Saturday 30 March 2013

Revival of Culture and Arts?


While most of the nation are sharing their opinion over the fact that how media has a major influence in changing our Cultural trends not many have noticed the efforts of those who have helped in keeping our cultural  vein alive. The fact that organizations such as Rafi Peer theater  Institute for preservation of art and culture, Kuch khaas have been working hard to revive music, arts and culture, in a country that has lost its entire sub continental ethos; is going unnoticed. These organization have been working for a long period now, emphasizing on our Sufi roots and bringing in puppeteers, artists, talents from all across the globe with hardly any support from Government or any other authority. While being alleged of creating poison in to the minds of our society for bringing in dances, music and festive these organizations have brought platforms too many of the famous artists known across the globes. Speaking of culture, our nation has one of the most diverse societies. Inside these cultures we had amazing Sufi poets like Waris Shah, Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai etc. These organizations helped promote their compositions, their poetry and thought provoking saying that has been passed on for ages. These compositions were experimented many times and the songs have also been performed in the modern pop genre as well. These associations have given their immense support to the young talents of Pakistan by providing those platforms to express their abilities in theater  music, poetry and even puppetry.


The question to be asked is that will their effort be every noticed by the masses of Pakistan or will they always be ignored and considered as a part of society alleged for influencing the general public negatively. These people have worked their entire life for the upbringing of entertainment industry in Pakistan (Rather what is left of it). They need to be supported and appreciated for keeping us in touch with our own cultural identity.



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