A NAVIGATION watch tower or stupa stands behind a signboard indicating ruins of the ancient site of Brahmanabad and Mansura in Sanghar. Photo by Umair Ali
AS a cool breeze blew across, the only sound at the ancient ruins was a Sindhi song a tractor driver was playing at a high pitch. He was ploughing a field near the historic site of Mansura, earlier known as Brahmanabad, some 18km southeast of Shahdadpur.
I actually wanted to visit Achhro Thar in Sanghar’s arid region, but my mate Zafar Mangi suggested that we go instead to the site of Mansura, the first capital established by the Muslims in the subcontinent after Mohammad bin Qasim seized the Brahmanabad territory.
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This was announced at a press conference at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi on Thursday afternoon.
The council’s president Ahmed Shah said the festival has now come home (since its previous editions were held at a hotel). “The council is a space for cultural activities and it’s located in the capital of Sindh. The event is Sindhi culture’s biggest festival,” he added.
The organiser of SLF Naseer Gopang told the media how the idea for the event came about. Referring to a similar festival which he and his friends Zohaib Kaka and Najia Mir used to go to on an annual basis, he said he felt that there Sindhi writers and language weren’t getting their due share. As a result, SLF came into being. Initially, they found difficulties in getting the requisite funds for the programme but they managed to successfully organise and run the festival.
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