Funerals

[muqawwee123]

Re: Funerals

@Jolie

I’m under an impression that it’s probably a tradition in Urdu Speaking community. In our Punjabi culture, it’d be considered pretty disrespectful to serve Biryani at funerals since it is a dish that’s commonly associated with weddings and happy occasion catering. We normally do Pilao, basic chicken curry with naan or something like that. Also, I believe it’s pretty common for a third party to arrange, provide and cover the cost of food for funerals, as an of solidarity and a good will gesture towards the grieving family.

I have nothing against observing anniversaries with Quran Khanis, in fact I really appreciate our family tradition of doing the whole daigh thing to feed the poor.

Same is true for Sindhi community. Biryani is traditionally big No for occasions like funerals. Its aaloo pulao aur channa pulao. People still do niyaz of chana pulao on yum e aashor in Sindh. But I think Biryani is not the traditional Sindhi or Punjabi thing. Sindhi Biryani is a recently developed misnomer.