Highlights
- HarSakhiyan will be performing at SalamFest2020
- Their husbands are also from a fine arts and journalism background
- Their family farm in Pakistan has been transformed into a platform for performing arts lovers
Bina Jawwad always had a passion for classical singing and dancing which led to expanding her talents to others as well.
Bina with her three daughters have taken the family tradition ahead and established a music group with the name of "HarSakhyan" (All friends).
Zainab is a classical dancer and a teacher of fine arts. Saleema has performed for films while Ismat is also a singer and dancer who graduated in video fine arts. Riaz Ali Qadri and Bhai Ghulam Muhammad Chand are music teachers.
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They all agreed that various versions of Sufi and classical music could vary but a blend of their voices with beats is something that is unique.
At an early age, we realized that our voices and tunes are synchs from lowest to highest beat with close synch and that leads to the formation of a single group Sakhiyan (Friends)
Their mother Bina Jawwad told SBS Urdu that her mother and father were also good singers and had a special interest in performing arts. Bina is also a dancer and singer who has performed on many occasions and still performs with her daughters.
They have performed across Pakistan and also in New Dehli (India).
"My daughters are the third generation that is directly associated with performing arts but our family has a deep spiritual inspiration with a famous poet of its time "Khawaja Ameer Khusro" and spiritual Sufi saint "Khwaja Nizamuddin Olia."
The name of their music group HarSakhiyan is derived from their farmhouse that was named Har Sukh (all the peace). This family farm has been transformed into a platform for performing arts lovers. The centre was established and run by Bina Jawwad.
HarSakihyan performing in Woman of the World (WOW) festival in Karachi organized by British council Source: Supplied
Three sisters with mother Bina Jawwad Source: Supplied
Her Husband was former Chief Justice of Pakistan and also has a great interest in art. HarSukh consists of a library and school and is also home to the entire family.
HarSakhiyan is a unique female music group that sings one of the most difficult forms of classical music together.
HarSukh School's patron Bina Jawwad with pupils Source: Supplied
Mother Bina Jawwad began formal dance and singing training in the early 90s. She starts learning these arts from Mirza sahib Qawal Baccha Gharana in the mid nineties. Her three daughters also learnt from an early age and soon start mastering in beats and tune.
Bina Jawwad told SBS Urdu that a founder of a famous art and culture centre of classical music and culture in New Dehli also visited HarSukh in Lahore in early 2000 and was amazed to see the performance with deep roots of classical dance and music under a single roof in Pakistan.
Indian art lover was surprised by the presence of extensive classical art of dance and music in Pakistan
Source: HarSakhiyan with mother Bina Jawwad
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