Malaysian troupe Sabah Malaysian Borneo performs in Islamabad
Marriott Islamabad has been a playground for every second household in Islamabad. Fashion shows, musical evenings, parties, dancing and schmoozing with the creme de la creme – it offered plenty of diversions that made the hotel 'the place' to be. Its fate changed as the city's conditions became unsafe in the late 2000s, but the hotel has weathered the bad seasons, and has now renewed its signature vigour.
The hotel hosted the Malaysian troupe Sabah Malaysian Borneo recently at an event organised with Malaysian High Commission in Islamabad. The hosts High Commissioner Dato Dr. Hasrul Sani Mujtabar and Hartmut Noack, General Manager Islamabad Marriott invited a full house to enjoy the troupe's traditional dance performance.
The stage set in the open-air pool side was simply but elegantly decorated, displaying a rich multi-colored mosaic of Sabah's cultural heritage.
Sabah is the world’s third largest island located in Malaysia, which is home to a very rich and vast cultural ethnic community with more than 30 races and over 55 spoken dialects making up of the population of about 3 million. Each community maintains its own distinctive culture, something which we Pakistanis need to re-learn.