Cultural Festival To Mark 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' Tomorrow
Faizan Hashmi Published February 02, 2023 | 12:40 PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Feb, 2023 ) :A three-day colorful Kashmir Cultural Festival would be held here at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa from February 3-5, to mark 'Kashmir Solidarity Day'.
The festival is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan and the Federal Directorate of education, at Shakarparian.
The main attractions of the festival include Kashmiri Artisans at Work, Kashmiri folk crafts, Kashmiri patriotic songs performances, Kashmiri folk musical performances, Kashmiri folk paintings by youth, Kashmiri cuisines, a photographic exhibition on Kashmir, screening of video documentaries on Kashmir, and many other attractions.
The event aimed to highlight the Kashmir issue, and to promote cultural heritage through soft expressions of art and crafts prepared by Kashmiri artisans, said the organizers.
The activities have been arranged to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people struggling for their right to self-determination in the Indian Occupied Kashmir through purely a cultural perspective.
"A special exhibition of Kashmiri arts, and crafts by master artisans in different specialized craft fields like papier mache, embroidery, namda, gabba, jewelry, weaving, etc. will be part of the display while live folkloric performances by folk artistes, folk musicians, and instrumentalists will also be presented through inspirational and national songs to project the Kashmir cause.""Since music has no language, its melodious tones reach hearts and can convey any message effectively," said the organizers.
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