INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONAN ANALYSIS TO MARWARI CULTURE

PRESENTED TO: DR NADIA ANJUM

PRESENTED BY:SAIRA BAKHTAWARFATIMA TUZ ZAHRA

SIDRA AMJAD

MARWARI CULTURE

Contents

• 1. Introduction• 2. Literature review• 3. Methodology• 4. Discussion & Analysis

What is a Culture?• Culture is defined as human creation (Freire, 1970). It

is the human part of the environment (Wang brisling, rang, Williams & Chao 2000). Culture is the non-biological aspects of life. It is the process of generating and sharing meaning within a social system. This social system is comprised of values, norms and ways of behaving and so culture comprises the ways we interact, behave and communicate with one another. Culture is something that is learned from parents, schools and media and the broader community

Introduction of Marwari Culture• Marwaris are the people from the Marwar region of Rajasthan

in India. Though Marwari as a genre originated from a place name, the Marwari people have spread to many regions of India, and even to neighboring countries, as they expanded their business and trade networks. In many locales, Marwari immigrants over time (and, usually involving many generations) have blended in with the regional cultures. The Marwar region includes the central and western parts of Rajasthan. The word Marwar is considered to be derived from Sanskrit word Maruwat, the meaning of maru being 'desert'.• Since the time of the Mughal period (16th century-19th

centuries), particularly from the time of Akbar (1542-1605), Marwari entrepreneurs have been moving out of their homeland of Marwar and Rajasthan, and adjoining regions, to different parts of Undivided India.

Objectives

• 1. To determine the living patterns of the Marwari people • 2. To analyze the attitudes/perceptions of the

natives.• 3. To look at the dress code of the people.• 4. To identify the moral and ethical values being

practices there.

Marwari Culture in PakistanMarwaris who are living in Pakistan can speak Marwari, but they have adopted other languages, primarily Punjabi, Sindhi, and Urdu. Marwaris have conventionally been very traditional, averse to modern education. They preferred practical knowledge in business.

MARWARI WOMAN:o Marwaris tend to marry their

daughters as early as possible. Usually, between the age of 18-21 years. After marriage, the girl is wholly responsible to her in-laws.

o Marwari women are generally not educated. They are being pampered by giving them jewelry and clothes. They don’t give education to their daughter but still the girls are helping their families financially by doing embroideries and working as a maid.

Literature Review

Definition of Culture "Culture is learned and shared patterns or models for living; day- to- day living patterns. These patterns and models pervade all aspects of human social interaction. Culture is a mankind's primary and adaptive mechanism”.

Research Methodology

Target population: The target population was the Marwari people who belong to the southern Punjab. Sampled population: The elements were drawn from the target population and the data was collected from the participants. These participants are the local resident of Rohi area in Pakistan.

Time – horizon It is a cross-sectional study as the researcher collected data in a small period of time.

Ethical consideration: Following ethical considerations were kept while conducting this study:o Respondents were not pressurized to fill up

the questionnaire. o Identity of all the respondents and

individuals who took part in this research is kept confidential.

DATA ANALYSIS&

DISCUSSION

DRESSING STYLE

Women wear ghagra (long skirt) and kanchli (top) and white “choora”. Their dresses are portraying their culture which proves that they wear dresses according to their region and culture. They are very strict to their dressing styles.

RELIGIOUS BELIEVES

Shaivism and Vaishnavism is followed by majority of the people; and her avatars are equally worshiped. Marwari people generally worship the Sun, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu,Lord Ganesh and Bhavani (Goddess Durga). They consider Getta as their religious book and some of them read it too.

KITCHEN

These people have stoves made of mud and their kitchen is as simple as an urban area has. They use hand water pump for water or fetch water from ponds where there is no underground water. They use woods for fire and cook food. They have no facility of gas.

SOURCE OF INCOME

People earn money by making embroideries, handicrafts, labor, by working at home as maid and from livestock. Some of them work at kilns and drive vehicles too.

LIVING STYLE

Their life style depicts natural essence of life. They use very primitive means for every affair of their life. There is no artificialism found.

HOUSING & SECURITY

These people make mud houses to dwell in .Mud house seems cozy in winter and cool in Summer. They keep dog for protection of their households.

From the questionnaires filled by the respondents, it is concluded that their mother tongue is Marwari. Most of the respondents said that they use Urdu as well as English for communication purposes.

Linguistics

Punjabi Punjabi+Urdu Marwari (mother tounge)0

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Languages % AgesPunjabi 50Punjabi + Urdu 50

Marwari (mother tongue) 100

Almost everyone answered that they don’t feel generally accepted and respected by the local people which shows that these people are being ignored or not respected by the people.

Social Acceptance

Social Acceptance % AgesDisrespectful 37.5Neutral 62.5Respectful 0

Disrespectful Neutral Respectful0

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Profession

Through the surveyed data it can be seen that people do low level jobs like females used to do hand embroidery and labor at fields and kilns. Some of them have livestock as their profession a small percentage has nothing to do.

Profession % AgesLivestock 25Hand embroidery 25Labor 37.5Unemployed 12.5

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Dwelling Period

Among the surveyed people half of them have been living over there since their birth but many people are there for five or more than five years. Few numbers of people have been dwelling for 2 to 3 years.

Dwelling Period % AgesSince Birth 50More than 5 years 37.5More than 3 years 12.5

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Religious Practices

Surveyed Marwari People are 100 % “Hindus”. They had very strong religious beliefs but when we talk about their religious practice very few number of people are in habit to perform rituals. This means 25% goes to temple frequently and remaining 75% people perform religious activities less frequently or never.

Religious Practice % AgesFrequent performance 25Less Frequent performance

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Never Perform 37.5

Frequent performance Less Frequent performance Never Perform0

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Literacy Rate

These people have very low literacy rate. Most of them are either illiterate or less educated. Only 37.5% of surveyed people are educated among them 25% are primary or below and 12.5% did matriculation. 62.5% of the community is un-educated.

Literacy rate % AgesPrimary or below 25Matriculation 12.5illiterate 62.5

Primary or below Matriculation illiterate0

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CONCLUSION

In other words, every culture depicts its own characteristics and importance. Marwari Culture represents its own trends, customs and values. These people follow their culture to the large extent.

RECOMMENDATIONS

•1. We recommend that our government should provide them the basic facilities of life.• 2. Our people should accept them as we have

accepted the other minority people.• 3.Government should allow them to do jobs

and assign some quote for them.