Dorrai Logari

Dorrai Logari was a Afghan musician in the twentieth century, who made Afghan dance music in the logarian style of his native region. Dorrai Logari (Persian بابه دری لوگری, Ustad Dorrai-e Logari, Dorai Logarai, * in Logar; There is little written information about Dorrai Logari.

Dorrai Logeri was popular not only among the Pashtuns, but everywhere in Afghanistan. He sang in Farsi and Pashto. Logari music is represented in almost all provinces. The musical instruments played in his ensemble, especially the rubab, are widespread in Afghanistan. The typical logari music includes several double-drum drums doholak or dohol, several rubab, tanbur, zerbaghali, sornay and ghichak.

At weddings in villages dancing to the Logari music, often directed by Dorrai, women dressed as women (bacha bazi) or women called kanchani (kantschani, Persian کنچنى, Urdu کنچن, "dancing girl, dancer"), called.

Logar-Talsmusik became famous with the national broadcasting of broadcasts of Radio Afghanistan RTA in the 1950s.

Dorrai's music group was the first Afghan music group to perform in Beijing. Dorrai has trained various musicians in this Logari direction. Ustad Bilton (Beltoon) was a famous student. His children, musicians of the same genre, also depend on their name Logari and / or Lugare. Single-level Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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