Month: March 2019
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A Wakhi Lament (Lus/Marsiya) Composed and Sung By Grandma Bibi Dawlat of Hunza Valley in “Eagle’s World Studio”
By Fazal Amin Beg Lament in Wakhi is termed as Lus , which is so peculiar among hunza Wakhi community.among other Wakhi societies in China, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Russia as well as in Ghizer and Chitral districts in the Northern Pakistan, the lus may be prominatly known or distinguished by the Arabic/Persian term Marsiya. It’s…
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Wuk̃hikwor Lus et Margig̃h-e Qisayisht (Wakhi Lament and Death Stories)
Cẽ Fazal Amin Beg en Os̃hnogirig̃h (Introduction) Yem 2009 sol tu ki maz̃h yi chand K̃hik k̃hũynan pishqadam’vem dẽ Gilgit dẽ k̃hũ khun qũw kert woz dam’venem yi bu g̃has̃h qisa kert Wuk̃hikwor lus’v-e bobat.De Wuk̃hikwor, lusi gham-e yi qism-e sho’iri woz baydguyi et baydkhoni tey. Yi khalges̃h ki cem dũnyo en kuch cart k̃he…
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A Thrilling Voice from Inside the Palace: Alluring Recollections of the Last Rani of Hunza State
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction This contribution I present here is about a thrilling voice and a graceful cum profound personality of a woman from inside the palace, proved to be the last Rani (synonymous with Queen) of the former Hunza State (abolished in 1974), who passed away in November 2006. Before leaving for Xinjiang…
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A Fascinating Life History of Ustod Sa’odat Shoh of Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction Ustod Sa’odat Shoh belongs to one of the largeest Wakhi Pamiri setttlements called Gulmit (the headquarters of an international borders magistracy of Hunza with China and Afghanistan) within Gilgit-Baltistan Region.He was born in 1944 in his hometown. He is among those early and wonderful teachers of Hunza (in the second…