Lok Virsa Folk Festival

Every year in October, the Lok Virsa festival is Pakistan's greatest cultural event. This most famous festival in Pakistan has drawn worldwide craftsmen and performers from more than 20 countries around the world to perform and participate over the past two decades. For artisans and performers, it has become a source of pride.

In the federal capital of Pakistan, the provinces of Azad Jammu and Kashmir set up attractively furnished pavilions for visitors to explore Pakistan's traditionally rich culture. The festival, which takes place in Lok Virsa for ten days and features multi-ethnic work by artists working under the aegis of Heritage Museum, runs for ten days.

Lok Virsa's Research & Media Centre organizes dance groups and music concerts from all across Pakistan. Lok Virsa's researchers conduct interviews with all of the festival's craftspeople and artists in order to document the event. All provinces' culture departments, as well as the diplomatic community, are asked to set up pavilions showcasing their prestigious folk culture. The festival begins with a chadarposhi and dastarbandi ritual, which is a way for Lok Virsa to declare its dedication to artisans and folk artists' high status in the cultural mainstream.

Date: October