Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: : UFV U House (F125)
Dr. VirinderSingh Kalra University of Manchester “Punjabi Spiritual Music and the Sacred/Secular Divide”
Established musical genres such as kirtan and qawwali are normally associated with the Sikh and Muslim religious groups in Punjab. In pre-partition India, these musical forms were not so distinct, neither musicologically or crucially in terms of musicians. In contemporary East Punjab, the music played at popular shrines is performed by artists who are able to play with boundary markers and engage in what is being described here as Punjabi spiritual music. Drawing on musical and lyrical examples the continued salience of a musical tradition that defies the sacred/secular divide will be demonstrated.
Dr. VirinderS Kalra teaches in the department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests are in Punjabi popular culture and religion across the borders of India, Pakistan and the diaspora. He is the (co)author of the book, Hybridity and Diaspora and an editor of the collection: A Post-colonial People: South Asians in Britain.
Friday Nov 21 Centre for Indo Canadian Studies F125 University House
10:30 -12 noon
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Event Location : UFV U House (F125)
Public Lecture: “Punjabi Spiritual Music and the Sacred/Secular Divide”
Date(s): Friday, November 21Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm