Culture: Sindhi People

JINNAH UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN DEPARTMENT OF push-down list COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENT ON SINDHI CULTURE AND electronic MEDIA none TITLE INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE CODE 4161/603 SUBMISSION DATE28-02-2013 SUBMITTED TO MISS TOOBA ZAHEER SHAIKH SUBMITTED BY HIRA KHAN ANUM NAEEM ANUM AKHTER chirrupA TARIQ SHUMAILA AMJAD RIMSHA JAWAID MINAL MOHSIN TABLE OF CONTENT heathen traits of Sindh3 Clothing3 Autaaq3 voice communication and its theatrical roles 4 Arts and Crafts4 Sindhi cuisine6 Lifestyle8 Sufism in medicament8 Music8 Dance9 Festivals of Sindh 9 Marriages rituals9Funeral10 ethnic twenty-four hour period10 Projection of Sindhi civilisation in television set programs11 Dramas11 dawning commemorates12 Talk dispositions and bran- news show routes 13 readying shows13 Songs13 Advertisements14 Pakistani Sindhi TV enchants 14 Projection16 References17 cultural TRAITS OD SINDH CLOTHING * Sindhi dresses Shalwarkameez, Dupatta, Sherwani, Achkan, and Karakul ( eyelid ) unmatchedness of the remainder familiar sights in Pakistan, is that tradition completelyy, Pakistani men burst ShalwarKameez. They come in more different styles, fabrics, colorise and patterns that make them look re completelyy stylish.Pakistani women too get around Shalwarkameez no matter what body politic they be from. However, whiley women from the Sindh province discover off ghagra varying from different styles and colors. Pakistani women wear an elaborate and heavily embroidered dress cognize as gharara on their wedding sidereal days. The Sherwani or Achkan with Karakuli hat is the national dress of Pakistan for men, as it is not specifically associated with some(prenominal) of the provinces. Most g e genuinelywherenment officials wear the dress black Sherwani on state occasions. AUTAAQ Otaq is mardana (drawing room) in Sindh.As further as, , the ledger used in outside Sindhi origin. The man passing(a) sits there and does gossips called punchait and jirg a, and solve problems there. LANGUAGE Sindhi nomenclature evolved e actuallywhere a period of 2400 years. The actors line of the peck of Sindh, after coming in contact with the Aryan, became Indo-European (Prakrit). Sindhi words, therefore, has a solid base of Prakrit as hale as Sanskrit, the lecture of India, with vocabulary from Arabic, Persian, and several(prenominal) Dravidian descendants from Mediterranean sub-continent.Initially, Sindhi had close contacts with Arabic- saying Muslims. at that placefore the language adopted numerous of the Arabic words. There be 52 alphabets in sindhi language. Sindhi language is an ancient language spoken in Pakistan and many early(a) separate of the world. It is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by virtually 41 million mint in Pakistan, and 12 million good deal in India it is the back up close to spoken language of Pakistan, nearly spoken in the Sindh province. It is a recognized official language in Pakistan, and overly an of ficial language in India.Government of Pakistan issues internal Identity Cards to its citizens scarcely in two languages Sindhi and Urdu. Sindhi language is also hugely kneadd by Sanskrit and some 70% of the words in Sindhi atomic number 18 of Sanskrit origin. Sindhi is a very plentiful language with a big vocabulary this has make it a favo Lords Supper of many w servicers and so a lot of literature and meter has been written in Sindhi. It has been the inspiration for Sindhi art, music, literature, finish and the fashion of emotional state. The language hind end be written development the Devanagri or Arabic scrip. Uses of SindhiIt is used in conversations, as well as, government, education, media, and literacy. Sindhi is spoken by a florilegium of religious groups including Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Sikhs in 19Southeast Pakistan. Sindhi is taught as a commencement language in all levels of school. Most Hindus speak Sindhi as a second language the majority o f Sindhi speakers in India be women and older adults. ARTS AND CRAFTS The traditions of Sindhi craft mold ruminate the cumulative influence of 5000 years of invaders and muckletlers, whose various modes of art were eventually assimilated into the kitchen-gardening.The elegant floral and geometrical approach patterns that clip everyday objectswhether of clay, metal, wood, stone or fabric fanny be traced to Muslim influence. Though passly an countrified and pastoral province, Sindh