

Sikh Folk Music

Nāmdhārī Sikh Folk Music may be considered music for protest, for remembering and for transcendence. The Nāmdhārīs, a puritanical sect of Sikhism produced powerful and highly effective modes of resisting British occupation through music is a sonic weapon. The articles consider this little known musical genre.

 

Journal Publication

Verses of Attack: Na ̄mdha ̄r ̄ı Sikh Services of Hale ̄ da ̄ diva ̄n as Sonic Weapons

Academic Paper I

Memory, Identity and Ardas

Academic Paper II

Halē dā divān: The Ecstasy of Separation

 Music as Sonic Weaponry Presentation