Summary This event was started in the year 1982 and is still in the cultural calendar of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - 17-day Art & Culture Festival opened here on Thursday at Garden Avenue, Shakarparian.
The event is being organized by Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage) in collaboration with private sector.
The festival features artisans-at-work, musical shows, food courts, cultural performances, puppet shows, magic shows, gymnastic shows, stage and street performances, dance performances and many other attractions for children and families.
Talking about the objectives of the festival, Lok Virsa’s executive director Khalid Javaid informed that the event aims to provide a platform to the traditional practitioners including craftspeople, folk artists, folk performers and dance groups to demonstrate their skills and win recognition of their talent at the national level.
“It would also offer an opportunity to the residents of Islamabad/Rawalpindi and the diplomatic community residing here not only to witness various facets of Pakistan’s living culture at the federal capital but also to buy traditional items of daily use on reasonable prices”, he added.
Lok Virsa is known for holding its folk festival “Lok Mela” which takes place at Islamabad in April each year.
