
Dancer Says Performance Cut Short Over 'Qawwali' At UP Government Event
Saturday, January 18, 2020, 8:04 AM
Manjari Chaturvedi, a well-known Kathak dancer, was allegedly forced to stop her performance midway at an event organised by the UP government in Lucknow on Thursday-evening, allegedly because she was performing on a qawwali a form of Sufi devotional music. Ms Chaturvedi alleged that while she was performing on the qawwali, the music was stopped and an announcement was made for the next act.
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