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In southern Pakistan, septuagenarian artist fights to keep century-old ‘Matka Dance’ alive

  • Traditional “Matka Dance” involves dancing while balancing earthen pot, attached to a pole, above one’s head
  • Performing arts expert urges provincial government to support traditional dance, warns it may become extinct
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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