Saraiki culture

{{Main|Saraiki shalwar suits}}

The traditional dress of Saraiki People is the Shalwar kameez; This is also the national dress of Pakistan. Traditional Sajarak is an important part of Saraiki male and female dress.

{{Main|Saraiki cuisine}}Mango is a seasonal fruit of the region during summers.{{cite news |date=16 December 2013 |title=Sohan Halwa a gift of saints' city |publisher=Dawn.com |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1074194/sohan-halwa-a-gift-of-saints-city |accessdate=3 May 2014}} Sohan halwa is a traditional speciality of southern Punjab, particularly Multan. The southern Punjab cities of Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Uch Sharif and Mailsi are also known for their sohan halwa products. Multani Chaamp is a meat dish consisting of lamb chops prepared with various flavours and spices, placed on sewers and grilled over charcoal.{{cite news |title=Multani Chaamp |work=NDTV Food |url=http://food.ndtv.com/recipe-multani-chaamp-171637 |accessdate=5 September 2015}}

The region of Saraikistan is renowned for its Sufi heritage. The city of Multan is known as the city of saints.{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2012-03-19 |title=Multan: The city of saints |url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/03/19/multan-the-city-of-saints/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}} It has the shrines of Baha-ud-din Zakariya, Shah Rukn-e-Alam and Shah Yousef Gardez. Similarly, Uch Sharif has been the centre of Qadiriyya Sufi order.

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Jhumar or Jhoomar (also called Ghumbar in Sandalbar area){{Cite book |last=Dhillan |first=I. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edbfAAAAMAAJ&q=ghumbar+dance+sandalbar |title=Folk Dances of Panjab |date=1998 |publisher=National Book Shop |isbn=978-81-7116-220-8 |pages=55 |language=en}} is a traditional Saraiki and Baloch dance in Pakistan.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-04-29 |title=International Dance Day is being observed today |url=https://www.globalvillagespace.com/international-dance-day-is-being-observed-today/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Global Village Space |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Of culture and political identity {{!}} Art & Culture {{!}} thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/568182-culture-political-identity |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}} It is also popular in the Sandalbar areas of Punjab.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qy9uAAAAMAAJ&dq=ghumbar+dance&pg=PA93 |title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Shahpur District |date=1897 |pages=93 |language=en}} It is slower and more rhythmic form.{{Cite web |title=Jhumar Dance - Folk Dance Performed on Marriage Ceremonies by Men |url=http://www.discoveredindia.com/punjab/culture-in-punjab/dance/punjabi-folk-dances-for-males/jhumar.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829153551/http://www.discoveredindia.com/punjab/culture-in-punjab/dance/punjabi-folk-dances-for-males/jhumar.htm |archive-date=2015-08-29 |access-date=2015-01-16}} The word "Jhumar" comes from Jhum/Jhoom, which means Swaying. Jhumar is performed at the wedding ceremonies usually.{{Cite web |last=Manga |first=Dhiren |date=2018-08-21 |title=The Most Popular Dances of Pakistan |url=https://www.desiblitz.com/content/most-popular-dances-pakistan |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=DESIblitz |language=en}} The dance is also performed in circle, to the tune of emotional songs. Ataullah Khan Esakhelvi and Shafaullah Rokhri are considered the main singers of Saraiki music.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-29 |title=Legendary Saraiki singer Shafa Ullah passes away |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2261722/legendary-saraiki-singer-shafa-ullah-passes-away |access-date=2020-09-05 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}} {{anchor|Saraiki media}}

{{See also|Saraiki literature|Pakistani poetry}}

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The language, partly codified during the British Raj, derived its emotional attraction from the poetry of the Sufi saint, Khawaja Ghulam Farid, who has become an identity symbol.{{Cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQDzCQAAQBAJ&dq=saraiki+ghulam+farid&pg=PT177 |title=The Pakistan Paradox: Instability And Resilience |date=2016-06-16 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=978-81-8400-707-7 |pages=187 |language=en}} His poems, known as Kafi are still famous.

