LAHORE:

Walking on stage with what looked like a small museum of world traditions, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Ricardo Passos delivered a sweeping, soul-stirring performance that transported audiences far beyond the city's cultural heart.

Ricardo Passos arrived in Pakistan carrying not just a collection of instruments but a lifetime of wandering curiosity, and his brief journey through Karachi and Lahore unfolded like an intimate map of the world he has spent decades exploring through sound, spirit and memory.

Walking onto the Alhamra Arts Council stage in Lahore, he gave the impression of a one-man museum of traditions, a traveller who believes every instrument carries a geography of its own and every breath contains a trace of history worth protecting.

He opened with the soft, m

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