Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, Dec 21: The Valley of Wakha Mulbekh today reverberated with the tunes of folk songs and folk tales with the accompaniment of Daman and Surna here at a cultural extravaganza entitled One Day Kargil Winter Folk Festival at Tourist Dak Bungalow Mulbekh.
Organized under the aegis of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL), Kargil, the day long cultural event saw in attendance 10 cultural troupes numbering 160 artists from different areas of Kargil district like Hardass, Wakha, Mulbekh, Kukshow, Bodh Kharboo, Darchiks, Garkone and Drass who mesmerized a mammoth gathering of cultural enthusiasts with their folk music, folk lore and folk dance forms and won thundering rounds of applause.
On the occasion, Assistant Director Tourism Kargil Aga Syed Toha was the chief guest while as Naib Tehsildar Shargole Muhammad Hassan was the guest of honour.
Aga Syed Toha said that such initiatives of cultural awakening and cultural promotion by the Academy are the need of the day as the rich treasure of folk traditions is gradually fading away.
He reposed hope that the Academy will continue its endeavors on this front in the times to come as well.
Naib Tehsildar Shargole Muhammad Hassan while speaking on the occasion emphasized the need to uphold and cherish the age old virtues of morality, humanism, humility, religious tolerance, peaceful coexistence and the like which are the identity of the rich multiethnic traditions of Kargil region.
Earlier in his welcome speech Muhammad Ali Tak, Cultural Officer, Kargil underlined the purpose of the one day festival.
Among others present were Programme Executive AIR, Kargil Stanzin Lotus, Executive Engineer Mechanical Division Kargil Sher Khan as well as district and block level officers.
In the end, Nazir Hussain SOCA (G-1) delivered the vote of thanks.
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