Culture

BY: Arbab Khan

 Introduction
• Culture is the set of shared values, attitudes and traditions.

• There are five provinces of Pakistan. Each one of them has

its own beautiful culture and traditions. Provinces are:
• Punjab
• Sindh
• Baluchistan
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwah
• Gilgit Baltistan
 Punjabi culture
• Punjabi culture 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.
Punjabi Dressing
The people 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.

Punjabi Food
Punjab has 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, murgh channay, lassi and many
more.
• The philosophy of many people of Punjab is to eat, drink
and live freely.
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.

Punjabi Festivals
Mainly the 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.
 Islamic Culture
• Pakistan is the Islamic state and people follow
the teachings of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW)
that are also known as “Sunnah”.
• Islamic culture refer to cultural practices
common to historically Islamic people.
 Islamic dress
• Dress must cover body adequately. For men, it is the middle part of the
body from navel to knee. For women, it is the entire body except hands
and eyes.
• Dress should not be similar to that of opposite gender. The blessed
Prophet cursed the men who act like women and the women who act like
men” (Al-Bukhari)
• Hadith states "Eat what you feel like and wear what you feel like. But avoid
two things: extravagance and arrogance.
 Marriage
• Islam, unlike other religions is a strong advocate of
• marriage. There is no place for celibacy like, for example the Roman
Catholic priests and nuns.
• Prophet MUHAMMAD (SAW) stated that "marriage is half of religion“
• The ceremony i.e. Nikkah should be arranged in mosque in a very simple
way
 Festivals

• Only two Muslim festivals set down in Islamic law: Eidul- Fitr (Breaking the
Fast)and Eid-ul-Adha ( festival of sacrifice)
• None of them are personality-based.
• Islam does recognize happy occasions that bring people closer to one
another, and add spice to their lives.