Shandur Polo Festival Commencing On 7th July
Shandur Polo Festival Commencing On 7th July: After over two years, the annual Shandur Polo Festival will be held on its old schedule in July this year, an official of the Tourism Corporation, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said.
Talking to APP, he said, “It will be organized from July 7 to 9, as for a couple of years the annual three-day calendar festival could not be held due to floods and Ramadan last year, however, this year, efforts have been taken to hold the event on its old schedule in July,” he also confirmed.
The TCKP, he said, has started a process to put in place the arrangements and float advertisements to attract tourists from across the world. In this regard, officials from the Gilgit-Baltistan government are likely to be invited to Peshawar to make the arrangements in order to facilitate the spectators.
The poor condition of roads leading to the venue at Shandur located in Chitral near the KP province and Gilgit-Baltistan is the major obstacle for tourists in reaching the area. Despite repeated announcements and the federal government’s decision to include Gilgit-Shandur-Chitral road in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), work on the construction of the road is yet to be started.
Shandur top, which is 3700m high, also act as a bridge between the two opposing teams of polo – Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan. Shandur annual year festival brings a great sense of contentment among the people of these districts. The festival is often embellished with cultural orientations of both teams that include their cultural dances, the moment of paragliding and an essence of its folk music.
In 1989 when Benazir Bhutto visited Shandur polo festival as a chief guest Premier. She declared it as an international event around the world. Moreover, she made a covenant to recognize it in an international world too.
The arrival of tourists in one’s country brings all sort of favorable dealings and enhances its image around the globe. Every year Shandur Polo Festival bestow Pakistan with its attractive powers a huge amount of tourists.
Team Gilgit Baltistan had always been stronger than the team Chitral, but in recent years the performance of Gilgit Baltistan is not as such in the previous years. They claim that polo being the most expensive game demands the welfare of their horses, their own major facilities and the injuries they get through come under the funds that are not being accountably distributed among the members of the polo team.
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