Pakistani village life

A Pakistani farmer in the village of Mahool Baloch in the Loralai district

Pakistani village life is the traditional rural life of the people of Pakistan.

The rural villagers of Pakistan commonly live in houses made of bricks, clay or mud. These typically have two or three rooms which house extended families. In the modern days they are living by making separate home for each family but they don't live way from each other, they are extending their villages by making more homes. In Gongrani, Baluchistan, people live in homes built within cliff-side caves that are connected by walkways.^[1] Most of the villagers are farmers but other rural occupations include blacksmiths, hairdressers and tailorers, shepherds.^[1]

The traditional culture of the village is now subject to change due to the effects upon village society from the introduction of modern technology, such as pumps and tube wells for irrigation.^[2] Resistance to social and cultural changes exists among Pakistani village inhabitants, and varying methods of managing these changes have been tried.^[3]

Socioeconomic status among rural Pakistani villagers is often based upon the ownership of agricultural land, which also may provide social prestige in village cultures.^[4] The majority of rural Pakistani inhabitants livelihoods is based upon the rearing of livestock, which also comprises a significant part of Pakistan's gross domestic product.^[5] Some livestock raised by rural Pakistanis include cattle and goats.^[6]

See also

• Rural sociology

Notes

1. Black, Carolyn (2002), Pakistan: The People, p. 18, ISBN 9780778793472
2. Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). page 104.
3. S.M.H. Zaidi (1970), The village culture in transition. A study of East Pakistan rural society.
4. Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). page 102.
5. Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). page 105.
6. Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). page 106.

References

• Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). "Overseas Migration and its Socio-Economic Impacts on the Families Left Behind in Pakistan: A Case Study in the Province Punjab, Pakistan" (PDF). Volume 6. Kassell University Press. p. 102. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

Additional sources

• Kennedy, Charles Stuart (interviewer) (December 14, 2004). "Interview: Eisenbraun, Stephen". The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
• Opler, Morris E. (February–April 1972). "Review: The Village Culture in Transition: A Study of East Pakistan Rural Society by S. M. Hafeez Zaidi; Change and Continuity in India's Villages by K. Ishwaran". Vol. 74, No. 1/2. American Anthropologist. pp. 63–65. Retrieved May 4, 2012.