Saleema Jawwad
Saleema J. Khawaja from Lahore, Pakistan is a lawyer by profession. She has been involved with learning music since the age of seven. Her main focus has been Punjabi folk. In the year 2007 she started learning Gurbani Sangita Sabadritas (compositions of Sikh tradition) from Bhai Ghulam Muhammad Chand belonging to the Rababi tradition and remained his student till shortly before his death in April 2015.
SUNDAY Sunday 3rd March
گِدّھا پنجابناں دا Dholki With Saleema Jawwad
Location: Central Lawn
Getting together as if participating in the tradition of ‘Dholki’ as popular among the folk of the various regions of Pakistan except this session will be predominantly Punjabi and Serieki. The Dholki is also traditionally celebrated by the women folk whose collective singing is loud, harmonious and melodious - reflecting the undeniable strength of the women collective.