A five-day exhibition showcasing the rich cultural heritage and traditions. with The similarities between Pakistan and Indonesia are completed here at the Lok Virsa National Heritage Museum. on Sunday.
Exhibition “Night at the Lok Virsa Museum: Confluence of civilization between Pakistan and Indonesia” was opened by Indonesian Ambassador Adam Mulavarman Tugio in the presence of of diplomats and art as well as history lovers.
Cabins for airak and batik, where shawls are sewn from both countries described hard work of making airak, remained the center of attraction among visitors.
miniature model of Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in in world, built Pakistani master also pulled the crowd from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
show also featured daily live musical performance from famous musicians who continued to captivate the audience playing world famous tunes with local Pakistani instruments including tabla, rabab and bansuri.
A large number of of citizens flocked to the exhibition with the collection of photos and videos shed light on inter-regional connection and cross-cultural influence on both countries.
Mahin Mirza, student from National Defense University, said she was very surprised to find many cultural similarities with Pakistani art works and cultural images.
“I did not know of similarity of cultures history and religion in between countries before visiting the exhibition,” she said.
Irsa bin Mairaj, foreign guest who closely watched the temple model said he was amazed know that the miniature was made Pakistani master.
This reflected that the Pakistani people It was great potential in a work of art that can be scaled up in design of so difficult model with perfection, he added.
Huria Sheikh, another visitor hosting photos draping indonesian batik on display stalls Sindhi Ajrak and Batik named both crafts as a great example of merger of two cultures.
She hoped that the exhibition would not only show the resemblance of culture between two countries will eventually bring people nearer.
indonesian woman who holds the counters of Batik explained the complex process of Making batik and said it technique of wax-resistant paint applied to the entire fabric originating from the island of Java, which took at least 4-5 days before finish one piece.
” technique shows resemblance with the famous Sindhi ajrak and signifies the cultural closeness between Indonesia and Pakistan,” she said. added.
At the beginning of exhibition, Ambassador Tugio emphasized need develop and strengthen the existing cultural relations between the two fraternal countries.
Speaking to APP, he said, “Indonesia and Pakistan home to one of ancient civilizations in in world” as well as added that his country is expanding cooperation in various areas including tourism, education and trade.
He said that his government was going to invite Pakistani journalists to study real potential of tourism in Indonesia.
Speaking on On this occasion, the Ambassador of Palestine, Ahmed Javad A.A. Rabai said that people of Pakistan was very close to my heart of Palestinian and emphasized need organize such events for cultural exchange.
During a call with the director of the National Heritage Museum, Anwar-Ul-Haq said that arrival of hundreds of people the exhibition showed that life goes on back back to normal after facing restrictions of COVID-19.
He extended thanks to the embassy of indonesia for hosting such a wonderful event for residents of sister cities.
