{"id":73046,"date":"2026-02-10T21:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/articles\/lok-virsa-festival-pays-tributes-to-local-legends\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:53:53","slug":"lok-virsa-festival-pays-tributes-to-local-legends","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/articles\/lok-virsa-festival-pays-tributes-to-local-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lok Virsa Festival pays tributes to local legends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>Dawn<\/strong>  : 12-4-2017 <\/p>\n<p>National  Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage Lok Virsa on Tuesday paid rich  tribute to the legendary folk artists of the country by inviting the next  generation to perform songs and play various music.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The  event was held here at open air theater of the Lok Mela festival (the Folk  Festival of Pakistan) in Islamabad, which was attended by a large number of  people from different walks of life. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/prose-content\/english-articles\/page-160\/article-10\/pictures\/index_clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"Description: Pakistani folk artists from Cholistan perform the 'Marvati' dance during the annual Lok Mela festival in Islamabad on April 11 &#9472; AFP\"> <br \/>\n        Pakistani  folk artists from Cholistan perform the &#8216;Marvati&#8217; dance during the annual Lok  Mela festival in Islamabad on April 11 &#9472; AFP<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/prose-content\/english-articles\/page-160\/article-10\/pictures\/index_clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"Description: A Pakistani folk artist from Cholistan breathes fire as she performs during the annual Lok Mela festival &#9472; AFP\"> <br \/>\n        A  Pakistani folk artist from Cholistan breathes fire as she performs during the  annual Lok Mela festival &#9472; AFP<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/prose-content\/english-articles\/page-160\/article-10\/pictures\/index_clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"Description: Pakistani folk artists from Cholistan perform the 'Marvati' dance. &#9472; AFP\"> <br \/>\n        Pakistani  folk artists from Cholistan perform the &#8216;Marvati&#8217; dance. &#9472; AFP<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/prose-content\/english-articles\/page-160\/article-10\/pictures\/index_clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"Description: Folk artists from the Bheel nomad community perform at the Lok Virsa Festival &#9472; AFP\"> <br \/>\n        Folk  artists from the Bheel nomad community perform at the Lok Virsa Festival &#9472; AFP<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/prose-content\/english-articles\/page-160\/article-10\/pictures\/index_clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"Description: Folk artists, who are eunuchs and street performers belonging to the minority Hindu Bheel community, perform at the festival. &#9472; AP\"> <br \/>\n        Folk  artists, who are eunuchs and street performers belonging to the minority Hindu  Bheel community, perform at the festival. &#9472; AP<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":73047,"template":"","language":[],"class_list":["post-73046","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/73046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnaorg.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=73046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}