About Pakistanis...for the non-Pakistanis of GS

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Explore Pakistani culture:

“Culture” can be defined in many different ways. Culture may be defined as behavior peculiar to human beings, together with material objects used. Culture consists of language,ideas,values,attributes,beliefs,customs, codes,institutions,tools,works and arts , religion, law, morality ,ceremonies and festivals.

According to Muller-Layer, Culture can be defined as “Culture is an aggregate means of achievement and of progress”.

Salient Features of Pakistan Culture:

Pakistan is a Muslim country and Islam is the official religion. Islam is the religion which is professed and practiced by the people of Pakistan.

Pakistani culture can be called as “Mixed Culture”. Although the majority of people in Pakistan are Muslims by birth and faith, there is a strong influence of Hindu culture on the present Pakistani culture. The shadows of this influence are quite visible on the marriage ceremonies and festivals like “Basant”.

Dowry Systems and heavy expenditures on the marriage of girls is done, which is inherited from Hindu society because in Hindu society there is no share of women in the inheritance of their parents. Although women are given a share in the inheritance of their parents in Pakistani society, there are huge expenditures on the marriages of daughters.

English is the official language in Pakistan, but the national language is Urdu, which is widely spoken and understood throughout the country. Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi, Baluchi and Kashmiri are the regional languages.

Pakistani society is a “Male Oriented Society”, where they are given full protection and great respect. The family is headed by a male member, usually the oldest male member of the group. He guides the other members. Old people are given positions of prestige, honor and respect in Pakistani culture.

Social life is simple. Social customs and traditions reflect Islamic touch: people are very much conscious about their social traditions and feel pride in following them.

Dress in a Muslim society like Pakistan is designed and intended to cover human body, as nudity is prohibited in Islam. So, people of Pakistan prefer to wear simple dresses according to their climate.

Pakistani handicrafts are gaining popularity in the world market day by day, as Pakistani craftsman are considered as the best in their craftsmanship. Pakistan is famous for its high standard items of glass, silver, wooden furniture, pottery, marble goods and things made of camel skin.

Cricket, Hockey, Football, Kabbadi, squash, badminton, and wrestling are the major sports in Pakistan.

Ulema, Mushaikh and Sufi poets occupy highly honored places in Pakistani culture.

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so whats the point....don't we all know that?

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Explore Pakistani culture:

Dowry Systems and heavy expenditures on the marriage of girls is done, which is inherited from Hindu society because in Hindu society there is no share of women in the inheritance of their parents. Although women are given a share in the inheritance of their parents in Pakistani society, there are huge expenditures on the marriages of daughters.

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who told u that there is no part for women in parents property.i donn have any problem with u telling about pakistani culture(!!!!) but plz don mouth sh!t when it comes to hindu culture. i don think there was anything pakistani but indian in pakistani culture.anyway i don say it is indian( not anymore)

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Ulema, Mushaikh and Sufi poets occupy highly honored places in Pakistani culture.
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i thought sunni muslims r murdered bcoz they beleive in suffism( i may b wrong)

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Dowry Systems and heavy expenditures on the marriage of girls is done, which is inherited from Hindu society because in Hindu society there is no share of women in the inheritance of their parents. Although women are given a share in the inheritance of their parents in Pakistani society, there are huge expenditures on the marriages of daughters. <<

Under HUF a girl has equal share of the property as her brothers (or husband), and can go to court to claim her rights if denied.

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i don think there was anything pakistani but indian in pakistani culture.anyway i don say it is indian( not anymore)
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Culture is the beliefs, arts and institutions of a group of people. Pakistan, like India, is a heterogeneous country. We have Panjabi culture, Baloch culture, Sindhi culture and Pashtun culture, and after the amlgamation of all this culture a new culture will develop, which would be called the Pakistani culture, albeit it will take some time. For instance, shalwar Kameez has already become a Pakistani dress. The same law is also valid for India.

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*Originally posted by sweetpie: *
Pakistani culture can be called as “Mixed Culture”. Although the majority of people in Pakistan are Muslims by birth and faith, there is a strong influence of Hindu culture on the present Pakistani culture. The shadows of this influence are quite visible on the marriage ceremonies and festivals like “Basant”.

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There is not anything like muslim culture, pakistan and sudan both are muslim countries but world apart in culture.

Basat is a Panjabi rural festival, but Lahoris have celebrated it with such a vigor and passion that now it has becomean urban festival, even karachites celebrate it now.

