‘Greatn­ess in Divers­ity’ celebr­ated hetero­geneou­s ethos, best cultur­al practi­ces in Pakist­anLAHORE: Islamabad-based heritage museum Lok Virsa, on Wednesday, held a one-day festival titled ‘Greatness in Diversity’ which proved to be an enormous success. The aim behind the event was to celebrate the heterogeneous ethos and highlight the best cultural practices in Pakistan, stated a press release. World Performing Arts Festival: Reclaiming lost spaceLeading personalities from acting, music, puppetry, painting and other forms of arts graced the festival and shared their thoughts regarding the cultural practices within the Pakistani folk traditions. These included Saleema Hashmi, Usman Peerzada, Sadaan Peerzada, additional secretary of culture Saman Rai and Asian cultural history researcher Robert Pontsioen from Smithsonian Institute USA. In the afternoon session, Ejaz Sarhadi performed traditional musical acts on the sarinda, receiving a great amount of appreciation from the audience.

Source: The Express Tribune November 16, 2017 09:11 UTC