Sindhi culture day celebrated with zeal
Sindhi Cultural Day is celebrated worldwide on December 8, by wearing Ajrak and Sindhi cap.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Sindhi culture day was celebrated on Sunday with great enthusiasm.
Different organizations set up stalls of Ajrak and Sindhi cap near Karachi Press Club and celebrated the day with great zeal.
A big ceremony was arranged at Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to celebrate Ajrak and Sindhi cap day at headquarter nine-zero.
Addressing the gathering, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that MQM would continue its struggle for the rights of Sindh people.
Meanwhile, Cultural activities were organized by various political, social organizations, schools, colleges and universities of Sindh, as towns are decorated with Sindhi Ajrak to highlight the cultural values of Sindh.
Rallies, seminars, debates, folk music programmes, drama and theatric performances, tableaux and literary sittings were also held to highlight Sindhi culture, history and heritage at the events.
The Sindhi Cultural Day is celebrated worldwide every year on December 8, by wearing Ajrak and Sindhi Topi (cap), which are regarded as identities the Sindhi culture and a symbol of the Indus Valley civilization.
On the day, the people across Sindh exchange gifts of Ajrak and Topi at various ceremonies.
At the cultural event, the children and women were seen dressed up in Ajrak, assembling at grand gatherings where famous Sindhi singers sung Sindhi songs, which depicts love and progress of Sindh.
