Latif Award
Latif Award
Awarded forBest researcher, artist, Singer of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
LocationBhit Shah, Sindh
CountryPakistan
Presented byCulture, Tourism and Antiquities Department, government of Sindh
Websitesindhculture.gov.pk

Latif Award (Sindhi: لطيف ايوارڊ‎) is given by Department of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, government of Sindh to the best researchers and singers of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai who made extraordinary work in Arts and Research field related with mystic poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sindhi language and Sindhi music. This award is a highest cultural decoration given by Government of Sindh.[1] The award is given on Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai each year.[2][3] Latif Award is a unique golden model of Tamboro, a stringed music instrument, which is said to be invented by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai himself.[4][5]

Recipients of Latif Award

2004

Winners of Latif Award in (260 Urs) held in 2004, are given below:

2008

Winners of Latif Award in (264 Urs) held in 2008, are given below:

2011

Winners of Latif Award in (267 Urs) held in 2011, are given below:

2015

Winners of Latif Award in (272 Urs) held in 2015, are given below:

2016

Winners of Latif Award in (273 Urs) held in 2016, are given below:

2017

Winners of Latif Award in (274 Urs) held in 2017, are given below:

2018

Winners of Latif Award in (275 Urs) held in 2018, are given below:

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2019

Winners of Latif Award in (276 Urs) held in 2018, are given below:

2020

Winners of Latif Award in (277 Urs) held in 2018, are given below:

References

  1. ^ "Bhitai's urs on January 9–11". geo.tv. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Shah Latif Bhittai's Urs starts tomorrow | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV.
  3. ^ "People- Salzburg Global Seminar". Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Urs celebrations: Singing for Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai to the tune of the tamboora". The Express Tribune. 20 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Dunya News: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's invention Tambora instrument". Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  6. ^ "HYDERABAD: Call for consensus on NFC award". Dawn. Pakistan. 9 April 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". pas.gov.pk.
  8. ^ "Sindh CM also denies ordering Karachi operation". The News International. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  9. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (30 November 2015). "LG poll results silenced PPP critics, says Qaim". Dawn. Pakistan.
  10. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (19 November 2016). "German philologist gets Latif Award 150 years after compiling Shah jo Risalo". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (7 November 2017). "Mysticism effective tool to curb extremism, Bilawal tells audience as Bhitai urs ends". Dawn. Pakistan.
  12. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's Staff (28 October 2018). "Latif awards given to artists, others for outstanding work on concluding day of Bhitai's urs". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

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