Latif Award
Latif Award | |
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Awarded for | Best researcher, artist, Singer of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai |
Location | Bhit Shah, Sindh |
Country | Pakistan |
Presented by | Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department, government of Sindh |
Website | sindhculture |
Latif Award (
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:
- Mazhar Hussain & Zulfiqar Ali (singers)
- Atta Mohammad Bhambhro (research)
- Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch(lifetime achievement)
- Manzoor Ali Khan (singer)
- Muhammad Juman (singer)
- Master Muhammad Ibrahim (singer)[6]
2008
Winners of Latif Award in (264 Urs) held in 2008, are given below:
- Abdullah Panhwar (Latif Ragh)
- Ghulam Muhammad,(Banjo player)
- Bhano Khan Shaikh (Research)
- Allah Dino Nizamani (Shah Jo Ragi)[7]
2011
Winners of Latif Award in (267 Urs) held in 2011, are given below:
- Faqeer Pir Bux Soomro (Shah's singer)
- Mohammad Hussain Kashif (posthumously, research award)
- Mohammad Hassan Mallah (instrumentalist)
- Sanam Marvi (singer)
- Waryam Faqeer (folk poetry)[8]
2015
Winners of Latif Award in (272 Urs) held in 2015, are given below:
- Syed Gadda Hussain (Shah's raagi)
- Taj Mastani (artist)
- Haji Ali Nawaz (sughar)
- Nawaz Mohamamd Achar (musician)
- Abdul-Majid Bhurgri (research)[9]
2016
Winners of Latif Award in (273 Urs) held in 2016, are given below:
- Ernest Trumpp (posthumously awarded)
- Mai Dhai (folk singing)
- Abdul Hameed Akhund (extra ordinary services)
- Karam Hussain (Musician)
- Ali Gul (Folk poetry)
- Madad Ali Jat (Shah's singer)
- Prof. Ghulam Mohammad Lakho (research)
- Abdul Qadir Junejo (Writer)
- Dr. Ahsan Danish (research)[10]
2017
Winners of Latif Award in (274 Urs) held in 2017, are given below:
- Faqir Manthar Junejo and Allah Dino Junejo (Bhital's raagis)
- Abdul Shakoor (instrumentalist)
- Jami Chandio (researcher)
- Qasim Rahimoon (sughar)
- Yasir Qazi, (compere)
- Amar Fayaz Buriro (extra ordinary service)
- Shabir Kumbhar (extra ordinary service)
- Master Intikhab Burdi and baby Rahat Burdi (who memorized Shah's kalam)
- Nadir Ali Jamali (who produced Bhitai's statue)[11]
2018
Winners of Latif Award in (275 Urs) held in 2018, are given below:
- Faqir Jawan Chhajro (Shah's singer)
- Rashid Hyderi (Artist)
- Zulfiqar Lund (Instrumentalist)
- Mamoor Yousfani (researcher posthumously)
- Dr. Sher Mahrani (research)
- Taj Mohammad (folk poetry)
- Bakhshan Mahranvi (compare)
- Eeshwar Das Mandnani
- Jameel Ahmed Rind (Special award)
- Shahid Hussain Abro (Special award)
2019
Winners of Latif Award in (276 Urs) held in 2018, are given below:
- Faqir Gul Muhammad Pahore (Bhittai's Raagi)
- Daato Dital Abro (Folk Poetry)
- Syed Ali Mir Shah (posthumously awarded)
- Din Muhammad Damsaz (Singer)
- Muhammad Talib Kohistani (Instrumentalist)
- Natho khan Lund (Lifetime achievement)
- Christopher Shackle (Researcher)
- Suleman Wassan & Ubaid Thaheem (Sindh Salamat Kitab Ghar)
2020
Winners of Latif Award in (277 Urs) held in 2018, are given below:
- Waryam Faqir Khaskheli (Bhittai's Raagi)
- Rafiq Faqeer (Singer)
- Pir Bux (Instrumentalist)
- Sarmad Chadio (posthumously awarded)
- Muhammad Soomar Shaikh (Researcher)
- Abdul Qadir Khatti (Sughar)
- Bhaledino Aka Raja Sand (Shah Jo Risalo Multilingual App)
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- ^ "Shah Latif Bhittai's Urs starts tomorrow | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV.
- ^ "People- Salzburg Global Seminar". Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Urs celebrations: Singing for Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai to the tune of the tamboora". The Express Tribune. 20 January 2011.
- ^ "Dunya News: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's invention Tambora instrument". Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "HYDERABAD: Call for consensus on NFC award". Dawn. Pakistan. 9 April 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". pas.gov.pk.
- ^ "Sindh CM also denies ordering Karachi operation". The News International. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (30 November 2015). "LG poll results silenced PPP critics, says Qaim". Dawn. Pakistan.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (7 November 2017). "Mysticism effective tool to curb extremism, Bilawal tells audience as Bhitai urs ends". Dawn. Pakistan.
- ^ 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.