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  2. Performing arts - Wikipedia

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    The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. [ 1 ] They are different from the visual arts, which involve the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Performing arts include a range of disciplines which are performed in front of a live audience ...

  3. Music of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The Music of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی موسیقی, lit. 'pákistáni mosíqi') includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and modern-day Western popular music influences. With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani music has emerged. [1] EMI Pakistan is the country's biggest record label, as of ...

  4. Culture of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی ثقافت Pākistāni S̱aqāfat) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity. [1] The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South Asia, Middle East and Central Asia. [2][3] There are differences in culture among the different ethnic ...

  5. Desi - Wikipedia

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    Desi (देसी / دیسی desī) is a Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) word, meaning 'national', ultimately from Sanskrit deśīya, derived from deśa (देश) 'region, province, country'. [3] The first known usage of the Sanskrit word is found in the Natya Shastra (~200 BCE), where it defines the regional varieties of folk performing arts , as ...

  6. Pakistani art - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani art (Urdu: پاکستانی فن) has a long tradition and history. It consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, calligraphy, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk.

  7. Theatre of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Napa (National academy of performing arts, Karachi) NAPA is a performing arts school located at Hindu Gymkhana in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. NAPA was established in 2005 as an institution to conserve and teach performing arts and music. Napa are acutely aware that in every society there is only a small creative minority which keeps the flame of ...

  8. Raga - Wikipedia

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    Melakarta ragas of Carnatic music. While ragas in Hindustani music are divided into thaats, ragas in Carnatic music are divided into melakartas. A raga (IAST: rāga, IPA: [ɾäːɡɐ]; also raaga or ragam or raag; lit. 'colouring' or 'tingeing' or 'dyeing'[1][2]) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode. [3] Rāga is central to classical Indian ...

  9. Islamic art - Wikipedia

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    Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited or ruled by Muslim populations. [1] Referring to characteristic traditions across a wide range of lands, periods, and genres, Islamic art is a concept used first by Western art historians in ...