Three-day Kashmir Cultural Exhibition Concludes At Lok Mela

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Feb, 2021 ) :A three-day Kashmir Cultural Exhibition came to a colourful conclusion at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa).

The festival pulled a big crowd and featured Kashmiti artisans-at-work exhibition, Kashmir cultural pavilions, folkloric song and dance performances, cultural evenings, craft bazaar, stalls of different art works and organizations and many other attractions.

������ For the first time in the Federal capital, team of well known stage artist Khabardar have�performed� live at open air theathre to show solidarity with Kashmiri people.

������ The ceremony ended with a melodious instrumental performance by local musicians who played the famous Kashmiri song 'Mere Wattan Teri Jannat Mein Ayen Gein'.

� �� Kashmiri singers presented a number of folk songs and local dances during the ceremony.

� As per the old Kashmiri tradition, all the male guests were presented with turbans and the women with shawls.

������A Senior official while talking to APP said that for the past two decades, Lok Virsa has been making special arrangements on February 5 to express solidarity with its Kashmiri brothers, sisters, children and elders who have been subjected to torture by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir.

� He said Lok Virsa on this occasion reflected complete Kashmiri culture to the world.

����� He said that every year, Lok Virsa sought to draw the world's attention to this human tragedy by highlighting the fundamental right of Kashmiris to self-determination in a cultural manner.

�������A visitor Azhar Hussain said the oppressed people of Occupied Kashmir were in fact fighting for the completion of Pakistan.

����� He said they stood with the oppressed Kashmiris, adding that they would always raise their voice for the Kashmiri brothers at the moral, political and diplomatic levels.

����� He added that Kashmiris are not only a peace-loving nation, but their arts are second to none in their sophistication and beauty.

����� At the same time, Kashmiri music has its own unique style, he said adding that not only this, traditional Kashmiri food is also exemplary in its taste and sophistication.