Which is its location? What countries does it border with?
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India and Iran
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India and Iran
What does the geography say about the country?
Status of Kashmir with India; border question with Afghanistan (Durand Line); water-sharing problems (Wular Barrage) over the Indus with upstream riparian India.
Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
Status of Kashmir with India; border question with Afghanistan (Durand Line); water-sharing problems (Wular Barrage) over the Indus with upstream riparian India.
Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
What is the dominant religion?
Islam
Islam
Which other exist?
Christianity, Shia, Hinduism, Muslims,Parsis, Shia, Sunni.
Christianity, Shia, Hinduism, Muslims,Parsis, Shia, Sunni.
What are the different ethnic groups?
Indo-Aryan, Scynthian, Hun, Dravidian, Mongol, Punjabi.
Indo-Aryan, Scynthian, Hun, Dravidian, Mongol, Punjabi.
Which ones are the main customs and traditions?
Every family has its tarditional values and respect them as much as their religion.
Men shake hands with each other. Once a relationship is developed, they may hug as well as shake hands. . Women generally hug and kiss. Pakistanis take their time during greetings and ask about the person's health, family, and business success.
This are some of the symbolical days: Pakistan Day, Independence Day, Defence of Pakistan Day, Pakistan Air Force Day.
**Meeting a Pakistan girl** (Pashtun, Buddhist)
How is this his life different from yours?
I can hang out with any type of friends, I also drink, not a lot, but I do. I live alone with my mom and her boyfriend. I also eat pork.
Which custom caught your attention?
That he can´t have sex, and he can´t hang out with friends that are not of their religion.
How does his religion affect his way of acting?
That he can´t do all the stuff he wants to, because some things are prohibited, and maybe he is shy.
**Interview**
How often do you go to a religuous service? Where?
I go every time I have a chance. I go were people need help.
What happens there?
If people are sick, or their are comunities who need food, or spiritual cures we make meditation activities. Our purpose of life is to end suffering. The Buddha taught that humans suffer because we continually strive after things that do not give lasting happiness.
Do you know anyone of a different religion?How do you get along?
Yes, we interact with other teenagers and other people from different religions, and although we have other traditions we get along very nice.
Do boys and girls hang out socially?Do you go to parties?
Yes we do, but we don´t go to parties, we have our own activities with boys and girls form our comunities. And when we are in the age we get maried, when we become woman.
How many people live in your house? How do you interact?
I live in a house with 20 people, we are together because of our meditations. We interact peacefully, because we have a lot of tranquility.
Who goes to school in your family?
Only the boys who are little, and they go to a special school, that toughts them about our religion and customs.
How do you dress?
We dress with long dresses and with happy colors such as red, yellow, green and when we grow up we start using black and brown.
Which ones are your daily chores?
I wake up at 5 o´clock, then i meditate for 2 hours, i finish and then I go to school, after that I have meal with my family and I work at the market selling some fruit, and at night we have dinner all together.
What does it mean to be belong to your ethnic group?
consists of many tribes and clans which were rarely politically united, until the rise of the Durrani Empire in 1747. Pashtuns played a vital role during the Great Game as they were caught between the imperialist designs of the British and Russian empires.
Where are your relatives from?
Afghanistan
Do you hang out with people of other ethnicities? How do you get along?
No.
Do you have to marry someone of your same ethnicity?
Yes.
Describe a typical tradition.
Taaqati-Nasiri, states that in the 7th century BC a people called the Bani Israel settled in Ghor, southeast of Herat, Afghanistan, and then migrated south and east. These references to Bani Israel agree with the commonly held view by Pashtuns that when the twelve tribes of Israel were dispersed (see Israel and Judah and Ten Lost Tribes), the tribe of Joseph, among other Hebrew tribes, settled in the region. This oral tradition is widespread among the Pashtuns.
