Folk festival: National festival comes to a close
Lok Virsa Islamabad organised the mega event to promote national, provincial and local culture in the Sialkot region.
SIALKOT:
A five-day national folk cultural festival concluded at Garrison Park Sialkot Cantt on Sunday.
The festival was organised by Lok Virsa Islamabad and the conclusion ceremony was attended by hundreds of people. Lok Virsa organised the mega event to promote national, provincial and local culture in the Sialkot region. “We hope to expose people to the immense variety of different cultural dresses, music, dances and merchandise that are available in Pakistan. We’ve had a tremendous turn out so far,” said event volunteer Razia Shah.
Lok Virsa staff said that this was the first ever cultural gala of its kind organised in Sialkot. People showed keen interest in the colourful live performances put up by several folk singers, actors and actresses. “We have tried to promote peace, love and unity through our music and our art and the crowds have been very welcoming. We are really grateful,” said Rani Shahab Begum, a folk singer from Multan. Artisans also established stalls of different traditional products from different areas of the country.
“We have tried our best to feature the different cultures of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan,” said Lok Virsa employee Sadaf Rahman. Organisers told reporters that over 60,000 people visited the 5-day folk festival.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2011.
A five-day national folk cultural festival concluded at Garrison Park Sialkot Cantt on Sunday.
The festival was organised by Lok Virsa Islamabad and the conclusion ceremony was attended by hundreds of people. Lok Virsa organised the mega event to promote national, provincial and local culture in the Sialkot region. “We hope to expose people to the immense variety of different cultural dresses, music, dances and merchandise that are available in Pakistan. We’ve had a tremendous turn out so far,” said event volunteer Razia Shah.
Lok Virsa staff said that this was the first ever cultural gala of its kind organised in Sialkot. People showed keen interest in the colourful live performances put up by several folk singers, actors and actresses. “We have tried to promote peace, love and unity through our music and our art and the crowds have been very welcoming. We are really grateful,” said Rani Shahab Begum, a folk singer from Multan. Artisans also established stalls of different traditional products from different areas of the country.
“We have tried our best to feature the different cultures of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan,” said Lok Virsa employee Sadaf Rahman. Organisers told reporters that over 60,000 people visited the 5-day folk festival.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2011.