ISLAMABAD: Legend of Khowar music Mansoor Ali Shabab was given Mountain Music Award by DEVCOM Pakistan at COMSATS University in Islamabad on Wednesday in recognition of his services for revitalizing and performing the centuries-old Khowar folk songs and tunes in their original and true essence. The event was attended by British Deputy High Commissioner to […]
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CHITRAL: The winter festival – Chawmoss – is being celebrated with religious zeal and zest in the Kalsha-inhabited Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur valleys as children collected twigs and branches of pine trees and made a bonfire to participate in the high flame and smoke competitions on Tuesday. Began on December 7 and to be continued
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ISLAMABAD: Chitrali students studying at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) arranged a function at a community centre aimed at promoting the Khow culture of Chitral. Chitrali families living in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and people from Gilgit-Baltistan along with students from different countries also attended the event. Chitrali souvenirs such as kaphol (caps) were
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A special Chitrali cap takes hours of meticulous handcrafting Recent visit of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Chitral has boosted countrywide sales PESHAWAR: Every winter, the traditional wool apparel business, especially Chitrali caps and chughas, in Peshawar’s historic Chitral bazaar begins to boom. The bazaar was first established by shopkeepers from
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ISLAMABAD: Folk musicians from Gilgit-Baltistan mesmerised the audience at the annual Lok Mela, held at the Lok Virsa in Shakarparian Saturday night. Artists who performed at the event included Salman Paras, Manzoor Baltistani, Saddique Mughal, Rashid Iqbal, Iqbal Hussain, Doulat Wali Baig and the dance group Barmi Harees. A statement issued by Lok Virsa quoting
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