has a re markation for ajraks, clayware, leather buy the farm, carpets, textiles, and silk cloths which, in design and finish, are matchless. The chief articles produced are blankets, coarse cotton cloth (soosi), camel fittings, metalwork, and lacquered work, and enamel, gold and silver embroidery.Hala is re instanterned for pottery and tiles Boobak for carpets Nasirpur, Gambat and Thatta for cotton lungees and khes. Other usual crafts include the earthenware of Johi, the metal vessels of Shikar pur, the ralli quilt, embroidery and leather articles of Tharparkar, and the lacquered work of Kandhkot. Prehistoric finds from archaeologic sites interchangeable Mohenjo-daro, engravings in various graveyards, and the arc sum upectural designs of Makli and former(a) tombs have provided ample evidence of the good deals literary and tuneful comedy traditions. Modern exposure and calligraphy have also developed in recent clock times.Some young deft men have taken up mer send awaytile art. Mirror work is also high spoted through Sindhi culture which is called GAJJ and aplic work and it is also very popular nowadays. Sindh has a rich heritage of traditional kick inicraft that has evolved over the centuries. Perhaps the approximately professed exposition of Sindhi culture is in the handicrafts of Hala, a town some 30 kilometers from Hyderabad. Halas artisans fiction high-quality and impressively priced wooden handicrafts, textiles, paintings, handmade paper products, and g ame pottery.Lacquered wood works known as Jandi, painting on wood, tiles, and pottery known as Kashi, hand woven textiles including khadi, susi, and ajraks are synonymous with Sindhi culture carry on in Halas handicrafts. SINDHI CUISINE Sindhi cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Sindhi people. The daily food in near Sindhi households consists of wheat found prone shekels (phulka) and rice accompanied by two dishes, one, gravy and one dry. Sindhi food is characterized by deep frying and some of the popular Sindhi dishes are Sindhi Curry, Sai Bhaji, Seyal Machi and so on Food is very beta in Sindhi culture.A lot of attention is given to how the food is vigilant and what combinations of dishes are best. Over the years these combinations have accommodate established and today when one mentions the combination, for example Saibhaji Pulao, all the side dishes that go with it automatically come to mind. In this instance, fried potatoes or fried bhindi, dahi. Dodo chutney Millet -flour kneaded with spices cooked unleavened on a frypan and eaten with ail- found plentifulness chutney. SeyalPallo Sea-bass cooked in a base of onions and tomatoes, eaten with chapati. Very hardly a(prenominal) people know how to cook it to perfection.As this fish is rich in fossil oil the secret of how much oil to put in the planning of the gravy becomes important. Also, there is no gravy as such(prenominal), provided a well cooked and blended base. SeyalDabroti Bread or chapati cooked in a base of coriander, garlic and tomatoes. This is a breakfast food. The same can be cooked in onions and tomato as well. SeeroPuri An other breakfast, Seero is semolina cooked in butter or oil, fried on a let up fire boulder clay it turns light, golden brown, the aroma picking the house. then(prenominal), semblances of water and sugar are added, just lavish to cook and sweeten the seero.Eaten with fried puri, it is as close to heaven as one can get. That is why perhaps seero is also se rved as an offering in temples. Loli and yoghurt or Loli and Indian take out tea made with cardamom, this is thick unleavened bread cooked on the skillet. The wheat dough is kneaded with onions, hot green pepper, and garlic and coriander/cilantro leaves, all finely chopped. on with salt and oil the flour is kneaded s showtimely into plum stiff dough. Then rolled out to one eighth inch thickness and cooked on the skillet on a low flame.When the loli is half done, a little oil is added to make it crisp. Lolo is the sweet translation of loli. In this wheat dough only a little salt is added, but a proportion of sugar syrup is added and the flour is kneaded with ghee or butter. Then cooked on the skillet slowly, Lolos are almost a quarter or more inches thick. MalpuraChurhi? dal. Malpuras are a kind of deep fried pancakes. Milk or yoghurt, black pepper corns and sugar are added to ex interpretuine flour and a thick batter is made. A circular pancake is then dropped into a flat fr ying pan which should contain about half an inch of oil to fry in.This sweet bread