Mirasi

In the strict grammatical sense of the term, they are considered to be propagators of the cultural and social heritage.

[1] The Mirasi of Punjab were under the patronage of the Sikh Empire during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Ragadari (raga) was evoked and employed by the Punjabi Mirasi, even if they lacked the precise technical knowledge of it.

[3] After Punjab was annexed into the British Empire, the new European colonial overlords held disdain for the Mirasi tradition of musical performance and likened it to being "ugly, screaming, filthy, disreputable and rapacious".

Recently, newer generations of Mirasi have sought to revive their arts to their pre-colonial state.

[2] In Pakistani Punjab, the Mirasi are now mainly a community who participate in aashura activities recites nohas (mersaya), also they are good entertainers having provided many of the country's singers theater artists.