Urs of Ajmer Sharif

عُرس أجمير شريف

The six-day annual death-anniversary festival of Mu'in al-Din Chishti at Ajmer — qawwali and pilgrimage for hundreds of thousands.

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South Asia
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Spirituality and SufismMusic and its permissibilityPilgrimages and mass gatherings

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Arba'een pilgrimage· Fez Festival of World Sacred Music· Şeb-i Arus· The Sabri Brothers· Abida Parveen· Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan· Rahat Fateh Ali Khan· Urs (saints' anniversaries)

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Living

Practices, the Islamic year, festivals, food, dress and music by region.
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Arba'een pilgrimage

The world's largest annual gathering — millions, mostly Shia, walking Najaf to Karbala for the fortieth day of Husayn's death.