The province’s culture and unity day was celebrated for the first time on Decem(as the Sindhi Topi Day) as a backlash to the comments of anchorman Dr Shahid Masood who had criticised President Asif Ali Zardari for wearing a Sindhi cap on his foreign tours. Sindhi culture, history and heritage are highlighted at the events.Įkta (Unity) day is observed to display solidarity among the Sindhi-speaking masses, the event is celebrated not only in Karachi, but throughout Sindh. The musical performances of the artists compel the participants to dance on Sindhi tunes and ‘Jeay Sindh Jeay-Sindh Wara Jean’.Īll Political, social and religious organisations of Sindh, besides the Sindh culture department and administrations of various schools, colleges and universities, organize variety of events including seminars, debates, folk music programmes, drama and theatrics performances, tableau and literary sittings to mark this annual festivity. The people across Sindhexchange gifts of Ajrak and Topi at various ceremonies.Even, the children and women are dressed up in Ajrak, assembling at the grand gathering, where famous Sindhi singers sing Sindhi songs, which depicts love and progress of Sindh. On that occasion, the musical programmes and rallies are held in many cities to mark the day with zeal.Major hallmarks of cities and towns are decorated with Sindhi Ajrak to highlight the cultural values of Sindh. Sindhis celebrate Sindh Cultural day world wide every year on December 8, by wearingAjrak & Sindhi Topi. Karachi:Teen Talwar wrapped in Ajrak in connection with Sindhi Cultural day Many Sindhi poets are doing their poetry work continuously. Regional poets are Shaikh Ayaz, Ustaad Bhukhari, Ahmed Khan MAdhoosh, Adal Soomro,aakash ansari, Ayaz Gul, Abdul Ghaffar Tabasum, G.N.Qureshi, Rukhsana Preet, Waseem Soomro. Poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Sachal Sarmast is very famous amongst all of Pakistanis. Sindhi poetry is also prominent in Sindhi culture. It is also recorded that treatises were written in Sindhi on astronomy, medicine and history during the 8th and 9th centuries. There is evidence of Sindhi poets reciting their verses before the Muslim Caliphs in Baghdad. It is established that Sindhi was the first Eastern language into the Quran, when it was translated in the 8th or 9th century. The earliest reference to Sindhi literature is contained in the writings of Arab historians. Its writers have contributed extensively in various forms of literature in both poetry andprose. Sindhi literature is very rich, and is one of the world’s oldest literatures.
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Similar functions were held in different parts of Sindh like Pano Akil, Sukkur, Dadloi, Rohri, Salehpat, Kandhra, Khanpur Mahar, Ghotki, Daharki, Mirpur Mathelo, Ubauro, Tangwani, Thull, Ghouspur, Karampur, Bakhshapur, Kandhkot and Kashmore.Sindhi language is ancient and rich in literature. The participants while celebrating the cultural day pledged to protect the Sindhi culture and the history of Sindh. Many youth people had decorated their cars with ajrak and carried replica of Sindhi caps on the roof of their vehicles. The whole area gave a festive look as people mingled with and greeted each other during the course of the peace walk. The whole city reverberated with folk and cultural songs like “Jeay Sindh Jeay” (long live Sindh). Participants included people from various universities, local NGO’s representatives, and social activists who were in the traditional Sindhi topi and ajrak, and sang and danced to traditional Sindhi tunes. In beautiful Islamabad, a vibrant programme was held outside the F9 Park and was attended by a large number of Sindhi people.
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Just to highlight for my readers, the day was first observed in reaction to criticism of the then president Asif Ali Zardari for wearing a Sindhi cap during an official visit to Afghanistan. The message of all these Sufi saints was to forge unity, love, brotherhood and affection with each other and to denounce hatred. Sindh is the land of Sufi saints such as Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sachal Sarmast, Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Abdullah Shah Ashabi and others who are buried in this land of peace. The theme of this year’s Sindhi Cultural Day was ‘ekta’ meaning unity. People wore cultural dresses with Sindhi topi and ajrak the traditional block printed shawls to spotlight the centuries-old rich culture. In this vein rallies were held in which local folk dance and music was played. Every year on the first Sunday of December, the Sindhi Cultural Day is celebrated all over Sindh, and among Sindhi people living around the world to demonstrate the peaceful identity of their culture and attract the world’s attention towards its rich heritage.
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They are global citizens who value humanity and culture above all religions. Indeed, Sindh has a rich culture, history and language and the Sindhi people are warm, hospitable and friendly.