Sana Jamal
Islamabad - Master musicians from mountain valleys of Pakistan and Afghanistan
took the audience on a mystical, musical journey of mind and soul at a music
festival in Islamabad. The hall of Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA)
resonated with mystical sounds as the traditional artists enamoured the
audience with magical tunes presented using varied musical instruments. The
performance, by tradition bearers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, was a
devotional expression of diverse music traditions of the region, reflecting
how diverse languages and geographies are united by culture and music.
The ‘Mystic Mountain Music’ was organized by Pakistan National Council of Arts
(PNCA) and the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP) in collaboration
with the embassy of France in Pakistan. The Music gala was aimed at bringing
together master musicians and tradition bearers to explore historic shared
values of the mountain communities living both in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The performance of the musicians from Chitral, Hunza and Peshawar represented
the musical unity among different communities of Pakistan’s mountain-valleys.
Ustad Ali Gohar, the last master durmmer of ‘Safro family of Hunza’ performed
with Shamsulo the great grandson of Budul. The event started with a soulful
tune called ‘Bo Te Hareep’ which was followed by classic tunes ‘Ashur Jaan’
and ‘Doshi Ke Dandoshi’. Ashur Jaan celebrates human nature of legendry
mythical character called Kisar (Caesar) which is played in GB, Chitral,
Ladakh and Tibet with various interpretations. Doshi Ke Dandoshi, describes a
mother’s feeling who lost her young intelligent Doshi on the wedding day. The
mother then sings a song to glorify the untimely death of Doshi and great
personal sacrifice of Dandoshi.
For communities living in mountain valleys music was once the only medium of
recording histories of achievements both individual and collective, personal
loss and overpowering natural events, their interaction with nature dominated
by high mountains and glaciers, their beliefs and least but not last source of
amusement. Music, therefore, was evolved into an effective medium of
communication and expression.
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