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Peshawar Folk Festivals
  Folk Festivals Peshawar: Pakistan means "Islamic country" more than 97% of the residents believe in Islam. Many religious practices here, left a deep impression on people.
  Strict temperance is an article of faith of Muslims here. Whether civil weddings and funerals, or official state banquet, will be allowed to drink. Privately brewer subject to more severe punishment. In the diplomatic context, Pakistan diplomats do not challenge others to drink, but when they are always in a toast to fruit juice, soft drinks or water instead. In Pakistan do not see the "drunkard" lying on the streets and the phenomenon of alcohol abuse perpetrators.
  Marriage between young men and women, mostly by "parents to enrich people," the traditional processing. Dowry or dowry is not the girl be looked down upon, it has become all the current issues of general concern in Pakistan. In some cities, women's self-help movement, they _set_ up a "women's social committee" to raise funds to help poor families buy the girl a dowry and wedding.
  September the Islamic calendar (the Gregorian calendar in May) is a Pakistani Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This period is the day of prayer and penance, a day before the evening meal. The first day of the Islamic calendar is called Eid al-Fitr in October, is the Pakistan Muslim larger festivals. Muslims to the mosque to pray on this day, hugged each other congratulations, friends and relatives call each other at home preparing confectionery reception guests. The number of wealthy people by family members, each to the poor Muslims out of the day living expenses. Peshawar Dining: Pakistanis like to eat spicy food, they used pepper, turmeric, curry and other foods known around the world to do. Pakistan's food, whether meat, fish, beans, or vegetables, mostly spicy, kimchi is spicy. They do not have the habit of cooking, whether it is beef, mutton, fish, or a variety of beans, vegetables, stew are too overripe. Common dishes are tomatoes, potato salad, stewed beans, tomato chili sauce made with chicken. Stew beef, mutton, vegetables and mud, peas minced meat, minced meat, plus a small meat pie made of starch, lettuce and so on. Edible oil is mainly butter, also used sunflower oil, olive oil and other vegetable oils. They all use the pan and pressure cooker, do not wok. The staple food of Pakistanis as flour and rice, one called "Qia Badi" the most popular coarse bread, and cakes, fried potatoes, stuffing, "Triangle." It is also widely consumed Western-style snacks and bread. Often made of rice seasoned with a variety of butter and meat pilaf pilaf. Stained the color of another wedding rice is essential for sweet foods. They eat without knife and fork, chopsticks, but after the clean hands to eat with his right hand holding (left hand considered unclean). Their clutch technology is very skilled, and are not afraid of hot. Both urban and rural, with a shallow mouth hold rice plate dishes for vegetables are probably the reason it is appropriate Sheng cake. Pakistanis like to drink milk tea, whether in offices, schools, factories and enterprises, or the streets, teahouses and Chatan everywhere, people are thirsty, hungry, tired, lack of the must go to tea, drink a cup of tea. Breakfast drink milk tea, a simple lunch drink milk tea, afternoon three or four drink milk tea. The two kinds of three types of savory and sweet, there are additional crushed pistachio nuts made of wood and Bada Kashmir tea, usually pale pink. Pakistan's business is booming tea museum, which also with the boss, man, warm and thoughtful service are inseparable. People from the tea house through the door, the boss or the man will greet you in a warm cup of tea, if not tea, but also pulling you sit for a while, pocket money, the teahouse will not be disgraced. Cash only tea, but also credit. Drink milk tea is a hobby for generations of Pakistanis, tea is essential that they drink every day. Therefore, Pakistan can say truly "tea kingdom." Shopping in Peshawar: Pakistan arts and crafts, technology skills, known for a long history of the world. Pakistani handicraft history can be traced back to prehistoric times, it's camel leather and deerskin products, carpets, onyx products after thousands of people wondering Carpenter, has been improving.
