By Hina Farooq - The Daily Times - Lahore, PakistanFriday, October 26, 2007
A Pakistani troupe has gone to India from the Wagah Border to celebrate the fourth Saanjh Festival, a Lahore-Amritsar Festival organised by Rafi Peer Theatre in collaboration with the Spring Will Education Society in India.
The troupe consists of 27 people, including musicians Surayya Khanum, Arif Lahori, Akmal Qadri and Waris Ali Ballo.
The festival aims at bridging the gap between the Pakistani and Indian Punjabs by providing a platform for artists from both sides to interact and is committed to the development of Punjabi language and literature.
The annual Saanjh Festival, which started in 2004, takes place in two phases, the first in Lahore and the second one in Amritsar. It showcases a diverse range of Punjabi performing arts including Sufi, folk and classical music.
Indian artists will present theatre plays and dances whereas Pakistani artists will present classical and folk music.
The Pakistani troupe is led by Usman Peerzada, Sohrab Khan, Riaz Khan Jillani, Usman Fazal and Anum Peerzada.
Team manager Sohrab Khan told Daily Times that the purpose of the festival was to promote harmony and solidarity by interaction of people through culture and festival.
He said the Punjabis on both sides of the border wanted to know about their shared past. They also wanted to interact with each other.
The festival has aimed to strengthen peaceful relations and dialogue between individuals.
Media coordinator Rizwan Khan said another troupe was performing on Sufism in Canada and would return on November 8.
[Visit Rafi Peer website: http://www.peerfestivals.com/].
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment