Culture of Baluchistan

Culture of Baluchistan
Presented by:- Idrees Khan & Roman Ali

Group members:
 Saad Zafar Siddiqui (p12-6305)
 Touseef-ul-Haq (p12-6426)
 Irfan Ullah (p12-6429)
 Yasar Hayat (p12-6405)

What is Culture?
 The shared beliefs, customs, arts etc., of a particular society,
group or place, are called culture.
 Culture refers to the knowledge system, shared by a large group
of people.
 This knowledge is transferred through out generations.

Baluchistan:
 Baluchistan is the largest province of Pakistan by area.
 Its capital city is Quetta which is consist of beautiful hill stations.
 There are 30 districts and 6 divisions in Baluchistan.
 Baluchistan is very rich in minerals and natural resources.
 It holds international importance and attention, due to Gwadar
sea-port.
 The current Chief Minister of Baluchistan is Sanaullah Zehri.

Location:
 South-West of
Pakistan
 Area=3,47,190 km2
 Constitutes 44% of
Pakistan’s total land
 Largest province of
Pakistan in terms of
area
 Population:13.16
million(1.316 crore)
 Literacy Rate: 43%

 Provincial Capital: Quetta
 Total Districts:30
Quetta Khuzdar
Gwadar Sibi
Zhob Ziarat
Mastung Bolan
Dera Bugti Musa Khel
Pishin Barkhan
Ziarat Kohlu
Qila Abdullah Qila Saifullah
Chagai Nasir Abad
Kalat Jafar Abad
Awaran Panjgur
Lasbela Kech
Jhal Mags Loralai
Harnai Sheerani

Culture of Baluchistan:
 A number of tribes combine together to make people of
Baluchistan.
 Three major tribes of Baluchistan are:
 Baluch
 Brahvi
 Pashtoon (Pathan)

 The tribes of Baluchistan are divided into the following
categories (only some of them are listed below):
Baluch
Rind
Lashaar
Marri
Bugti
Ahmedzai
Brahvi
Raisani
Shahwani
Bengulzai
Lehri
Bezenjo
Pashtoon
Kakar
Mandokhel
Achakzai
Sherani
Luni

 Each tribe is further sub-divided into various branches and a Jirga
system is followed by most of the tribes.
 The chief of the tribe is called “Sardar”.
 Head of sub-tribe is known as “Malik, or Mir”.
 Sardars and Maliks are members of district jirgas and other local
jirgas according to their status.

Languages:
 Most of the people in cities and towns
understand and speak two languages i-e their
local language and national language.
 Majority of the population speaks the
national language “Urdu”.

Dressing:
Men:
 Turban is the common headwear of the men.
 The men's shalwar kameez consists of a very baggy
shalwar which uses large lengths of cloth.
 The kameez is also loose, which is traditionally long with long
sleeves.

Dressing:
Women:
 The female Baluchi suit consists of the head scarf, long dress and
a shalwar.
 Baluchi women wear loose dresses which are decorated in local
designs which include Baluchi silk-thread chain-stitch
embroidery.
 Baluchi embroidery alone has 118 different basic designs.

Baluchi Children in traditional dresses:

Food:
 The popular dishes of Baluchistan are:
 Sajji
 Kaak, a rock-hard prepared bread.
 Dampukht is also a Baluchi dish which is prepared with meat and
it is cooked in fats.

Marriages:
 Life partners are commonly selected within the family or tribe.
 The dowry is given by the bride’s family, not the groom’s family.
 The bride’s parents are only supposed to gift clothes and gold to
their daughter according to their financial status.
 All expenses of wedding (of both families) are also paid by the
groom’s family.

Festivals:
 Sibi Festival: The festival lasts for almost a week in mid-
February.
 Folk music performances.
 cultural dances, handicrafts stalls.
 and cattle shows are present at this festival.
 Buzkashi: It is a sport played on horse-back by two teams that
use their skills to snatch a goat from each other.

Musical Instruments:
 Suroz
 Flutes
 Dhol

Famous Poets and Singers:
 Famous Poets:
 Gul Khan Nasir
 Baba Jawansal Bugti
 Famous Singers:
 Akhtar Channal Zehri
 Zarina Baloch

Mineral Resources in Baluchistan:
 Coal
 Chromite
 Barites
 Sulphur
 Marble
 Iron
 Ore
 Quartzite
 Limestone
 Sulphur

Sibi Museum:
 Quetta To Sibi, In 1878, after an earlier assault on the town in
1841.
 The British captured Sibi and renamed it Sandemanabad, for
Robert Sandeman.
 The most imposing of the extant buildings from the British era is
the 1903 Queen Victoria Memorial Hall, now named Jirga Hall.
 It is so named because it was the assembly chamber for the
British and the leading tribal notables during the
annual jirga (council of tribal elders) held during the Sibi Mela.

Quaid-e-Azam Residence:
 The British weren't the only ones to appreciate Ziarat - so too did
Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
 Jinnah spent his last days in Ziarat in 1948, suffering from the
cancer.
 The Quaid-e-Azam Residence in Ziarat is the former residency
of the agent to the governor general, built in 1882.

2013 Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack:
 On June 15, 2013, the historical Quaid-e-Azam Residency, which
housed the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in his last
two months and ten days, was attacked and completely burnt
down.
 This action was taken by militants belonging to the Baluchistan
Liberation Army.
 The reconstruction work was completed and the reconstructed
Ziarat Residency was inaugurated on Independence Day, 2014.

Gwadar Port:
 Gwadar Port is a warm-water, deep-sea port situated on the
Arabian Sea at Gwadar in Baluchistan.
 Pakistan's interest in Gwadar started when, in 1954, it engaged
the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct a survey
of its coastline.
 After four years of negotiations, Pakistan purchased the Gwadar
enclave from Oman for $3 million on 8 September 1958 and
Gwadar officially became part of Pakistan.

Importance of Gwadar Port for Pakistan:
 The incentives due to Gwadar Port are summarized as under:
 Approach towards private sector involvement.
 100% profit recovery.
 Tax holidays for ten years from date of beginning of
commercial operations.
 Ownership rights.
 Flexible labour regulations.
 Subsidy on utilities.
 Complete freedom from duty & sales tax on imported plants &
machinery for 10 years.
 Capital gains exempted from tax for 5 years.

Pir Ghaib Waterfall:
 Pir Ghaib Waterfalls At a distance of 70 km from Quetta on Sibi
road is situated a popular picnic spot known as Pir Ghaib.
 Here a waterfall shower down rocky mountain side making its
way through many streams among the shady palm trees.
 You need a 4-wheeled transport to reach the spot from the main
road.

Baluchistan conflict:
 The Baluchistan conflict is a guerrilla war waged by Baloch
nationalists.
 It is against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the
Baluchistan region.
 Baluch want greater autonomy, increased royalties from natural
resources and provincial revenue, and an independent nation-
state.
 Human rights activists accuse nationalist militants and the
governments of Iran and Pakistan of committing human rights
abuses. In the 2010s, attacks against the Shia community by
sectarian groups though not always directly related to the political
struggle have risen, contributing to tensions in Baluchistan.

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