Heritage museum attracts local, foreign visitors

Islamabad
The Heritage Museum of National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa is attracting a large number of people from different parts of the country with stunning glimpses of cultural heritage.
Representing the cultural heritage through various displays that include the architectural heritage, sufi traditions, regional portrayal and way of living of people, the museum represents the culture of all four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The museum shows the tradition through the ages, accounting for most of the cultural changes and influences along the way.
Every gallery of the museum imparts the essence of a bygone era, replete with the traditions, costumes, jewellery and folklore, and ending with depictions of the present folk heritage of the four provinces of Pakistan.
In a gallery called `Pottery through the ages’ one sees ancient pottery from thousands of years ago, including artefacts such as cooking stoves and pots, pitchers, plates, and grain containers etc.
Folk romances stories like Heer-Ranjha, Sohni-Mahiwal and Dhola-Maro, which have been passed down the generations through poets and story tellers are also portrayed three dimensionally in one of the galleries called “Ballads and Romances” with the origins and details of the stories written out on display boards.
One gallery is dedicated to music and displays the hundreds of different musical instruments played in Pakistan along with the history and classification of each.
“We had heard a lot about the heritage museum, this time we decided to visit and we enjoyed each and every section of this museum, as besides a source of entertainment, it is an excellent opportunity to know about the culture and traditions of the four provinces of Pakistan,” said a group of students at Lok Virsa Museum.