Artists promote peace through art at vibrant culture festival in Karachi, Pakistan

Описание: (4 Nov 2025)
PAKISTAN CULTURE FESTIVAL

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi, Pakistan - 31 October 2025
1. Various of artist performing during opening of World Culture Festival Karachi 2025
2. Various of audience clapping
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Chrome Glacier Louie, artist from the United States:
"I feel like you guys should keep doing this. You guys have a great (arts) council, you got a great festival going on. You are great people. You are so welcoming and you're so generous. And I think if you keep doing this and bringing other cultures together, it will make the world better."

4. Various of performance by dance troupe Ballet Beyond Borders
5. Various of audience watching artists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alina Ciceo, Romanian artist:
"Every time we perform, the public is receiving our energy in a different way which is related to your culture also. So for example, now we felt the soul and felt that the public is together with us in the dance, which means that we are very happy that we touched the public. But in the same time, we felt happy that public is sensitive also and that (it) can receive some feelings and the story."

7. Various of performance by Street Dancers group
8. Camera filming performance
9. Various of artists performing on stage with folk music instruments
10. Cutaway of lights
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rija Sohail, visitor:
"One-hundred-and-forty-two countries around the world are getting together. And how politics divides us, art connects us. And we have people coming from different parts of the world, sharing their struggle, sharing their conflicts, sharing their life, sharing their journey and sharing the way that they are making a difference in the world, right? How they are actually letting people understand how to hold space, how to do better, perform better, understand better. And I am here for it. I love that."

12. Various of artist playing instrument on stage
13. Various of audience watching and clapping
14. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ahmed Shah, festival organizer:
"We are sending a message to the entire world, that they should close the arms factories. The genocide of women and children must be stopped. The killing of people for any reason be stopped. Our children need a peaceful world."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi, Pakistan - 1 November 2025
15. Various of exterior of Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi
STORYLINE:
Artists from all over the world are bringing a diversity of cultures, music and dance to a festival in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

The second World Culture Festival in Pakistan promotes themes of peace, climate awareness and cultural exchange.

Artists are regaling the audience with contemporary dance, folk art and live music through solo and group performances.

Performers drew loud cheers for a traditional Balochi dance, while flutists and santoor players captivated the audience with their music.

Romanian artist Alina Ciceo said after her performance that it felt as if the public was "together with us in the dance."

Local artists from Pakistan performed on the opening night along with performers from the United States, Nepal, Bangladesh, Syria, Italy and Belgium.

"We have people coming from different parts of the world, sharing their struggle, sharing their conflicts, sharing their life, sharing their journey and sharing the way that they are making a difference in the world," visitor Rija Sohail said.

Organizers hope to send a message of peace through the vibrant festival.



Production: Muhammad Farooq



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