The Qawwali Project - An Untold Story

Qawwali is an oral tradition that is passed on to the next generation by elders, the children learn while simultaneously singing at mehfils along with the elders taking a lead from listening. The art of listening and learning is honed to perfection by the Qawwals.

The Qawwali Project, is an initiative conceptualized by Manjari Chaturvedi where the untold story of Qawwali unfolds through the eyes of photographers. The practitioners are photo-documented with their performance art, their lives and their association with the Sufi shrines where they perform. Qawwali is the performance art and Qawwal is the practitioner. This is an attempt by the Sufi Kathak Foundation to document the traditions as they exist at the shrines itself.