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Folk music of Pakistan includes the traditional forms of Balochi Pashto Punjabi and Sindhi. Pakistani folk songs include Abeeti (a love song sung by young women) Allah Hoo (a Muslim lullaby) and Ashoor Jan (a patriotic love song).Badala (or Sandara) is a historically significant form of Pashto folk music that focuses on local romance epics folktales fables local heroes and historical events. Badala also includes Pashto translations of epics and romance from Arabic and Persian.