Assignment

• Bs 1st (Statistics)Submited To : Mam Sajida Batool

submited By . Hamza Butt 14071513-040Maria Farooq 14071513-018Bakhtawar 14071513-024Mubashra Ch 14071513-025

What is Culture ?I understand Culture as a treasure

That is a part of our collective memory

Of our perception of ourselves .

• Culture refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving.

Culture is us .

We make it .

We Shape it as we love to be it.

Culture of PakistanThe culture of Pakistan comprises

numerous ethnic groups:

Punjabis,

Baloch

Sindhis

&

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture …

Cultureof

Balochistan

Introduction to Blochistan

• Balochistan (Urdu: بلوچستان), is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. The name Balochistan means the “land of the Baloch” in many regional languages.

The capital city is Quetta .

The economy of Balochistan is largely based upon the production of natural gas, coal and other minerals. Other important economic sectors include fisheries, mining, manufacturing industries, trade and other services being rendered by public and private sector organizations.

Balochistan situated• Balochistan is situated in the south-west of

Pakistan and covers an area of 347,190 square kilometers (134,050 sq miles). It is Pakistan’s largest province by area constituting 44% of Pakistan’s total land mass. The province is bordered by Afghanistan to the north and north-west, Iran to the south-west, Punjab and Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the north-east. To the south lies the Arabian Sea. Balochistan is located on the south-eastern part of the Iranian plateau.

History of BlochistanBalochistan has an eventful history dating back

to the Stone Age. Recent research and archaeological excavations at Mehrgarh have revealed 9000 years old civilization.

Marking the beginning of The Muslim rule began in 712 A.D.

The Muslim rule was followed by the British rule in 1839.

LANGUAGES:

• The language spoken by Baloch people is Balochi. Today only about 3% of Pakistani population speaks this language. Most of the people in the cities and towns understand and speak more than two languages. In adddition to Balochi, Pashtoo and Brahvi, the majority of the population understand and speak Urdu, the national language. In Kachhi and Sibi districts, people speak Seraiki and Sindhi. Quetta city, the confluence point of all linguistic groups accommodates not only Urdu.

ARTS AND MUSIC:

• Baloch has a rich musical culture. A special religious dance is carried out by a Baloch sect known as Chogaa. Another common Baloch folk dance is known as Dochaap. In this dance men gather and dance in groups, clapping hands with the movement of foot, neck and head with rhythmical music on drums. Other dances include the Lewa, which is thought to be of Arabic origin, along with Latti and Hambo said to be of ancient Balochi origin, are also very popular.

STYLE OF DANCING

LIFESTYLE:

• Due to the rugged and irregular terrain, agricultural activities are difficult to carry out. The scarcity of a plentiful supply of water is another reason for this province to remain neglected in agricultural developments. As a result, people mainly lead a nomadic lifestyle bringing up their animals and moving from place to place in search of pastures. Baloch people are extremely hospitable. A guest is a mark of respect and held in honor. Even the enemy, once entered in the house, would get the treatment of an honored guest.

CULTURAL DRESSES:

• The mode of dress among the Balochi, Pashtoon and Brahvi tribes is very similar having a few minor dissimilarities. Turban is the common headwear of the men. Wide loose shalwar (a bit similar to loose trouser) and knee-long shirts are worn by all. The dress of the woman consists of the typical shirt having a big pocket in front. The shirt normally has embroidery work with embedded small round mirror pieces. Big ‘Dopatta’ or ‘Chaddar’, a long rectangular piece of cloth cascading down the shoulders and used to cover head, are used by the women

Balochi Cuisine

Food of Balochistan

• Blochistani cuisine refers to the food and cuisine of the bloch people from the Blochistn region .

• Bloch food has a regional variance in contrast to many other cuisines of pakistan .

• Dampukht is also Blotchy dish which is prepared with meet and also cooked in fast .