Friday, 19 April 2013

Traditional basketry catches visitors eye

ISLAMABAD: The on-going folk festival “Lok Mela” organised by Lok Virsa here at Shakarparian provided a number of beautiful glimpses of Pakistan’s cultural heritage on Friday.
The basketry display by a group of female craftswomen from Jhang caught the visitors’ eye. Kaneez Fatima and Fateh Bibi from Shah Jewna demonstrated a variety of basketry artifacts.
They belong to a poor family who is practising this old craft tradition since long. Despite getting a low from the art, yet they

Read more ...

No comments:

Post a Comment