LAHORE Garrison University

Prepared By:
Muhammad Kamran (025)
Ali Raza Nazeer (067)

Prepared For:
sir zulkifl hasan

Date of presentation:
13-03-19
cultural wars
 what is culture war

• It refers to the conflict between traditionalist, classical liberal, or conservative

values and social democratic, progressive or social liberal values in the
Western world, as well as other countries.
• Culture wars have influenced the debate over history, science and other
curricula in all societies around the world.
 Cultural groups

• Community: social unit of any size that shares common values.

Communities range in size and scope from neighborhoods to national
communities to international communities.
• Society: group of people involved in persistent interpersonal relationships,
or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory,
typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural
expectations.
• Civilization:any complex society characterized by urban development,
social stratification, symbolic communication forms (typically, writing
systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural
environment.
 Elements of culture

• The art: vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors

and disciplines. The arts encompasses visual arts, literary arts and the
performing arts.
• Literature: it is meant by the art of written works like children literature,
fiction,non-fiction,poetry and critical theory.
• Performing art: those forms of art that use the artist's own body, face, and
presence as a medium. performing art like circus, comedy, theatre,dance and
music
• Visual art: it is create works which are primarily visual in nature. About
architecture, craft, design and drawing.
 Types of cultures

Behaviour of humans within an organization and the meaning that people attach
to those behaviors. An organization's culture.There are several types of cultural
war arrive.
Vision
Values
Countries
Symbols
Language
Beliefs
Habits
Systems
 Cultures by political divisions of the
World
• Culture of Pakistan
• Cultures of Africa.
• Cultures of Asia.
• Cultures of Europe.
• Cultures of North America
• Cultures of Oceania
 culture in politics

• Political culture is defined by the International Encyclopedia of the Social

Sciences as the "set of attitudes, beliefs and sentiments that give order and
meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions
and rules that govern behavior in the political system".
• It encompasses both the political ideals and operating norms of a polity.
Political culture is thus the manifestation of the psychological and subjective
dimensions of politics.
• A political culture is the product of both the history of a political system and
the histories of the members.
 Culture war of Pakistan

• It is intertwined with the culture of the broader Indian subcontinent.

Comprises numerous ethnic groups: the Punjabis, Saraikis, Pothwaris,
Kashmiris, Sindhis, Muhajirs and Bakrichod in east, Makrani in the south;
Baloch, Hazaras and Pashtuns in the west; and the Dards, Wakhi, Baltis,
Shinaki and Burusho communities in the north.
• The culture of these Pakistani ethnic groups have been greatly influenced by
many of its neighbours, such as the other South Asian, Iranic, Turkic as well
as the peoples of Central Asia and West Asia.
• The region has formed a distinct unit within the main geographical complex of
Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Central Asia from the earliest times,
and is analogous to the intermediary position of Afghanistan.
 cultural contents of pakistan

• Literature
• Poetry
• Performing arts
• Visual arts of pakistan
• Recreation and sports
• Festivals and observances
• National dress
 litrature of pakistan

• Pakistani literature originates from when Pakistan gained its independence

as a sovereign state in 1947.
• a body of literature unique to Pakistan emerged, written in nearly all major
Pakistani languages, including Urdu, English, Punjabi, Pashto, Seraiki,
Baloch, and Sindhi.
• The common and shared tradition of Urdu literature and English literature of
Greater India was inherited by the new state.
 poetry of pakistan

• Poetry is a highly respected art and profession in Pakistan.

• The Urdu language has a rich tradition of poetry and includes the famous
poets Muhammad Iqbal (national poet), Mir Taqi Mir, Ghalib, Faiz Ahmad
Faiz, Ahmad Faraz, Habib Jalib, Jazib Qureshi, and Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi.
Apart from Urdu poetry
• Pakistani poetry also has blends of other regional languages. Balochi,
Sindhi, Punjabi, Seraiki, and Pashto poetry have all incorporated and
influenced Pakistani poetry.
 Performing arts

• It is forming with music, dance, theatre and dramas.

• Music
The variety of Pakistani music ranges from diverse provincial folk music and
traditional styles such as Qawwali and Ghazal Gayaki to modern forms fusing
traditional and Western music.
Dances:
Folk dances are still popular in Pakistan and vary according to the region such
as
• punjab (bhangra, Luddi)
• balochistan(Jhumar - Saraiki, and Balochi folk dance)
 Visual arts of pakistan

• Painting:
During the 16th to 18th centuries, Mughal painting developed, heavily
influenced by Persian miniatures.
• Architecture:
The architecture of the areas now constituting Pakistan can be traced to four
distinct periods: pre-Islamic, Islamic, colonial, and post-colonial.
The arrival of Islam in today's Pakistan introduced the classical Islamic
construction techniques into Pakistan's architectural landscape.
 Recreation and sports

• National sport of Pakistan is field hockey, but cricket and squash are the most
popular sports.
• The Pakistan national cricket team won the Cricket World Cup in 1992, were
runners-up in 1999, and co-hosted the games in 1987
• At the international level, Pakistan has competed many times at the Summer
Olympics in field hockey, boxing, athletics, swimming, and shooting.
 Festivals and observances

• Ramadan
• Chand Raat
• Eid celebrations
• Milaad un Nabi
• Muharram (Ashura)
• Independence Day
 National dress

• The national dress is shalwar kameez for both men and women. It consists
of a long, loose fitting tunic with trousers baggy enough to not to see the
shape of their legs. following are belows:
• Men's clothing
salwar kameez, kurta, Pakistani Waistcoat, sherwani and churidar or
pajama etc.
• Women's clothing
Shalwar kameez, Dupatta and Other traditional dresses
 conclusion

• We see the evidences of the culture war exhibited continually in our society.
The culture war is between traditional American values like belief in God, the
Bible, universal moral standards, sanctity of life, family values, marriage
between a man and a woman, Christian founding of America, and historic
truth, and the opposite values, including denial of God, belief in biological
evolution, rejection of the Bible, faith in a relative moral code, abortion on
demand, abolishing traditional family values, abolishing marriage as between
a man and a woman, and denying our Christian heritage.