Third Edition Of 2-day Lahooti Melo Kicks Off In Hyderabad

He third edition of the 2-day Lahooti Melo, which features performances of music, singing and dance besides panel discussion on music, kicked off here Saturday at Hyderabad Club.

HYDERABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Mar, 2018 ) :The third edition of the 2-day Lahooti Melo, which features performances of music, singing and dance besides panel discussion on music, kicked off here Saturday at Hyderabad Club.

Speaking at the inaugural session the event's organizer Saif Samejo, the lead musician and singer of the band Sketches, informed that some 50 artists from across Pakistan and some other countries would perform.

He told that over a dozen panel discussion on music and related subjects were being held during the 2 days in which famous musicians, singers and experts from different walks of life were sharing their views.

The singers Khalid Anum and Taimur Rehman, playwright Noorul Huda Shah, Vice Chancellor Sindh University Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat, Vice Chancellor LUMHS Prof Dr Bikha Ram, DIG Hyderabad and journalist Wusatullah Khan, among others, attended the first session.

In the second session titled 'Advocating for Music in Curriculum' Sindh Advocate General Zameer Ghumro, Khalid Anum, VC Burfat and Khan called for introducing music as a subject in the school and college education.

In the third session 'Folklore Finesse' which was moderated by Sikandar Ali Hullio, former Sindhi Language Authority's Chairman Fehmida Hussain, poet Timothy P McLaughlin, Jami Mehmood and Khalid Ahmed participated.

The participants discussed the folk stories of Pakistan while McLaughlin, who belonged to the US, read out English and Irish poems. The artists Aamina Shaikh, Sanam Saeed and Adnan Malik and director Asim Abbassi spoke about their upcoming movie 'Cake' in the fourth session.

They informed that the movie which was in urdu language also featured 3 songs in Sindhi language which were composed by Samejo of The Sketches. Separately, musicians and singers Roshan Sharma, Umesh Pandit, Bilal Bakshi, Farooq Ahmed and Saif Abbass performed in different sessions while Suhai Abro staged a dance performance.

More than a dozen singers and bands performed during the musical event at Saturday night.