Fazal Khaliq
MINGORA: Photo exhibition, highlighting the culture heritage of Khbyer Pakhtunkhwa attracted large number of students and civil society members here on Tuesday.
The two-day photo exhibition titled “Culture and People of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” was organized by KP directorate of culture under the RICH project aiming revival of the indigenous culture heritage in KP.
The exhibition was featuring Tahir Saleem’s photography highlighting the day to day life in the KP.
“As we see our young generation is more on the cell phones giving much time to the social media and the fast prevailing western culture which ultimately pushing them away of our rich culture heritage. So, I have tried to focus on the traditional activities of Pashtoon culture including traditional games, dresses and other practices,” he told said.
Busy in observing different photos keenly, Iqbal Hussain, a student from Khpal Kor Model school said that there were several photos of the traditional games and social practices which we had not seen. “We are happy to see so many things of our culture heritage. We not only saw them but also learnt their names,” he said.
Tariq Hussain, another student said that he saw photos of many places in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about which he did not know. “It was refreshing experience for us which informed us about different culture and traditions of our province. I personally was attracted by the floral art of KP in the photos,” he said.
Some culture activists were busy in active discussion after surfing the photos. They said that the photos of their cultural practices linked them with love and simplicity of the past. “It was as a re winded movie of our past reminded us of many forgotten practices and things. Such events must be organized on regular basis to keep our young generation abreast of our forgotten culture heritage,” said Abdul Ali Ashna, a culture activist in Mingora.
Javed Khan who was representing the organizing team said that the basic aim of the photo exhibition was to impart knowledge of our forgotten culture heritage to the new generation and for that they had invited students of many schools and colleges.
“We tried to bridge the new generation with the heritage which is either fast fading or already faded and owing to the keen interest of the visitors I can claim that we are successful in it,” he said.
