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Summary:

This 60-minute 'Sounds-and-Stills' show of Pakistani folk music is based on Nazir Jairazbhoy's three-week fieldtrip to Pakistan in 1975, sponsored by The Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk Heritage, Pakistan), and the resulting weeklong visit of Pakistani musicians to perform at the Festival of American Folklife in Washington D.C. in 1976. The fieldtrip extended from high in the Hindu Kush mountains to the southern areas of Sindh, with recordings from all four provinces - NWFP (Peshawar), Punjab, Baluchistan, and Sindh - as well as Kafiristan (Birir Valley). All recordings were made in Pakistan in Sufi shrines, villages, and other contexts, or in Washington, D.C. Mystic songs, joyful instrumental renditions, wedding laments, and jubilant dance music convey a beautiful and variegated soundscape, especially appropriate to release at this time to counter the media images of Pakistan prevailing today.

Contributors:

Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy , director, producer

Jairazbhoy, Nazir Ali, 1927-2009 , director, producer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Folk music — Pakistan

Sufi music — Pakistan

Pakistanis — Music

Pakistan

Folk music

Sufi music

Pakistanis

Genres:

Documentary films

Online media

Internet videos

Music

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 25, 2017).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (62 mins.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

989792561

Other Control Numbers:

3409682 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP3409682/avon