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- 1. UNIVERSITY OF BALTISTANSKARDU Department Languages and Cultural Studies TOPIC Pakistani Culture & Society Presented by: Sajjad Hussain Noreen Fatima
- 2. PAKISTAN Located inSouth East Asia Created on August 14, 1947 Population 210 million people Official language Urdu Capital Islamabad 7th largest Army 6th nuclear country
- 3. PAKISTANI CULTURE & SOCIETY Punjab Sindh Baluchistan KhyberPakhtunkhwah Gilgit Baltistan
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- 5. ORIGIN OF WORDPUNJAB: ‘Punjab’ has been derived from Persian language. ‘Punj’ means five & ‘ab’ means rivers as Punjab is the land with five rivers.
- 6. INTRODUCTION: Punjab isthe most developed and populous province of Pakistan with 55% of the country's total population. Punjab was the gateway for other region to enter in the Indian subcontinent.
- 7. PUNJABI CULTURE: Punjabiculture is regarded as one of the oldest in world history. Punjabi culture is the culture of Punjab people who are now in different regions of the world map.
- 8. PUNJABI DRESSING Thepeople of Punjab wear clothes having mix color, which is regarded as beauty. They usually use dress called phulkari which have mix color. In Punjab male often use pagri, dhoti, khussa and shalwar kameez which is also national dress of our country.
- 9. PUNJABI FOOD Punjabhas wide range of their cooking material which is popular like makei di roti and sarsun da saag. Punjabi foods includes lahori pulao, chicken karahi, aloo gosht, payee, gol gappy, special punjabi salad, murgh channay, lassi and many more. The philosophy of many people of Punjab is to eat, drink and live freely.
- 10. PUNJABI WEDDING TRADITION Punjabi culture have many ceremonies in marriage The pre-mehndi functions include mehndi, dholki and mangni etc. The wedding process include sehrabandi and nikah ceremony. The dhol is an important part of the wedding.
- 11. PUNJABI FESTIVALS Mainlythe fairs held at the shrines of saint are regarded as URS. And they are celebrated in Punjab. Most popular URS held in Punjab is Data Ganj Buksh. Punjabis also celebrate seasonal & harvest festivals which are basant & baisakhi. Now a days they celebrate Lahore festival.
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- 13. INTRODUCTION Local nameof Sindh is ‘Mehran’ and it has the title of Bab-ul-Islam. Sindh is separated by Baluchistan with the help of River Indus.
- 14. SINDHI LANGUAGES Thereare five languages spoken in sindh. They are sindhi, lasi, kutchi, thari, and sindhi saraiki. Sindhi is the 3rd most common language spoken in Pakistan after Punjabi and Pashto.
- 15. SINDHI DRESSES Sindhipeople wear loose kameez and shalwar. People of sindh love to wear sindhi toppi that is the most eminent feature of sindhi culture. Sindhi costumes have different styles of embroidery and some women use Ajrak as Dupatta.
- 16. SINDHI FOOD Intypical sindhi wedding, the food Is mostly sindhi mutton, curry, palak, channa daal.
- 17. SINDHI FESTIVALS Teejri Makar Sakranti Holi Akhandi Diwali Cheti Chand Naag Panchami
- 18. SINDHI TRUCK ART “The More Pretty, The More Profitable” It means that the truck art became a source of investment in the transport business as it had the potential of increasing revenues in the trade.
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- 20. INTRODUCTION Baluchistan isthe largest province of Pakistan by geographical areas approximately 48% of Pakistan. Baluchi culture is primarily tribal and conservatives.
- 21. BALUCHI DRESSING Theirdress code is very special. Shalwar qameez and turbun. Women like to wear froks and shalwar. Their jewelry is made of metal which has a great attraction for them.
- 22. BALUCHI FOOD Balochidry fruits are very famous all over the world. Their special item Sajji is liked and loved by a lot. They also eat roasted lamb sand mutton.
- 23. BALUCHI LANGUAGES Baluchi Urdu Pashto Brahui are the provincial language of Baluchistan. Balochi is the main language spoken in Baluchistan.
- 24. GAMES Popular gamesinclude games like wrestling, horse racing, shooting and hunting pastimes among the wealthier people of tribes. Card games and gambling are also popular among groups of some tribes.
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- 26. INTRODUCTION It wasformerly known as North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). In Urdu it was called Sarhad. NWFP officially renamed as KPK on Thursday 15th April,2010 by the 18th Amendment in constitution of Pakistan. Its capital and largest city is Peshawar.
- 27. HISTORICAL PLACES IslamiaCollege Ilyasi Masjid Dare Khyber House of Delip Kumar
- 28. LANGUAGES There are9 languages spoken in KPK but two main languages are: Pashto Hindko
- 29. DRESSING There arethe following dress code Men shalwar Kames with waist coat and women wear frock Pakol, Kandahari cap and Turban as headgear.
- 30. PESHAWARI CHAPPLE ISVERY FAMOUS IN KPK. Now a days it is also called captan chapal.
- 31. FOOD AND DISHES Shanwari Kabuli Palo Chapli kabab Sajji
- 32. GAMES Polo Football Cricket Neza bazi
- 33. CULTURE OF GILGITBALTISTAN
- 34. INTRODUCTION Gilgit Baltistanformerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan is a self-governing region, established as a single administrative unit in 1970 Become province of Pakistan in 2009 Its capital city is Gilgit
- 35. HISTORICAL PLACES Itsmain historical places are: Baltit fort Altit fort Karpocho fort Shigar fort Khaplo fort Shangri-La Hotel and resorts Budha rock manthal
- 36. LANGUAGES There are8 languages spoken in Gilgit Baltistan but commonly used are : English Urdu Shina Balti
- 37. DRESSING In Gilgitbaltistan men wear Shalwar kameez, long Cloak Chauga, Chitarli Cap. Women wear loose, colorful and frauq type.
- 38. GAMES Polo Cricket Football Pray of Markhor
- 39. FESTIVALS Jashan eMayfang Jashan e Naoroz Chitral festival
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