Archive for 12 February 2012
Telephone not just an instrument in Kalash culture
CHITRAL: If asking for a `telephone` or `cooker` in the remote Kalash valley of Rumbur or Bumburate the local people lead you to someone`s house; take it easy as Kalash people have been naming their children after household items since long.
The people of primitive culture and civilisation living in the segregated valleys in south of Chitral share strange habits and ways in their daily life and naming their babies is one of them. Qudratullah, a development worker in the valley, said that names of many people in the area were humourous in nature and there had been no hard and fast rules to name a child.
He said that in some cases, the Kalash had been named after the kitchen utensils like balti, glass, cooker etc. He observed that the Kalash people were fond of naming their children after `new things` such as telephone and computer.
Zahid Ali, a university student doing research on Kalash culture, said that in the Kalash dialect the local names of both men and women hardly carried any meaning. However, he said that the Kalash try to avoid repeating a name already used.
“No two Kalash can be found with the same name,” he said, adding that the Muslim names like Saifullah Jan, Abdullah were now being used.
He said that a stranger could not differentiate between a man and woman through their names, but now the Kalash women had starting using Muslim names like Fatima, Khadija, Shahida and others. Enumerating some funny names of the Kalash, he mentioned Number-One, Mobile, Radio, Cassette, Akhbar, Chaprasi. He said that `Pepsi` was the original name of a young boy living in his neighbourhood.
He, however, said that now changes were also taking place in the Kalash culture and more and more people were using Muslim names.
source Dawn.com
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CM's Laptop Scheme and Nargis 'Mujra'
Guess what was on educational CDs given in Multan under Youth Laptop Scheme?
Dances of stage actress Nagris!
This shocking mix-up has left many a recipient reeling in disgust as no one could expect such delinquency in an educational scheme.
Some 5,443 students of Bahauddin Zakriya University were given free laptops by the Punjab government. However, the CDs which were meant to have educational software instead had the stage actress’ dances.
The students said that CM Shahbaz Sharif should direct the officials concerned to check the CDs being given under the scheme.
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Pakistan discovered largest fish on earth 12-meter whale shark
In the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Pakistan, was discovered the 12-meter whale shark. This type of shark, the largest fish on earth completely safe for humans, because feeds exclusively on plankton. Whale shark fishing is officially banned, so the dead giant’s eagerly bought local fish diler.Mertvuyu whale shark, found off the coast of Pakistan, was sold for $ 19 thousand
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