Laal Shahbaz Qalandar – The Saint from Sindh Who Changed Hearts

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Pakistan is home to many sufi saints. Pakistani sufis shaped the thinking and mind set of their era. Shahbaz Qalandar is one of the prominent sufis of his time. People recite His poems to express love, sadness, disappointment, yearning, and basically every emotion under the sun. Except for hate, of course. Other famous Pakistani Sufis […]

Exploring The Significance of Dance in Sufism

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The word dance in sufism is not to bewilder your understanding regarding this ascetic lifestyle. An individual is completely devoted to the Creator abandoning all worldly pleasures. The whirling of an individual with one hand pointing upwards and the other hand pointing towards the ground has a profound meaning. Related: The 12th annual mystic music […]

Noori Jam Tamachi

A Celebrated Sindhi Folk Tale: Noori Jam Tamachi Noori Jam Tamachi is one of the seven romances in Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai’s most famous ‘Shah Jo Risalo’. The other six are Lilan Chanesar, Momal Rano, Sohni Mehar, Sorath Rai Diyach, Sassi Punnhun and Umar Marvi. Noori Jam Tamachi is the only story which has a […]