Saraiki culture is the culture of the Saraiki people, residing in Pakistan and outside Pakistan.
Saraiki culture is the culture of the Saraiki people, residing in Pakistan and outside Pakistan.
The traditional dress of Saraiki People is the Shalwar kameez; This is also the national dress of Pakistan. Traditional Sajarak is an important part of Saraiki male and female dress.
Mango is a seasonal fruit of the region during summers. [1] Sohan halwa is a traditional speciality of southern Punjab, particularly Multan. [1] The southern Punjab cities of Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Uch Sharif and Mailsi are also known for their sohan halwa products. [1] Multani Chaamp is a meat dish consisting of lamb chops prepared with various flavours and spices, placed on sewers and grilled over charcoal. [2]
The region of Saraikistan is renowned for its Sufi heritage. The city of Multan is known as the city of saints. [3] It has the shrines of Baha-ud-din Zakariya, Shah Rukn-e-Alam and Shah Yousef Gardez. Similarly, Uch Sharif has been the centre of Qadiriyya Sufi order.
Jhumar or Jhoomar (also called Ghumbar in Sandalbar area) [4] is a traditional Saraiki and Baloch dance in Pakistan. [5] [6] It is also popular in the Sandalbar areas of Punjab. [7] It is slower and more rhythmic form. [8] The word "Jhumar" comes from Jhum/Jhoom, which means Swaying. Jhumar is performed at the wedding ceremonies usually. [9] The dance is also performed in circle, to the tune of emotional songs. [9] Ataullah Khan Esakhelvi and Shafaullah Rokhri are considered the main singers of Saraiki music. [10]
The language, partly codified during the British Raj, derived its emotional attraction from the poetry of the Sufi saint, Khawaja Ghulam Farid, who has become an identity symbol. [11] His poems, known as Kafi are still famous.
Shakir Shujabadi (Kalam-e-Shakir, Khuda Janey, Shakir Diyan Ghazlan, Peelay Patr, Munafqan Tu Khuda Bachaway, and Shakir De Dohray are his famous books) is a very well recognized modern poet. [12]
The Department of Saraiki, Islamia University, Bahawalpur was established in 1989 [13] and the Department of Saraiki, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan [14] was established in 2006. Saraiki is taught as a subject in schools and colleges at higher secondary and intermediate. [15] [16] Saraiki is also taught at degree level at the Allama Iqbal Open University at Islamabad, [17] and the Al-Khair University at Bhimbir have Pakistani Linguistics Departments. They offer M.Phil. and Ph.D in Saraiki. The Associated Press of Pakistan has launched a Saraiki version of its site, as well. [18]
| Saraiki alphabet |
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| آ ا ب ٻ پ ت ٹ ث ج ڄ چ ح خ د ڈ ݙ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ڳ ل م ن (ں) ݨ و ہ ھ ی ے |
Extended Perso-Arabic script |
Saraiki is written using the Arabic-derived Urdu alphabet with the addition of seven diacritically modified letters to represent the implosives and the extra nasals. [19] [lower-alpha 1] In Sindh the Sindhi alphabet is used. [20] The calligraphic styles used are Naskh and Nastaʿlīq. [21]
Historically, traders or bookkeepers wrote in a script known as kiṛakkī or laṇḍā, although use of this script has been significantly reduced in recent times. [22] [23] Likewise, a script related to the Landa scripts family, known as Multani, was previously used to write Saraiki. A preliminary proposal to encode the Multani script in ISO/IEC 10646 was submitted in 2011. [24]
Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group, spoken by around 28 million people primarily in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. It was previously known as Multani, after its main dialect.
Khawaja Ghulam Farid was a 19th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Bahawalpur, Punjab, British India, belonging to the Chishti Order. Most of his work is in his mother tongue Multani, or what is now known as Saraiki. However, he also contributed to the Standard Punjabi, Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi, Hindi and Persian literature. His writing style is characterized by the integration of themes such as death, passionate worldly and spiritual love, and the grief associated with love.
Dera Ghazi Khan, abbreviated as D.G. Khan, is a city in the southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 23th most populous city of Pakistan as of 2023. Lying west of the Indus River, it is the headquarters of Dera Ghazi Khan District and Dera Ghazi Khan Division. Punjab Pakistan
Saraiki literature refers to works written in Saraiki, an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken in the southern regions of Punjab, Pakistan. Written in the Arabic script, similar to Urdu and Punjabi, Saraiki is spoken by millions across districts such as Multan, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan.
Baha-ud-din Zakariya, also known as Baha-ul-Haq, was a Punjabi Sunni Muslim scholar, saint and poet who established the Suhrawardiyya order of Baghdad in medieval South Asia, later becoming one of the most influential spiritual leaders of his era.
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Saraikis is a contemporary designation for the multi-ethnic speakers of Saraiki, a group of Western Punjabi dialects, in southern areas of the Pakistani province of Punjab and bordering regions.
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Thaḷī is a Western Punjabi dialect spoken in parts of the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is classified by some linguists as a northern dialect of Saraiki, although it has also been described as transitional between Multani and Shahpuri Punjabi. Its name derives from the Thal Desert.
Saraiki cuisine refers to the native cuisine of the Saraiki people in central Pakistan. It is one of the key part of the Pakistani and South Asian cuisines. The style of cooking is present in the Saraiki-speaking region of southern Punjab, as well as parts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Sindh and northeastern Balochistan. Saraiki food comprises many unique local dishes, and also shares influences with neighbouring regional cuisines. The metropolitan city of Multan is a hub of Saraiki cooking.
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