Irfan is a Bulgarian band that was founded in 2001. The band's name is taken from the Arabic/Persian word 'Irfan', meaning “gnosis”, “mystic knowledge” or “revelation”. Though similar in style to established bands such as Dead Can Dance, Love Is Colder Than Death, Sarband, and Vas, Irfan is known for its extensive use of a choir of male singers in addition to the female vocals of Vladislava Todorova, and in in combination with an assortment of traditional mediaeval percussion, stringed, and wind instruments, including the darbouka, daf, bendir, oud, saz, santoor, ghaida, duduk ,and bass viol.

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