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2 unusual facts about Punjabi Qisse


Punjabi Qisse

To date, places like the Qissa Khawani Bazaar (Market of Story-tellers) in Peshawar, Pakistan are thronged by people who visit them to hear oral recitations of qisse sung by renowned performers.

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It has influenced almost all the languages of South Asia and occurs as a regular common noun in north-western South Asian languages like Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi.



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