Photo: Junaidahmadj · CC BY-SA 3.0Events / 6 March
Punjab
Saraiki Culture Day (Ajrak Day)
South Punjab's day for the Saraiki language and culture: blue Saraiki ajrak, jhoomar dance, poetry and rallies in Multan and across the region.
Saraiki Culture Day, also called Saraiki Ajrak Day, has been marked on 6 March since 2014 in Multan and the other cities of the Saraiki-speaking south of Punjab. People wear the blue Saraiki ajrak, rallies set off from Nawan Shehr Chowk in Multan, there is a culture show at the Multan Arts Council and poetry at the Tea House, with jhoomar and daachi (camel) dances.
- Multan Arts Council
- Blue Saraiki ajrak
- Jhoomar dance
- Saraiki poetry
- When to plan
- 6 March each year.
- Getting there
- Multan is the centre of the celebrations, reached by air and by the M-4 and M-5 motorways; Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and other southern cities hold their own.
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