LARKANA: The Sindhi cultural and unity day was observed throughout Larkana and Kambar-Shahdakdot districts on Sunday.
Almost all nationalist political parties, PPP, PML(Q), social and other organisations took out rallies on the day.
Wearing Sindhi cap and Ajrak the processionists danced on Sindhi tunes and folk songs and gathered at Jinnah Bagh Chowk. The place gave a festive look as small and big processions were seen on the roads.
People exchanged Sindhi caps and Ajraks with each other. Students of various colleges and schools took out large rallies. Unprecedented sale of Sindhi cap was witnessed in Larkana and Kambar-Shahdadkot after December 8 was declared as Sindhi cap day.
The people said there was no threat to the Sindhi culture and it is rich in tradition and is a soil of the peace-lovers and a land of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and Sachal Sarmast.
Women also equally participated in the celebrations by wearing traditional dresses and said the Culture Day is a good step to promote handicrafts like Ajrak and Sussi.
They prayed for the prosperity and development of Sindh and the country. On the occasion speakers highlighted the importance of the day. They stressed the need for brotherhood among all people in the country.
Many rallies, participated by a large number of people, were also taken out in the city to mark the day.
Several social, political groups and civil society members celebrated cultural Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day, organised different activities like rallies, seminars, gatherings, dance events with folk songs and traditional songs.
On the occasion, Gomi Bai Ladies Club, Bhitai Social Welfare Association, Chandka Special Education Centre, district education department, Abbasi Kalhoro Tanzeem, Knowledge Center and several other nationalists and media organisations held rallies, seminars, Maach Katcheries and different events of cultural nature on the day.
A large number of people including men, women and schoolchildren dressed in new traditional clothes with Ajrak on their shoulders and Sindhi Cap on their heads, thronged streets and roads of the cities celebrating Sindh Culture Day in different parts of province.
MPA Haji Munawar Ali Abbassi led the Abbasi Kalhora Tanzeem gathering (Maach Katchery) and other festive events here in Larkana, in which a number of civil society people and journalists participated.
Meanwhile, a large number of women and children at Gomi Bai Ladies Club Larkana organised different activities of Mehndi, dance etc.
The members of the Ladies Club including Farida, Apa Parveen Abro, Natasha Zaighum, Dr. Fakhr Junejo, Husna Junejo and others spoke high about the Sindhi culture and Ajrak and Topi.
A big rally was also taken out in Shahdadkot marking the Sindhi culture day.
The zealous participants in long queues of vehicles were warmly received on the outskirts of Qambar town by the citizens.
Similar processions and rallies were also taken out in Warah, Dokri, Mirokhan, Sujawal, Badah, Nasirabad and others towns of Larkana and Kambar-Shahdakdot districts.
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