ISLAMABAD: The Folk Festival, popularly known as Lok Mela, is in full swing where KPK's cultural night attracted a large crowd. The festival, which started Friday, beautifully showcased the indigenous folk culture of all four provinces depicting their arts, crafts, folk music and traditional cuisine.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) pavilion hosted their cultural night on 17 April, which featured popular folk artists, folk musicians and comedians including Gulrez Tabbasum, Neelo, Salma Naz, Said Rehman Shino, Uzair Sherpao, Bakhtiar Khattak, Khalida Yasmin and others.
The comparer was Jamshed Ali Khan. Large number of audience from different walks of life including families and youth attended the cultural night and enjoyed thrilling performances, presented by the artists. It was a jam-packed show.
The Frontier Constabulary (FC) dance group brought by KPK cultural pavilion, was the biggest crowd puller at Lok Mela. The pavilion also offered other tasty varieties of traditional food like `Patta Seekh' and `Lamb Karahi' all washed down with a cup of `Qehwa' (green tea) with a hint of Cardamom being brewed in `Samavar' at Nemat Khan Qehwa Khana.
In close proximity, a `Hujra' had been created wherein musicians were presenting folk Pushto music "Tank Takor" whilst playing traditional musical instruments like `Rabab', Table and Harmonium.
