Folk Music of Pakistan / Various

Folk Music of Pakistan / Various

Pakistan was created by the partition of British India in 1947; Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, gained independence in 1971. This 1951 recording presents selections from both present-day countries and documents songs for many occasions -marriage, harvest festivals, village fairs, and courtship. There are a river boatmen's song from the east and several songs and dances from the northwest, as well as Sind and Punjab. The music features instruments typical to the Subcontinent, such as the sita
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