Naghar Fort, first fort north of Lowari
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Culture
Kalash culture preservation project hailed
Wazir Dad, a Kalash community member and manager of Ayun and Valley’s Development Programme, said that for the first time any government had approved funds for a project to conserve the cultural heritage of their community. He said the graveyard and the Jashtakhans, the places where the people of Kalash community usually dance during their
The significance of Pathak festival
By Suraya Afzal Abu Moinuddin Nasir Khusraw was a very great theologian of Ismailism, well-known poet and a great literary figure of Persian. He was born in the year 1004 AD in the Khorasan province of Iran. Besides the holy Quran, he had also great command on the Old Testament. Before assuming his spiritual life,
Lok Virsa praised for conserving folk heritage of Chitral
ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) organized a launching ceremony for its two newly-published books – Aangai and Chitral Ke Lok Geet – with the great musical performance by renowned folk singer Mansoor Ali Shabab from Chitral. Senator Usman Khan Kakar, Chairman Senate Functional Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas, was the chief guest.
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Books on Chitral's folk songs to be published on 29th
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) would organize a launching ceremony of its two newly written books ‘Aangai’ and ‘Chitral Ke Lok Geet’ on January 29. The books launching ceremony would be held at Lok Virsa’s Media Centre in Islamabad followed by special performance by musicians from Chitral. Talking to
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