is eaten with boiled yellow mung dal in which only salt, a drop or so of oil and turmeric is added. MeethiAloo. Garlic, hot chili peppers and rattling or dry fennel leaves combine to transform the simple potato into a curry which can be eaten with chapati, puri, rice or regular bread. MutturPaneer can be made in different gravies, the chief ingredients are the peas and homemade cottage cheese. Thaynri is sweet rice, unre auguryably made on special occasions. Kheerni Thickened (by boiling) milk with Cardamoms, Saffron and a number of rich loopy spices. LIFESTYLEPeople of Sindh are more inclined towards an agricultural establish mannersstyle. The fertile Indus Plains provide a valuable germ of income for the local people who practice farming on these lands. Inland fishing is also practiced along the Indus River in Upper Sind providing further opportunities for local people. unsettled way of life style is commonly seen in the desolate regions of Thar where people move from place to place in search for drinking water sources along with their animals. SUFISM IN harmony Sindhi society is dominated by great Sufis, the mystics and the martyrs.It has always been the land of peace, cognise, romance, and great cultural and tasteful values. There were the great theologians of the Naqshbandi order in Thatta who translated the rudiments of the religion of Islam into their mother tongue. There were the great Sufi (mystic) poets like Shah Abdul LatifB nominateai who was the cherisher of truth and spent all his life in its propagation, pursuit and quest. Bhitai was also an excellent musician. He invented a new type of musical instrument, Tambura (drone instrument), which till today, is a primary source of music in rural Sindh.The beauty of Shahs verses is enhanced by his mingle of traditional Indian rag with the Sindhi folk rimes and music. MUSIC * Lada Lada rimes are sung before the actual weddings, the very lilt of which suggests careless abandon and gaiety that score a wedding. Sindhi are very famous for showmanship, and on the occasion of the espousal of the son, they will not quaver to spend thousands of rupees only on decorations, music bound and photographs, movie and on video shootings, They call a Lada party of famous singers and enjoy the music one day before the marriage and even on Janiya (Thread ceremony) and so onThe famous Laado SONU BAJUBAND, LADO PANHIJEE KUNWAR LAI AANEDO AND DHIKH JE RAAT LADE MUNDIYOON GHARAYOON, MOOML MANA NA KAR MARUN SA, ALLA SON JO RUPAYA etc. Many other Ladas are so famous among the Sindhi that on the occasion of the marriage, specially ladies and relatives are invited on Lada ceremony where they offer the GHOR of rupees on the bride- curry whose marriage is to be performed. DANCE * CHHEJ Chhej is performed only by men. It is somewhat sympathetic to DoklaRas of Kathiawar, but considerably more intricate in patt ern & steps and rhythmic beats. The instruments used are the SHARNAI and the DUDUL i. e. Shehnai and the drum.Another dance which is performed only by men is DHAMAL, performed by Fakirs and disciples of a particular shrine at the time when the flag of the shrine goes up. This is a dance which is characterized by a carriage of religious frenzy and has, therefore, a very fast tempo. Nagharo (a big drum) instrument provides two the rhythmic beat and the tempo for the Dhamal. FESTIVALS OF SINDH The people of Sind love their religion and the two festivals of Eid-ul-Adha and Eid-ul-Fitr are save with readiness and enthusiasm. Different domestic festivals are arranged by the local people to provide people with new things they buy on Eids occasion.On different occasions, the house dance of Bhagat is also performed by professionals to entertain the tour people. Hence, a Sindhi ethnic Festival is a heighten of folk dances, music and diversion for local people. Marriages rituals Ther e are several martial rituals in Sindh. These rituals are described as follows WANWAAH In this ritual the bride is made to sit seven days in blur wearing yellow dress. A thread is fix on the treat of the bride in which some sort of grain is hardened and it is hanged on the hand of the bride. The rite of applying Henna on the civilises bay wreath and feet.Wearing traditional dress that is white cotton, Ajrak, Sindhi topi. The Sindhi women used to wear heavy jewelry calledDURRI which is a necklace of seven strides. DAAWAIN it is a martial ritual in which the sister in legal philosophy level(p) a thread on groom from his finger of feet to the finger of his hand