Qawwali at Dargah Mir Sakhi Sultan Shah Baba Haji Malang, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
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The duty of the qawwal at the dargah is to sing in praise of the patron saint Haji Malang Baba , the main Saint and in between he will sing in praise of Hazrat Ali Imam Hussain and Khwajah Gharib Nawaz.
Its his choice and inspiration , he will sing on request too, but the adult crowds at the dargah of Sultan Shah Baba were missing so his audience consisted of kids of the poligrims who live in the open grounds outside the dargah.. a rocky terrain and real hard survival, they cook here sleep here tiil the Urus of Sultan Shah Baba that was on 20 Feb 2011.
I missed it as I climbed down the mountains in the morning the Urus was at midnight.
Sultan Shah Babas dargah brings in the possessed those under demonic spells and hardcore cases of terminal ill heath.
Its a sad scene here , a total documentary of pain passion pathos holding on to the fragile hope of extended life through prayer piety and devotion and invoking the Holy Saint fir mercy and divine intervention.
The hijras come to this dargah in large numbers.. he is one of their favorite sants.