Shakir Shujabadi (Kalam-e-Shakir, Khuda Janey, Shakir Diyan Ghazlan, Peelay Patr, Munafqan Tu Khuda Bachaway, and Shakir De Dohray are his famous books) is a very well recognized modern poet.{{Cite web |title=Shakir Shujabadi |url=http://www.wasaib.com/shakir-shujabadi/}}

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The Department of Saraiki, Islamia University, Bahawalpur was established in 1989{{cite web |title=The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan - Department |url=http://www.iub.edu.pk/department.php?id=26 |work=iub.edu.pk}} and the Department of Saraiki, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan{{cite web |title=Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan |url=http://www.bzu.edu.pk/departmentindex.php?id=33 |work=bzu.edu.pk}} was established in 2006. Saraiki is taught as a subject in schools and colleges at higher secondary and intermediate.{{cite news |title=Govt plans to recruit teachers of Punjabi, Seraiki languages |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1674633 |work=DAWN.COM |date=12 February 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=In a first, K-P introduces regional-language books in govt schools |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1341136/landmark-move-first-k-p-introduces-regional-language-books-govt-schools |work=The Express Tribune |date=27 February 2017 |language=en}} Saraiki is also taught at degree level at the Allama Iqbal Open University at Islamabad,{{cite web |title=Department Detail |url=http://www.aiou.edu.pk/DeptDetail.asp?DeptID=47 |work=aiou.edu.pk}} and the Al-Khair University at Bhimbir have Pakistani Linguistics Departments. They offer M.Phil. and Ph.D in Saraiki. The Associated Press of Pakistan has launched a Saraiki version of its site, as well.{{cite web |title=Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Saraiki |url=https://saraiki.app.com.pk/saraiki/ |work=app.com.pk |df=dmy-all}}

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Saraiki is written using the Arabic-derived Urdu alphabet with the addition of seven diacritically modified letters to represent the implosives and the extra nasals.{{sfn|Shackle|2003|pp=598–99}}{{efn|The practice is traced back to Juke's 1900 dictionary. The modern standard was agreed upon in 1979 {{harv|Wagha|1997|pp=240–41}}.}} In Sindh the Sindhi alphabet is used.{{sfn|Shackle|2014}} The calligraphic styles used are Naskh and Nastaʿlīq.{{sfn|Lewis|Simons|Fennig|2016}}

Historically, traders or bookkeepers wrote in a script known as kiṛakkī or laṇḍā, although use of this script has been significantly reduced in recent times.{{sfn|Shackle|2003|p=594}}{{sfn|Wagha|1997|pp=239–40}} Likewise, a script related to the Landa scripts family, known as Multani, was previously used to write Saraiki. A preliminary proposal to encode the Multani script in ISO/IEC 10646 was submitted in 2011.{{Cite web |title=Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Multani Script in ISO/IEC 10646 |url=http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n4027.pdf}}

• South-Punjab
• Saraiki people
• List of Saraiki people
• Saraiki cuisine
• Saraiki diaspora
• List of Seraiki tribes
• Saraiki literature

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• {{Cite web|title = Saraiki| url = https://www.ethnologue.com/19/language/skr| editor-last1 = Lewis| editor-first1 = M. Paul| editor-last2 = Simons| editor-first2 = Gary F.| editor-last3 = Fennig| editor-first3 = Charles D. | website = Ethnologue| year = 2016| edition = 19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102808/http://www.ethnologue.com/19/language/skr/| archive-date = 25 April 2019| url-access = subscription}}
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• {{cite thesis |last= Wagha|first= Muhammad Ahsan|date= 1997|title= The development of Siraiki language in Pakistan|type= Ph.D.|publisher= School of Oriental and African Studies|url= http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267685| url-access = registration}}

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