Two-day Sufi festival begins today
The two-day festival is open to the public with no tickets fee and the timings start from 7:00 pm onwards.
The festival aims to bring over 100 Sufi singers from all over Pakistan to perform various styles of expressions on mysticism. DESIGN: KONOUZ SAEED
ISLAMABAD:
A two-day mystic music Sufi festival under the aegis of the Rafi Peer Theater Workshop begins at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) auditorium today.
The event is a good news for those who lamented the lack of opportunities to see Sufi festivals taking place in the capital city. The festival aims to bring over 100 Sufi singers from all over Pakistan to perform various styles of expressions on mysticism.
The Peerzada brothers held a press conference here on Thursday to brief the media about the festival saying the event in Islamabad would be an opportune time to pay tribute to their dear departed brother, Faizaan Peerzada.
The two-day festival is open to the public with no tickets fee and the timings start from 7:00 pm onwards. Some well known performers including Sain Zahoor, Akhtat Chinar Zahri, Akbar Khan Khamesu, Goonga and Mithu Sain will enthrall the visitors.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2013.
A two-day mystic music Sufi festival under the aegis of the Rafi Peer Theater Workshop begins at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) auditorium today.
The event is a good news for those who lamented the lack of opportunities to see Sufi festivals taking place in the capital city. The festival aims to bring over 100 Sufi singers from all over Pakistan to perform various styles of expressions on mysticism.
The Peerzada brothers held a press conference here on Thursday to brief the media about the festival saying the event in Islamabad would be an opportune time to pay tribute to their dear departed brother, Faizaan Peerzada.
The two-day festival is open to the public with no tickets fee and the timings start from 7:00 pm onwards. Some well known performers including Sain Zahoor, Akhtat Chinar Zahri, Akbar Khan Khamesu, Goonga and Mithu Sain will enthrall the visitors.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2013.