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Events / 23 September
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Attan dance, rubab music, poetry, and hospitality, a celebration of Pashtun identity across KP and beyond.
Marked on 23 September, Pashtun Culture Day fills campuses and city centres in KP, Balochistan, and Karachi with traditional dress, turbans, the circular Attan dance, rubab and mangey music, Pashto poetry, and the famed melmastia (hospitality).
Expect rings of dancers performing Attan to the rubab and drums, poetry recitals, and stalls of dress and craft. It is a proud, public celebration of Pashtun culture.
Combine the day with Peshawar's old city, Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Sethi Houses, and the food streets, for a deeper sense of Pashtun heritage.
April
One of Chitral's oldest spring gatherings, polo, paragliding, and mountain culture on the Qaqlasht plateau.
April - May
Pine-forest spring fairs on the ridge above Islamabad, cool air, walking tracks, and the first escape from the plains heat.
May
The Kalasha spring festival, milk stored for days, processions, and group dancing at the Charso grounds in Bumburet.
