qawwali

noun2

1. •
   A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.

   • Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […]. — 1994
2. •
   A song in this style.

   • They are singing not a religious qawwali but its secular and lay cousin. — 1997