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Thanks for this beautiful post, which seems relevant and amazing even after 7 years!
Arif Lohar truly carried forward the mission and legacy of his father Alam Lohar. He took over his costumes, his style and his chimta instruments and spread awareness about Punjabi Sufi and Folk kalam to the masses.
Jugni remains the catchiest song, which can be downloaded at https://www.thesufi.com/sufimusic/arif-lohar/jugni.html, along with other Sufi Punjabi folks tracks as well as a beautiful Naat Sharif.
I was born and bred in the UK. My mother is English and Father from Pakistan. One of the few things he did for me was to make sure I spoke Punjabi and Urdu like a native. Although on a personal level I don’t agree with all the lyrics in the song but the combination of traditional and modern instuments is one of the best I have seen. I have a few comments for some of the earlier posters.
Dr. Azra .S .Haq
I wouldn,t call it gyrating, it was just a bit of bopping.
ShahidnUSA
I’m guessing you’re late teens early twenties on a student visa
Nostalgic
” It is a Yahoodi conspiracy, I tell you… Gumby the drummer and Zoe Viccaji, one of the backing vocalists are both Christian, and Jaffer Zaidi the keyboard player is Shia… coincidence? No! Put two and two together! Also Zaidi is the son of Nayyara Noor, known to gyrate all over the stage in her day ”
I don’t think you should point out individuals and their religious persuasions. Yahoodi conspiracy is a term used by us to paste over our own shortcomings. We don’t need Yahoodi conspiracy we are doing quite well ourselves.