BiRee or Huqqa

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Have you ever smoked any of these?

I tried Huqqa only once, never liked it. BiRee, a friend used to bring for us from interior Sindh. They were just awesome.

What other form of desi smoking tobacco stuff is common in pakistan?

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Huqqa mostly, and in cigarettes K2 :smokin2:

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Is it common to see people smoking Huqqa in pak villages and towns ? I havent seen that in S India in the present time ,only in pre partition pictures.

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i tried beeRii once. i coughed and coughed and coughed...i never tried again. i've seen saadhus smoking chilam [pot] in India...i'm sure these chilam have drungs in them like gaanja/charas!

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initially, Huqqa was more common among Muslims of Northern India...mostly in Nawabi/shehnshaahii cultures but later adopted by non Muslims. Hindus had a hand held Huqqa called ghuRghuRii.

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My dada and now chacha works as BeeRi Marchant. They employed many workers for making BeeRi. Now with the change of time, the demand of BeeRi decreased, but still 4-5 workers are still employed to fulfill the demand of nearby villages. Younger generation don’t like BeeRi, its more common in baba log :). Its interesting that my Dada run BeeRi business for more than 50 years, but he never smoked and all his sons are chain smokers :bummer:

I’ve seen my Nana and his brother using huqqa.

I never tried any of these things. The situation rural Pakistan is worst when it comes to smoking. You name charas, gaanja, gutka and all that.. Young generation is very much into it.

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Its not common now. Nowadays sheesha (flavored tobacco) is getting popularity in urban areas.

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bhang?

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one of my friends got married in La'l MoHammad BiRii family in Jabalpur, India. La'l MoHammad BiRii is very popular in our area. he is happy with his wife and stacks of BiRii! :D

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Its not tobacco.

BTW bhang is available free of cost on Islamabad’s rodas :fatee:

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Huqqa is very popular in Jatland(Haryana), in Punjab it is always higher drugs, we call them joints:)

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Now that is a hot combo

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But I think Sikhs don't smoke. nahi?

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you are sounding like guppan do in wedding section about color combination of bridal dress. ;)

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that is because sikhnis are so smoking hot. Who needs a cig then

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:rotfl: over to the kaur

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Are biriis same as the rolled up leaf like things that are smoked like cigarettes. We have some thing called beedis which are quite popular in villages and is called the poor man's cigarette .

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They are same like cigs in shape

I didn’t see much improvement in BeeRi’s reputation even after Gulzar’s mega hit ‘BeeRi jala re’ :smiley:

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In Pakistan, when we write roman urdu/hindi, we use R to pronounce the sound that you use D for. So we say Dahi BaRaa and you say Dahi Badaa. You and me are talking about the same thing.

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Most special leaves are Tendu leaves, mostly found in MP, often smuggled to other states:)

Don't smoke tobacco, rest we are okay with:D, drinking is not allowed too, but we have highest per capita consumption in India:D

yes, and every other sardarni(specailly jattnis) think that they are most beautiful women in India, and also the most bravest ones:D, and this confidence appears on our body langauge which enhances our looks, though I found sikhnis are overrated, per person beauty is highest in panditains:)