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there is no such thing as pakistani culture either. it is just beginning to take shape but will take a century or so. At the moment it is simply Indian culture with the added phenomenon of islamic extremism

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there is no such thing as pakistani culture either. it is just beginning to take shape but will take a century or so. At the moment it is simply Indian culture with the added phenomenon of islamic extremism
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Your obsession with Pakistan is not understandable for me. Anyhow, if it makes you happy, keep living in your imaginary world, I have no problem with it.

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*Originally posted by khalif: *
who told u that there is no part for women in parents property.i donn have any problem with u telling about pakistani culture(!!!!) but plz don mouth sh!t when it comes to hindu culture. i don think there was anything pakistani but indian in pakistani culture.anyway i don say it is indian( not anymore)

i thought sunni muslims r murdered bcoz they beleive in suffism( i may b wrong)
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You are allowed to disagree, but please be civil to other members.

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where do you live? in Nepal mountains?
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*Originally posted by TomSawyer: *
there is no such thing as pakistani culture either. it is just beginning to take shape but will take a century or so. At the moment it is simply Indian culture with the added phenomenon of islamic extremism
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Had you said that it is a mix of local cultures with the addition or influence of islamic traditions, it may have been accurate. But oh well.

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Had you said that it is a mix of local cultures with the addition or influence of islamic traditions, it may have been accurate. But oh well.
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Since they are so obsessed with extremism, the only thing they know in Pakistan on the rise is "extremism", they can't see anything else... you know sometime obsession makes u blind :)

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Thanks for sharing, most Pakistnai's raised outsideof PAkistan don't know everything about PAkistani culture either, as much as non-PAkistani's.

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Had you said that it is a mix of local cultures with the addition or influence of islamic traditions, it may have been accurate. But oh well.
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you're right - I'd prefer to have used the term "islamization" to "islamic extremism" (the former being lot more than the latter). My apologies to anyone whose feelings were hurt.

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Under HUF a girl has equal share of the property as her brothers (or husband), and can go to court to claim her rights if denied.
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That's great, but laws have to be upheld and respected for them to work. In this respect, India and Pakistan are pretty much similar in that dowry system still gets abused but seems to be on the way out with modernisation.

I'm pretty sure that a citizen of India, or any other country for that matter, would be pleasantly surprised if they actually visited Pakistan.

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I do/dont understand a few things:

-Why Pakistan could never identify herself other than an illegitimate offspring of indians?

-Why do Pakistanis nowadays tend to speak more hindi than Urdu? Has anybody noticed that?

-Why we do not associate ourselves more with other muslims?

-Why Pakistanis are drawn closer to indians who speak our language and practice our culture?

I thought about this all, and I have come up with the answer that. Pakistan is culturally INDIAN.
Pakistan is relgiously ISLAMIC.

Even people who do not speak the same language(Hindi/Urdu) watch Indian movies all over the world. Everybody has seen one hindi movie atleast. So why blame a Pakistani for waching one, sp. when they even understand the language.

So that puts us in the same situation like may other non arab speaking countries. Needless to name them all.

By no means I infer that Pakistani & Indians should not interact. End of the day we are all made of bones and flesh. Live and let live.

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-Why Pakistan could never identify herself other than an illegitimate offspring of indians?
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that's what you think.. most Pakistanis are ok being Pakistani and don't want anything to do with their Indian ancestory if any.

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-Why do Pakistanis nowadays tend to speak more hindi than Urdu? Has anybody noticed that?
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huh?? I thought that was the other way around.. like Indian movies.. majority of them stay away from hardcore hindi because they need to cater for a market outside India which speaks Urdu.

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-Why we do not associate ourselves more with other muslims?
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We do.. in fact we do a little more than it's healthy.. especially when it comes to the Arabs.

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-Why Pakistanis are drawn closer to indians who speak our language and practice our culture?
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unless you're talking about Indian film actresses, i don't think Pakistanis are particularly attracted to Indians .. I can speak for those who are outside of pakistan and i don't see a mad rush by Pakistanis to get into Indian circles... although they will run to any even where there is a possibility of some Bollywood entertainment.

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I thought about this all, and I have come up with the answer that. Pakistan is culturally INDIAN.
Pakistan is relgiously ISLAMIC.
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Yes.. Pakistan cannot help being culturally 'Indian'. and the reas it's Pakistan is because it's religiously islamic.
So that puts us in the same situation like may other non arab speaking countries. Needless to name them all.

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By no means I infer that Pakistani & Indians should not interact. End of the day we are all made of bones and flesh. Live and let live.
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Agreed.. there is no point being stuck in the past..