Programmes and Event Schedules Featuring Fatima Jinnah and Cultural Performances

Sub title : Camp Fire Events, and Girl Guiding Ceremony Schedules

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Khatoon-e-Pakistan | Programmes | Dance Events | Girl Guides | Cultural Performances

Date of publication: 1945

Language: English

Page: 13 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28565

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Programme -- Dance -- Girl Guides -- Peshawar -- Cultural Event -- Tableau -- Qawali -- 1945 -- 1950s -- Entertainment -- Ceremony

Abstract: This collection comprises various programmes and event schedules from the 1940s-1950s. The items include dance hall programmes from an unidentified venue featuring tea dances, luncheon dances, and cocktail dances with programmes commencing November 1945; simple programme listings for cultural events featuring tableaux, plays, songs, and qawali; a camp fire programme with Urdu and English songs and tableaux; a detailed schedule for a Girl Guides ceremony in Peshawar featuring the arrival and address of Mohtrema Fatima Jinnah.

Description: A diverse compilation of original programmes and event schedules from the mid-20th century, featuring one significant document directly involving Fatima Jinnah at a Girl Guides ceremony in Peshawar. The collection also includes commercial dance hall programmes from 1945 and various cultural and camp fire entertainment schedules, providing insight into social, cultural, and organizational activities of the period in both pre-partition India and early Pakistan. The documents reflect a blend of Western and South Asian cultural elements in entertainment and public ceremonies. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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