Even today, the region’s traditional Sufi music gatherings are often recorded only on the disappearing audio format, which was widely used from the 1970s to the 1990s.

13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri musician plays the sarangi during a Sufi music gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ...

Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along with a meticulously preserved collection of audio cassette tapes from the ...