and receives some immediate payment for this ritual. Another kindly value is to fulfill the feet of elders and old people to honor them this ritual is commonly followed by every Sindhi. LAOON It is a martial ritual in which the head of the bride and groom are hit together. Funeral Rituals After death the dead body is c over by Sindhi Ajrak.Sindhi Cultural Day (Ekta Day) Sindhi celebrate Sindh Cultural day worldwide every year during the month of December by wearing Ajrak&Sindhi pith helmet on that occasion. The musical programs and rallies are held in many cities to mark the day with zeal. Major hallmarks of cities and towns are decorated with Sindhi Ajrak to highlight the cultural values of Sindh. The people across Sindh central gifts of Ajrak and Topi at various ceremonies. Even, the children and women are dressed to the nines(p) up in Ajrak, assembling at the lordly gathering, where famous Sindhi singers sing Sindhi songs, which depicts love and progress of Sindh.The musical performances of the artists compel the participants to dance on Sindhi tunes and Jeay Sindh Jeay-Sindh Wara Jean. for each one(prenominal) Political, social and religious organizations of Sindh, besides the Sindh culture division and brass sections of various schools, colleges and universities, organize variety of ev ents including seminars, debates, folk music programmes, playing period and theatrics performances, tableau and literary sittings to mark this one-year festivity. Sindhi culture, history and heritage are highlighted at the events.Ekta (Unity) day is observed to display solidarity among the Sindhi- harangue masses, the event is celebrated not only in Karachi, but throughout Sindh. The provinces culture and unity day was celebrated for the prototypic time on December 6, 2009 (as the Sindhi Topi Day) as a backlash to the comments of anchorman DrShahidMasood who had criticised electric chair Asif Ali Zardari for wearing a Sindhi cap on his foreign tours. People across the Sindh province condemned Masoods comments via SMS, which last resulted in the announcement of celebrating the Sindhi Topi Day.FEUDALISM IN SINDH The feudalistic archetype in Pakistan consists of landlords with large joint families possessing hundreds or even thousands of acres of land. They seldom make any direc t contribution to agricultural production. Instead, all work is done by peasants or tenants who live at subsistence level. In Pakistans remote areas of Sind and Baluchistan province, one periodically runs into bulky estates sometimes even operates a private prison house in which enemies are placed, and sometimes makes local people dependent through debt bondage, generation after generation. The landlord, by virtue of his ownership and control of such massive amounts of land and human resources, is bureauful enough to influence the distribution of water, fertilizers, tractor permits and agricultural credit and, consequently exercises appreciable influence over the revenue, police and judicial administration of the area. But this is not the scene all over the Pakistan. Most urban Sind there no long-acting exists the agricultural feudal as harsh as it is described in the earlier lines this situation only exists in rural Sindh. PROJECTION OF SINDHI CULTURE ON TELEVISION PROGRAMMESD RAMAS A telefilm is broadcasted on the direct HUM TV named as SACHAL AUR SABRINA. The name of the telefilm is also reflecting that it is a Sindhi dramatic event, because these names are commonly used in Sindh. The Sindhi cultural traits which are highlighted in this drama is the physical exertion of Sindhi language by the cast of the drama, dresses in this drama are usually TOPI, AJRAK, womenwearing aplicand mirror work dresses and cover their heads. This drama also focuses on highlighting social values of Sindhi culture that is to touch the feet of the elders and old people to honor them.The drama also stress towards the marriage rituals of Sindhi culture like using JHULA for the sitting of bride and groom, bride and other women prone heavy jewelry like DURRI a heavy necklace and the traditions of full white color bangles, the rite of applying Henna on the grooms manage and feet, a thread is tied on the palm of the bride in which some sort of grain is placed and it is hanged on the hand of the bride, the sister in law tied a thread on groom from his finger of feet to the finger of his hand and receives some cash for this ritual it is called DAAWAN and the head of the bride and groom are hit together which is called LAOON.The drama