Biography:

Noted Mappila song ( Mappilapattu ) artist Peer Mohammed passed away at Kannur this morning. He was 75. Peer Mohammed played a significant role in popularising Mappila songs and is regarded as one of the pioneers of Mappilapattu tradition. He was the first artist to present Mappilapattu on Doordarshan in 1976.

Peer Mohammed won several awards including Kerala Folklore Academy Award, Kerala Mappila Sangeetha Academy Award, and Moyeenkutty Vaidyar Smaraka Award among others.

Set in the tune Ishalukal, Mappila songs are popular among the Muslim community in Kerala and use a lot of words and phrases borrowed from other languages like Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, and Kannada.

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