Men typically play a prominent role in Chechen dance and the chanting, thumping, throbbing all-male Sufi Zikr dance is supposed to induce a trance-like state.

She told the audience that "zikr is a Sufi practice of remembering Allah, Almighty, God, or Bhagwan. Sharaddha rakhni hai, faith hai, toh jo bhi nagma aaj gaya jayega, dil ka sukoon wala woh usi ...