{"id":57644,"date":"2019-11-15T16:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57644"},"modified":"2019-11-15T16:52:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:52:29","slug":"lok-virsas-annual-lok-mela-event-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lok-virsas-annual-lok-mela-event-begins.html","title":{"rendered":"Lok Virsa&#8217;s annual &#8216;Lok Mela&#8217; event begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The annual \u2018Lok Mela\u2019 event of the National Institute of Folk &amp; Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) is all set to begin today, according to news sources. As per officials, the festival is scheduled to take place at the Lok Virsa Complex (Garden Avenue) in Islamabad\u2019s Shakarparian locality.<\/p>\n<p>As per details, the event is expected to feature cultural pavilions, artisans display, exotic craft bazaar, folk music, dance performances, and several other activities \u2013 highlighting the rich culture of the four provinces as well as Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-reveals-anti-smog-plan-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA reveals anti-smog plan for Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lok-mela-start-from-nov-15-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traditional festival<\/a>, keeping with the four-decade-old custom, will formally open with a chadarposhi\/dastarbandi ceremony. This custom is Lok Virsa\u2019s proclamation that they hold craftspeople and artists in highest esteem. Minister for Federal Education, Professional Training, National History &amp; Literary Heritage Shafqat Mahmood will preside over honorary ceremony this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-have-hawker-bazaar-cart-pushers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamabad to have &#8216;hawker bazaar&#8217; for cart pushers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All provincial, authentic cuisine flavours will also be available for the people to enjoy. The entry ticket is priced at PKR 50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The annual \u2018Lok Mela\u2019 event of the National Institute of Folk &amp; Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) is all set to begin today, according to news sources. As per officials, the festival is scheduled to take place at the Lok Virsa Complex (Garden Avenue) in Islamabad\u2019s Shakarparian locality. As per details, the event is expected to feature cultural pavilions, artisans display, exotic craft bazaar, folk music, dance performances, and several other activities \u2013 highlighting the rich culture of the four provinces as well as Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). Read:\u00a0EPA reveals anti-smog plan for Islamabad The traditional festival, keeping with the four-decade-old custom, will formally open with a chadarposhi\/dastarbandi ceremony. This custom is Lok Virsa\u2019s proclamation that they hold craftspeople and artists in highest esteem. Minister for Federal Education, Professional Training, National History &amp; Literary Heritage Shafqat Mahmood will preside over honorary ceremony this year. Read:\u00a0Islamabad to have &#8216;hawker bazaar&#8217; for cart pushers All provincial, authentic cuisine flavours will also be available for the people to enjoy. The entry ticket is priced at PKR 50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":49732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13984],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-lok-virsas-annual-lok-mela-event-begins"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lok Virsa&#039;s annual &#039;Lok Mela&#039; event begins - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The annual \u2018Lok Mela\u2019 event of the National Institute of Folk &amp; Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) is all set to begin today, according to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lok-virsas-annual-lok-mela-event-begins.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lok Virsa&#039;s annual &#039;Lok Mela&#039; 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