# @freespiritrida on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@freespiritrida/video/7679910818812644622
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69944568-freespiritrida-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/197f574440.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-30T19:36:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Freespiritrida (@freespiritrida) — https://gondola.cc/freespiritrida

## Caption

The Saami Brothers have been intentional about making qawwali accessible beyond traditional spaces, both by teaching the form and bringing it to new audiences through performances like this one in Bryant Park. That feels especially fitting for an art form historically rooted in gathering people together, and part of a much longer history of South Asian devotional music occupying public space. Catch them next at Columbia University Sacred Music at St. Paul’s Chapel in NYC on Sept. 24, Saint Joseph’s University x 12Gates Arts in Philadelphia on Sept. 25, World Music Festival in Chicago on Sept. 28, and Miami Beach Bandshell with Live Arts Miami & The Rhythm Festival on Nov. 15. #nyc #qawalli #southasia #pakistan 

## Stats

- **Views:** 59,700
- **Likes:** 8,764
- **Shares:** 463
- **Comments:** 68

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freespiritrida | @freespiritrida | https://gondola.cc/freespiritrida | Content Producer |

## Tags

nyc, qawalli, pakistan, southasia

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