villages male and festivals A female vendor sells handmade shawls and decorative items at the event. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: Abandoning Punjabi language has been disastrous for us and this region, said an acclaimed Punjabi Poet Baba Najmi. He was speaking on the sidelines of a two-day Punjab Peace and Cultural Festival that concluded on Sunday. The event was organized at the Punjab Institute of language Art and Culture (PILAC) in collaboration with Punjabi Par char and Consumer Drive “Punjabi culture is very diverse. It just does not involve the language but various other defining elements such as bhangra, luddi and geets that have been passed onto generations for centuries, and have kept the culture alive,” said Najmi. All mother languages should be spoken on a priority basis, but our local culture should be kept alive simultaneously in the face of globalisation, he added. “We consider Urdu as an inte...
