The Baghdadi Chalghi is a small folk band that was, and still does, accompany the reciters of the Oriental Maqam. It comprises oriental musical instruments (Santor, Jawza, Tabla, and Raq). The Chalghi players play and chant, as a group, at the end of each section in the Maqam. The word (Chalghi) is an Arabic word that became a term for this folk song, and the band performed it. Faik Hassan documented the familiar Baghdadi costumes in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Baghdadi Charawiyah, the Fez, the Abaya, and the Arabic Dishdasha (Thobe).

▪ Published in "Memory of Color - Faik Hassan" by Kassim Muhsin, Pg 147, Edition 2016.

▪ Published in MAKOU Magazine, Issue No. 1, Mar.2023.