hafiza
dance
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culture of Kashmir
- In South Asian arts: Dance and theatre in Kashmir
The popular hafiza dance performed by Kashmiri women at weddings and festivals to the accompaniment of sufiana kalam (devotional music of the Muslim mystics known as Sufis) was banned in the 1920s by the ruling maharaja, who felt this dance was becoming too sensual. It was replaced…
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