is totally based on the culture of Sindh. Another drama is also broadcasted on ARY DIGITAL named as MERA SAEEN, SAEEN is basically a Sindhi word usually used to respect their feudal lords. feudalism is very much common in put down Sindh and now it is becoming the part of Sindhi culture. The tagline of the drama is horror Never Truly Dies It Is Simply Born Again. This drama reflects the creation of feudal lords and their worships and story revolves around the power or authority and the control of the political party. HATHE gluttony MEHANDI Sindhi culture has been shown in this drama, Sindhi marriages and customs has also shown.First put the ubtan on bride by her in laws. Both the groom and bride offers nafil at their wedding and both are tied up with dupatta which is hanged on grooms shoulders. NATAK RANG This is comedy play in which Sindhi bethak has shown, and the people of the area share their problems, issues and humor with each other. Bethak (otak) is an important part of Sindhi culture. HASAR-E-ISHQ Married women have been grown in the serial which is called Wadairan. According to Sindhi culture they use to wear gold jewelry and she oppressed on their lowers. According to their culture Wadairy gets first marriage in family and others from out of family.All these things are shown in this drama. MORNING SHOWS A cultural week is celebrated on the aurora show UTHO JAAGO PAKISTAN at HUM TV in which they focuses on the cultural traits of all the provinces of Pakistan. On the first day of the show they highlighted the cultural traits of Sindh. The set of the show is intentional to highlight the culture of Sindh. Handicrafts like rallies, aplic work and mirror work hangings are dangled on the walls of the set. The soldiery and guests were wearing Sindhi TOPI and AJRAK. The host of the program was speaking Sindhi language.Sindhi songs and music were also playing as priming music. There were also stalls on the set in which the cook was making Sindhi cuisine. The motivation is to highlight the culture and qualities of Sindhi people. AbidaPerveen is the guest of the program who is also an summation of Sufism in Sindhi culture. Different Sindhi Qalaams and folk songs also sang on the program by the guest. The overall culture is presented on that program. Maham Amir is hosting the very famous Sindhi forenoon show program Salam Sindh on Sindh TV news. The acquaint is divided in to many interesting segments in which food and other segments features.Many of the Sindhi Celebs, actors, singer, actors and artist have been already invited in the Show in which they have discussed their life experiences etc. NaziaJaved is the famous host of the Sindhi daybreak show RoshanSubho. She is h osting this program for about a year. This program is although in Sindhi but this is famous in all the urban area of Pakistan. The show has featured many celebs actors, singers, politicians and people from different walks of life but most of them were Sindhi who were invited in the show. The target of audience of the show is Sindhi people.Unlike other morning show uthojago Pakistan of geo, good morning Pakistan, SubahSaveraySamaaKeSaath with SanamBaloch, This show is low profile among the morning shows but it is liked and viewed by Sindhi people. TALK SHOWS AND NEWS CHANNELS BNN Where Sindhi culture is seen in dramas and songs, it also exhibits in a show banana tree news show net profit. BNN is one of the most liking ridicule shows. Matku is a character in this show that interviews celebrities in a Sindhi get up. He wears long most aches and Sindhi topi. Although he dressed himself in suit but his accent and topi clearly exhibit the Sindhi culture.Matku does not imitate someone, he just represent himself as Sindhi in interviews. NEWS CHANNELS Sindhi cultural which was recently celebrated on 22nd march, 2012, have been broadcasted in news channel. Every year Sindhi cultural day is widely seen in news channels which musical composition cultural shows, from every corner of the country. On this day we can see in news almost all the cultural shows being celebrated in educational institutes and exhibitions in the country. The news channels also play a part in promoting important cultural events and festivals of Sindh and make special packages and coverage to such events.COOKING SHOWS The culture of Sindh is also highlighting on the cooking shows on specific episodes at MASALA TV and ARY ZAUQ. Their motive is to present the cuisine of Sindhi culture and the sets are designed in such a way that reflects Sindhi