Importance Of Marriage In Pakistan

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Maddi Lutz
Gallaher
Hour 3
Pakistan
In a country home to more than 193 million people and growing at a rate of about 1.5%, and English being the official languages but having many more due to diversity. Handshakes are the most common greeting. Pointing your shoe at another person is non-proper. Visiting with friends and relatives is an important social custom. The whole family eats together. This is what makes up the country Pakistan. Dating, marriage, family, housing, religion, and holidays are all cultural characteristics that are important to the country Pakistan.
Dating is rare, due to the fact that young men and women attend separate schools and need supervision to interact with each other (culturegrams.com). The opposite genders see each other socially at gatherings, family functions, marriages, funerals, or get togethers of family friends. The families consider romantic advances toward their “woman” as an attack on their family honor.
The individual choice of someone’s marriage partner is less common than arranged marriages. In some parts of the country, families arrange marriage before they are born (Pakistan Book). Some families even turn to a matchmaker. This is called a Wacholan. Some parents decide who their son will marry, but if the woman he asks family is higher in social or financial class, the choice to accept or decline rests with them. The marriage of your cousin is acceptable in Pakistan. It insures that family will marry within their castle. The ideal age for men and woman to marry is a big difference. For men it is 28-35 years old, for women it is 16-25years old. Engagements may last months to multiple years. It also depends on the age of the couple when the arrangements are made. The man’s parents usuall...

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Muslim is the most common practiced religion in Pakistan. 95% of the population is Muslims (75% Sunni Muslims and 20% Sh’I Muslims.) and the freedom of worship is allowed to anyone. Small communities of Hindu and Christen exist, although they vote separately from everyone else.
The following holidays are celebrated in Pakistan:
Pakistan Day (March 23)
Labor Day (May 1)
Independence Day (August 14)
Defense of Pakistan Day (September 6)
Anniversary of the death of Quaid-e-Azam (September 11)
Iqbal Day (November 9)
Birth of Quaid-e-Azam (December 25)

Pakistan is a growing country. The holidays, religion, housing, family, marriage, divorce, and dating make up just a bit of the country. Many other things make Pakistan a whole. The most important out of the characteristics discussed, family is at the top of the list to making the country special.

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