She said that the poet’s dream still remains unfulfilled. “Ayaz loved Sindh and when you love someone you dream to see all the good in the world happen to it,” commented Zahida Hina, a novelist, columnist and short story writer. Before the inaugural panel discussion, a choir of four raagis of Bhitai sang a waee of Bhitai. The festival began with a photo exhibition depicting portraits of his life, family and contemporaries. He died on December 28, 1997, and was laid to rest near the shrine of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai in Bhit Shah, Matiari district. The recipient of Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Ayaz (1923-1997), authored more than 50 books, including a few of Urdu poetry, with revolution and romance being the outweighing themes. The event, hosted by Cafe Khanabadosh, is taking place in the idyllic setting of a park in the premises of Sindh Museum.īesides the intellectual discourse and poetic recitations, it is also laced with performances of dance and music with each day concluding with mesmerising musical nights. Making the literary work of Shaikh Ayaz, a Sindhi poetic colossus of twentieth century, relevant to the present, the fourth annual edition of five-day Ayaz Melo commenced in Hyderabad on Friday. A choir of raagis enthralled the audience, with their rendition of a waee of Bhitai, at the musical night held on the first day of the event.
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