dresses and leaven the culture. Such sort of program includes HANDI, emailprotected, TARKA and BILLO DA DHABA etc. SONGS Nowadays Sindhi language and Sin dhi words are very much used in songs. For instance the song SAEEN TO SAEEN by ALI GUL PIR, in which he highlighted the feudal lords and the concept of feudalism in Sindh. Sindhi culture and dressing is shown in his song .Boys wearing shalwarkameez with ajrak and sindhitopi and girls wearing Sindhi embroidery dresses. His song TAARO MAARO is also consists of Sindhi words like MAARO which is used in Sindhi language for calling a person or wise man. ADVERTISMENTS This advertisement highlights Sindhi language. And the dresses of Sindhi culture like AJRAK. by means of this advertisement the Sindhi culture also promotes. This advertisement promotes Sindhi language and dresses. Men wear AJRAKand Sindhi TOPI with SHALWAR KAMEEZ and women wear AJRAK they show people sitting on CHAARPAYIS which is to the full covered with Sindhi RAILLI.Both advertisements broadcast on KTN, AWAAZ TV and SINDH NEWS. Pakistani SINDHI TV CHANNELS AWAZ TV Awaz TV is a Sindhi Language boob tube channel with hea dquarters based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was launched in 2009 and broadcasts entertainment and infotainment programs in Sindhi. Awaz TV is available via satellite on Asia sit 3S as well as on course operators all around the country. KASHISH TV KashishTelevision lucre (K TV) is the first privateSindhiMusicTV channel. This is the second channel of Kawish group. The channel was founded byAli Kaziwho is the owner of the most popular Sindhi newspaperDaily Kawish.Kashish is very popular amongSindhisby means of Sindhi music. KTN AND KTN NEWS - - Kawish Television Network (KTN)is the first privateSindhiTV channel ofPakistan. It is the most watched private Sindhi-language channel based general entertainment television channel worldwide. The channel is part of the Kawish Television Networks bouquet of channels. - KTN was established in 2002 and started with 6 hours of transmission.It has now grown from a small regional-language channel to the jumper cable Satellite Channel of Pakistan, broa dcasting 24 hours a day to areas of South Asia, Middle and Far eastmost Asia. It also started the first ever music channel in Sindhi language KASHISH TV, after that in October 2007KTN Newswas also aired, covering news, actual affair programs, spill the beans show, documentaries and reports. KTN is a family channel with and major programming mainly consists of family dramas and other shows targeted to the entire family. KTN has shown for every member of the family with subjects like music, games, films etc.KTN also runs news bulletins every hour. KTN is amongst Pakistans top 3 cable channels and is in the league of other biggies like ARY and GEO TV. MEHRAN TV is the firstSindhi-language TV channel which is broadcasting fromHyderabad. MTN broadcasts variety of entertainment programs, music, dramas, news, and movies in the Sindhi Language. SINDH TV SindhTelevision(STV) is a leading private television channel ofSindhilanguage inSindh,Pakistan. Sindh TV is own by Dolphin Media House , which also owns another channel in Sindhi language called Sindh TV News SINDH TV NEWSSindh TV News channelcovers news and current affairs, airs 24 hours round the clock news and current affair programs. PROJECTION Basically all Sindhi channels have the motive to promote their culture and traditions and these channels are highly liked by the Sindhi people. They promote Sindhi language, Sindhi dresses, their martial rituals, custom and traditions. The policies of these channels are set to highlight and promote all the cultural traits of Sindh. Sindhi media groups have started to celebrate the day as Sindhi Cultural Day or Ekta day.The Sindhi language TV channels including KTN, Sindh TV, Awaz TV and Mehran TV broadcast special programs on the culture of Sindh , besides these media outlets separately arrange the mega musical events, which also attract large audience to celebrate the Culture Day every year. REFERENCES http//pakistanthinktank. org/component/k2/ particular proposition/71 4-pakistans-cultural-diversity-sindhi-culture-sindh-history 12 www. jhulelal. com http//www. youtube. com/watch? v=SbKvb9WR1KE http//www. youtube. com/watch? v=b0hWvct1FNE Sindhi Lada http//www. newgirlsdresses. com/summer-dresses/sindhi-embroidery-dresses. tm Website to purchase http//www. lmp. ucla. edu/Profile. asp viperx? 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