By By our correspondent
A three day exhibition titled “Munjho Sindh” concluded on Sunday. The exhibition featured only a sprinkling of stalls displaying and or trading in traditional Sindhi cultural objects as arranged by the Department for Culture and Tourism.
Organised by RAKZ Communication and supported by a host of Provincial and Federal Ministries including the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Privatization, Ministry of Investment, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Infromation and Broadcast, Ministry of Textile, Ministry of Tourism, Board of Investment, Cabinet Division of Senate, Ministry of Culture and Tourism Sindh and the Department of Culture and Tourism.
The exhibit spread over two halls of the Expo Centre started on October 23, and by the end of the event, a host of Ministers, Bureaucrats and Advisors had made their trips through the halls.
The main purpose for the event, said the organisers was to create awareness about the artisans and craftsman of interior Sindh and the art that they make along with the culture that they have.
The organisers said that the exhibit should also be held in different regions of Sindh as well as holding it abroad. This exhibition could spark a revolution that would save the culture and the art of Sindh.
The reality was different however as the exhibit had only one hall being managed by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Sindh. Within this hall even there were only 12 stalls that displayed items like Ajrak, Ralli, pottery and furniture from Interior Sindh. The rest of the exhibit was dominated either by corporate companies or private businessmen selling clothing, or trinkets, all belonged to Karachi.
However there were a few other novelty stalls including a stall of the University of Jamshoro, Haji Rabri of Hyderabad and a stall from Bahawalpur selling Khadi cloth.
The public, while browsing through almost every stall, even a stall of Study In Russia, collected primarily at the stalls of media houses who were shooting musical programmes with a live interactive audience. The only Sindhi music playing in the entire exhibit was through an electronic sound synthesiser in the hall of Department of Culture and Tourism. A regional language channel utilised the opportunity to conduct a dance competition to its beat.