  Bronze Bronze popular Pakistan is one of Pakistan's traditional arts and crafts, its unique styling and exquisite detail of the technology enthusiasts at home and abroad. Peshawar Transport: Transport between the airport and the city has airport coach service running shuttle bus, tickets Rs 10. There is also a taxi, but must be negotiated on the price front, it will be very easy to blackmail. They can also take a shuttle provided by hotel, aviation, Pakistan has 21 airports, of which Karachi is the Eurasian international routes must pass through the airport, one of the largest airlines for Pakistan Airlines, has about 35 kinds of aircraft frame, and the world cities to facilitate exchanges. Total length of 8,900 km of roads.
  Urban traffic
  Pakistan's urban transport, also has its own characteristics, in addition to the capital, Islamabad, other several big cities are very crowded traffic, the roads with large and small, colorful variety of vehicles, large trucks, buses, cars , motorcycle, there are horse and two cows Taikang cars, all kinds of hybrid vehicles during the difference between each other for centuries. In addition to taxi urban transport, there are also buses available to take. Motorized tricycle, wagon and mule train locally called tongas, can be called with the stop over, can take three to four people for a ride to see city.
  Still bear the modern Peshawar trade between Central Asia and South Asia channel. In addition, the Peshawar also has its own light. Textiles, shoes and pottery production is making major economic pillars of Peshawar. Peshawar University City is the local concentration of academic institutions, Peshawar University, Peshawar, Peshawar University and Agricultural Engineering and Technology University in the University town. There are also many private universities in recent years opened in Peshawar.
  Peshawar residents can be divided into two parts: the local language speaking hindko indigenous pishoris ethnic minorities and the majority population, ethnic Pashtuns from Afghanistan. When the civil war in Afghanistan, Peshawar became the political center of anti-Soviet mujahideen.
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  Pakistan's Peshawar city in the most ethnic characteristics. Peshawar, Northwest Frontier Province belongs to, who in 58 BC by Buddha from Gandhara, Kushan dynasty, color gamma Wang Yishi tired as capital. As more of the trade to Central Asia is located in track, the local, have been in a number of centuries in Central Asia South Asia trade between the mainland and the city.
  The capital of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The old translation of "Bulushabu logic." Bala is located northwest of Kabul River tributaries, the West Bank, Khyber Pass East. Population 560,000 (1981). "Peshawar," the Sanskrit word for "city of flowers." Since ancient times, the place is a major distribution center for the caravan. 2 century, advocating the Buddhist Kushan empire, color gamma gamma tired of the king was in the capital, one of the centers of Buddhist culture. 4 to 6 century, the Chinese monk Fa Xian Jin Dynasty, Northern Wei and Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang messenger SONG Yun has had this. Xuan Zang in the "Buddhist Records," said this is "lush fruit," the land of abundance. From the 12th century, gradually replaced the Islamic culture Buddhist culture. In the Mughal rule, the heyday of the city, economic and cultural develop. City for the new and old parts. East of the old city, retaining the old size of the market and dozens of mosques. Metro West is a modern garden city high-rise building. Peri-urban and more monuments and ancient buildings. A Mughal emperor Babur built the Bara Cisa castle, there are built in the 16th century mosque in the Maihan white Heney, a strong local mosque in Peshawar and other colors. Islamic University in Peshawar, the historic western town located in the Cultural District. Peshawar City of Heroes, or seat, the history of Alexander of Macedonia had been expeditionary force to fight the invasion. Early 19th century, early 20th century, the local people against the British colonialists invaded, has conducted several armed struggle.
  Still bear the modern Peshawar trade between Central Asia and South Asia channel. In addition, the Peshawar also has its own light. Textiles, pottery production is made of white shoes
  Sava's main economic pillars. Peshawar University City is the local concentration of academic institutions, Peshawar University, Peshawar, Peshawar University and Agricultural Engineering and Technology University in the University town. There are also many private universities in recent years opened in Peshawar. Peshawar's residents can be divided into two parts: the local language speaking Hindko indigenous Pishoris ethnic minorities and the majority population, ethnic Pashtuns from Afghanistan. The time of the outbreak of war in Afghanistan, Peshawar became the holy warriors against the Soviet Union's political center. October 28, 2009, Peshawar, a car bomb attack on the market, killing at least 80 people were killed and 200 injured.
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  1. lat.:  Peshawar,  Peshāwar
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