Discover the traditions of the Saraiki people: a centuries-old Sufi poetic tradition, soulful folk music, ancient forts and shrines, and a language spoken by tens of millions across southern Punjab, Pakistan.<\/p>\n
The Saraiki people are an Indo-Aryan community native to southern Punjab, Pakistan, with related communities across northern Sindh, southeastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and eastern Balochistan. Their language, Saraiki, belongs to the Lahnda group and is spoken by tens of millions of people according to Pakistan’s most recent census. Centered on cities such as Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rahim Yar Khan, the Saraiki homeland traces its roots to the Indus Valley Civilization and carries the imprint of Persian, Mughal and Sufi influence. A distinct Saraiki cultural and linguistic identity took shape in the 1960s, and today it stands as one of Pakistan’s most vibrant regional cultures, expressed through poetry, music, craft and cuisine.<\/p>\n From language to landscape, discover the many threads that make up the Saraiki heritage.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n An Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda family, written in the Perso-Arabic script and spoken across southern Punjab and beyond.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n From the Sufi kafis of Khwaja Ghulam Farid to the modern verses of Shakir Shujabadi, Saraiki poetry weaves love and devotion into the rhythm of the desert.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The double-piped alghoza, the dhol and the swaying jhumar dance carry Saraiki folk songs from village courtyards to the world stage.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n A homeland shaped by the Indus Valley Civilization, Persian and Mughal rule, and centuries of Sufi scholarship centered on Multan, the City of Saints.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n From the desert ramparts of Derawar Fort to the shrines of Multan and Uch Sharif, discover the landmarks of the Saraiki belt.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Festivals, Urs celebrations and cultural happenings from across the Saraiki-speaking region.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most revered poet of the Saraiki language. His Diwan-e-Farid set the desert landscape of Cholistan to verses of divine love, still recited at Sufi shrines today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The alghoza, a paired wooden flute played in a single breath, provides the melody for jhumar, the swaying circular dance performed at Saraiki weddings and festivals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Home to the shrines of Bahauddin Zakariya and Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan has been a center of Sufi learning and pilgrimage for centuries.<\/p>\n Follow the latest festivals, Urs celebrations and cultural events from the Saraiki-speaking region, or get in touch to share your own story.<\/p>\n Saraiki Culture Language, Poetry, Music & Heritage of South Punjab Discover the traditions of the Saraiki people: a centuries-old Sufi poetic tradition, soulful folk music, ancient forts and shrines, and a language spoken by tens of millions across southern Punjab, Pakistan. Explore the Language Read the Poetry Who Are the Saraiki People? The Saraiki people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-401","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/401\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saraikiculture.com\/skr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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