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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• One Religion, Many Peoples
• Islams Impact on Culture
• Both Bangladesh Pakistan are made up of mostly
  Muslims.
• Islam was brought to the region by the Mughal
  Empire.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Islamic customs of Pakistan Bangladesh
• Daily prayer
• Ramadan
• Month-long fasting from sunrise until sunset.
• Mosques make up big part of the architectural
  landscape.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Islamic Differences
• Pakistanis generally observe more conservative,
  fundamentalist, stricter Islamic laws.
• Pakistani women must wear veils.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Islamic Differences
• Many Pakistanis observe the tradition of
  purdah.
• Purdah is the seclusion of women.
• Females are to have no contact with males outside
  of their relatives.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Islamic Differences
• The people of Bangladesh have a more liberal
  interpretation of Islam it is less strict more
  modern.
• Fewer people practice the purdah tradition.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Examples of Pakistans diversity
• There are 5 major ethnic groups that have their
  own languages.
• Punjabis - greater than 50 percent of Pakistans
  population.
• Sindhis
• Pathans
• Mohajirs - migrated from India in 1947 speak
  Urda, the national language
• Balocks

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Lack of Diversity in Bangladesh
• Most of the people are Bengalis.
• Bengalis speak a sandskrit language, an ancient
  Indo-European language.
• There is a small Urdu speaking population who
  migrated from India in 1947.
• There are some non-Muslim tribal groups in
  Bangladesh.
• 10 of the population of Bangladesh are Hindus.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Modern Life Culture
• Marriage Family Structures
• Arranged marriages are common.
• Large families are typical.
• Most live in small villages simple homes.
• Many homes are made from sun-baked mud, bamboo,
  or wood.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Modern Life Culture
• Large cities are crowded with traffic
  pedestrians.
• Soccer cricket are popular.
• Films are popular too.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Importance of Poetry
• Pakistan Poetry
• Has a strong oral tradition.
• Memorizing long poems is long-standing tradition.
• Mushairis are long poetry readings.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Importance of Poetry
• Bangladesh Poetry
• Also has a strong oral literary tradition.
• Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for
  literature in 1913 he wrote about his Ganges
  Bengal homeland he was born in Kolkata
  (Calcutta).
• My Golden Bengal is the national anthem.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Importance of Music Dance
• Pakistani Music Dance
• Folk songs are a big part of the culture which
  includes devotion singing, Qawwali.
• Muslims perform devotion songs called Sufis.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Importance of Music Dance
• Bangladeshi Music Dance
• Folk dancing is a strong custom.
• Folk dancing sometimes includes
• Elaborate Costumes
• The acting out of Bengali myths, legends,
  stories

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Population Concerns
• Pakistan has 150 million people.
• It is the worlds 7th largest country.
• Population increases have hurt the economy have
  led to malnutrition disease.

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Pakistan Bangladesh - Cultural Geography

• Population Concerns
• Bangladesh has a population of 130 million
  people.
• It is the worlds 8th largest country.
• The population is slightly less than half
  population of the U.S. inhabits an area smaller
  than the state of Wisconsin.