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Rahi takes Gujjars global, 100 music records at You tube
1/24/2010 10:34:51 PM
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Jammu, Jan 24: In a major initiative to widen the access of melodious Gojri Music popular in Gujjar tribe of Jammu and Kashmir to rest of the world, more than 100 rare musical records of Gojri were lunched on globe’s most viewed video sharing internet portals ‘You Tube’ and AOL videos simultaneously by Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, a frontal Organization of Gujjars today.
“We have successfully uploaded more than 100 top musical records acquired during field surveys on Gujjars conducted by our Organization, said Dr. Javaid Rahi, National Secretary of Tribal Foundation adding “these records includes Gojri Folk-songs, Baits, Naats, Si Harfis, Ghazals, epics and other videos reflecting the richness of our culture. Rahi said that those who browse “Gojri” on You Tube or AOL will have a glimpses of rare of rarest melodious songs, sung by famous Gojri artists include Begum Jan, Basher Mastana, Parveena Jan, Noor Jan, Kartar Chand, Ghulam Mohammad Dansaliya, Mohammad Hussain Merasi, Jattu Merasi, Nizam Din Chouhan, Sufi Bashir Khatana, Zaman Sailani, Iqbal Malangami, Kailash Mehra, Suraj Singh, Sain Taas and other Gojri artists.
Dr. Javaid Rahi further said some rare videos acquired from Poonch Rajouri, Kupwara and Baramulla and other parts of the state are rarest copies of folk-lore popular in the Himalayan Nomadic groups which are facing a great threat of extinction were also uploaded for reference and record. He said that the videos will be available free of cost on the net.
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