In June 2023, I performed at a wedding in a neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan. I performed a traditional dance common to the Khwaja Sira community, for whom wedding performances are one of the few socially accepted ways to earn a living and be visible in public spaces. Yet these moments of celebration do not come with the recognition we deserve and ask for.
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