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Tappa (Pashto: ټپه) is the oldest and most popular genre of the Pashto poetry. The Tappa is a composition of two unequal meters, in which the first line is shorter than the succeeding one, yet it reflects all human feelings and aspirations elegantly. Be it laborers, peasants, or women, all sentiments find expression in the Tappa. It is also common among the Pashtuns that a boy of school age would sing it, the elders in their hujrahs, or the women in their home and Godar alike. It is the only song sung in the time of grief and on the occasion of marriage. In music it is sung with the traditional Afghan musical instruments rubab and mangai. Tappa has up to 16 different models of harmony and is sung with full orchestra. In hujrah it is sung with rubab and sitar.
Neemakai (Pashto: نيمکۍ) has many different forms and normally women compose it. It is usually very short (1 to 3 lines). The first lines are repeated in the middle of the song and Tappa is usually added according to the subject and circumstances. Most of these songs in Pashtun culture have been expressed in different areas about daily life and love.
Pakistani singer-songwriter Zeb Bangash is busy working on a documentary recording of music maestro Ustaad Naseeruddin Saami with Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan. A few years ago, Zeb and Pakistani musician Ali Sethi (of Pasoori fame) initiated a project to record him and produce his first album. They reached out to Brennan who came to record him with his sons at their home. A documentary project on Ustaad Saami was made a part of the recording. A work-in-progress, they hope to complete the project soon.
Moin Ali had launched his singing career from Radio Pakistan Peshawar with a Pashto folk song when he was in his 20s, and his maiden Pashto song shot him to unprecedented fame and widespread popularity.
Though he did not come from a music family, he was still gifted with a velvety voice. He was born with a natural penchant for Pashto music. He had sung many Pashto poets but singing folk songs remained his forte.
PESHAWAR: The first ever Pashto-Chinese song on seventy years old phenomenal friendship between Pakistan and China is attracting applause from dwellers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, terming the melody as true reflector of inner emotions of peoples of both the countries.
Pakistan embassy in Beijing, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA), Archeology Department, Youth Directorate KP and Islamia College Peshawar extended cooperation in preparation of the song.
Talking to APP, Zia Sarhadi said the Pashto-Chinse song has been liked by people and has renewed the strong and deep friendship bond being felt by people of both the countries from the core of their hearts.
Founder of China Window, Amjad Aziz Malik said the idea behind composing of Pashto-Chinese song was to reflect the love people of Pakistan and especially of Pakhtunkhwa have for their all times tested Chinese friends.
The song has received tremendous applause from people, especially Pashto speaking, who are sending their appreciation through different channels over the initiative aimed at further strengthening of already cemented friendly ties between Pakistan and China, Malik added.
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