Safdar Tawakoli
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Safdar Tawakoli is a Hazara musician from Yakawlang, a master of the dambura, honoured with the title "Sultan Dambura".
Safdar Tawakoli was born in 1942 in Yakawlang, Bamyan Province. He plays Hazara folk and regional music on the dambura, and from 1986 to 1995 headed the musical group of Afghanistan's Ministry of Cultural Affairs.1
In 2017, a dambura festival in Bamyan marked his 50 years as a performer. He was given the title "Sultan Dambura".1
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Wikipedia, Safdar Tawakoli. ↩ ↩2