Lok Mela To Mesmerize Visitors With Musical Nights

The ongoing Lok Mela (Annual Folk Festival of Pakistan) is all set to mesmerize visitors with music nights featuring folk music of all the provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Nov, 2018 ) :The ongoing Lok Mela (Annual Folk Festival of Pakistan) is all set to mesmerize visitors with music nights featuring folk music of all the provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

The folk singers and performers from Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir will show their skills during the 10-day Lok Mela at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage,Lok Virsa.

The musical evenings are all set to attract big crowds at the festival which captures cultural glimpses of Pakistan through artistically designed cultural pavilions established by different provinces, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

The aesthetically designed colourful pavilions depict the the folk culture, arts, crafts, traditional cuisine, folk music and folk entertainment of different regions that remain the centre of attraction for the visitors. It offers a wide range of colourful and dazzling crafts along with vibrant and energetic traditional folk music.

A number of eminent folk artistes, musicians and performers from all provinces will perform live in the concert and entertain the visitors with the loud beating of the dhol (drums) in their vibrant costumes, which is the characteristic of their tradition.

Executive Director Lok Virsa, Shahira Shahid said this festival was for the people Pakistan and appreciation to the craftsmanship. The objective of the festival is to reinforce and strengthen national integration by promoting the cultural heritage of Pakistan through active participation of all provinces, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Hundreds of master artisans, folk artistes, folk performers and folk dance groups from all over the country have participated in the festival bringing with them their skills and creativity. She said, started in the year 1983, this unique event has become a symbol of the federation's recognition and patronage to the rich cultural diversity and active participation of the people of Pakistan, said the organizers. The festival features artisans-at-work exhibition, provincial cultural pavilions, folkloric song and dance ensembles, rural musicians, general assembly of craftspeople, traditional cuisine, exotic craft bazaar, inaugural and award ceremonies and many other attractions.