Jubilaton of New district of Upper Chitral: centuries old traditional custom reviews by senior citizens.
By Gul Hamaad Farooqi
CHITRAL: Residents of upper Chitral jubilating crating fo new district of Upper Chitral. In this connection literary organization Qalam Qabeela organized a function at Booni in which senior citizens of 70 plus years of age performed Nahtik and Phistik culturally custom (tradition). In this tradition senior citizens beating duff with hands, singing songs and go to the house of bride they perform a special dance.
When they come back in procession with bride and bride groom they singing other types of songs with separate dance and beating of Duff a hand made musical ornament. One of them was blind man who also came from Chappali to Booni to perform this art and to display to the youth so as lest they forget.
Poets, educationists, intellectuals, artists, singers and elites of both district lower and upper Chitral stressed upon the young generation to not forget their tradition and must exercise and review their centuries old cultural events.
The speakers also spoke and presented their papers regarding challenges and problems on creating of new district. They also proposed its possible solutions
At last awards were also distributed among the senior citizens, artists, poets, intellectuals.
Talking to this scribe president of Qalam Qabeela Zakir Muhammad Zahmi said that this is centuries old culture and tradition of Chitral which is being forgetting by young generation and he demanded from the authorities for financial support to survive this centuries old culture.
Anwar Wali Khan who is graduate from Qauide Azam University Islamabad said that some 14 languages spoke in Chitral but some of them are ending now and he demanded to federal government for giving space to Chitrali language in PTV.
Those who spoke on the occasion were Zakir Zahm, Fakhruddin, Mukaram Shah, Inayatullah Aseer, Aftab Alam, Mansoor Ali Shabab, Baba Fatahuddin, Rahmat Ghazi, Afzalullah Afzal, former MPA Sardar Hussain, Sadiqullah Sadiq, Zafarullah Parwaz, Karimullah and others. A large number of people participated in the function. Later on they also presented poetry and held a cultural show and musical concert.
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