Women dance during Bahai festival at PNCA. PHOTO: APP
The Pakistan National Council of Arts [PNCA] was host of the colourful ceremony marking the most important festival of the Baha’i faith where State Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Muhammad Aminul Hasnaat Shah spoke as the chief guest.
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The usual speeches and annual reports were followed by an evening full of songs of devotion and cultural dances.
According to information available online, Eid-e-Ridvan is a 12-day festival in the Baha’i faith, commemorating the religion’s founder, Baha Ullah’s, declaration that he was a divine manifestation. It begins at sunset on April 19 and continues until sunset, May 1. On the first, ninth and twelfth days of Ridvan, work and school should be suspended, according to the followers of the faith.
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It is the holiest Baha’i festival, and is also referred to as the Most Great Festival and the King of Festivals. The followers of Baha’i religion, according to their website, believe that the religions of the world come from the same source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God.
Bahais believe the crucial need facing humanity is to find a unifying vision of the future of society and of the nature and purpose of life.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2017.
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