Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In Pakistan, a 4,000-year-old instrument called the borindo is disappearing. Fewer people can play it and cultural extinction is looming. Musician Faqir Zulfiqar is trying to save it.
Faqir performed at Wellcome Collection to raise awareness of the borindo and the impact its loss would have on his community. “The entire sorrow of my motherland is represented in this borindo", he told us.
Sit down with Faqir in our Reading Room and listen to this ancient clay instrument while hearing first-hand about its place in Sindh culture and the devastating impact of climate change in the region.
For more events at Wellcome Collection, visit: wellcomecollection.org/whats-on
Credit: This performance was made as part of the Land Body Ecologies Festival, produced by Unbox Cultural Futures and Invisible Flock. Commissioned for the Third Karachi Biennale KB22 with support from British Council Pakistan and Arts Council England. Participation in the Land Body Ecologies Festival in London is supported by the Wellcome Trust and British Council Pakistan. © Supporting footage in this film provided by Invisible Flock.
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In Pakistan, a 4,000-year-old instrument called the borindo is disappearing. Fewer people can play it and cultural extinction is looming. Musician Faqir Zulfiqar is trying to save it.
Faqir performed at Wellcome Collection to raise awareness of the borindo and the impact its loss would have on his community. “The entire sorrow of my motherland is represented in this borindo", he told us.
Sit down with Faqir in our Reading Room and listen to this ancient clay instrument while hearing first-hand about its place in Sindh culture and the devastating impact of climate change in the region.
For more events at Wellcome Collection, visit: wellcomecollection.org/whats-on
Credit: This performance was made as part of the Land Body Ecologies Festival, produced by Unbox Cultural Futures and Invisible Flock. Commissioned for the Third Karachi Biennale KB22 with support from British Council Pakistan and Arts Council England. Participation in the Land Body Ecologies Festival in London is supported by the Wellcome Trust and British Council Pakistan. © Supporting footage in this film provided by Invisible Flock.
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