SOUTH ASIA

PRESENTERS

• Amelle
• Saadia
• Kamal
• Altanese
• Angela
• Nakkazi
• Shams
• Oksana
• Laura

LANGUAGE

• The religious language of Muslims play a major role.
• English and Urdu are the official languages of Pakistan.
• Hindi and English are the official language of India.

ORIENTATION TO TIME AND SPACE

• Time is viewed as eternal.
• It is not usually considered rude to be late.
• Personal space varies with different sub-cultures.
• Not too conscious of personal space on the train or the bus.
• It is common to see male friends holding hands.

NUTRITION

• The main staple food.
• Diet preferences
• Favorite dishes

FAMILY VALUES AND ROLES

• The male member of the family enjoys the key position.
• He is the soul sources of income for other members in the family.
• Family is a divinely inspired institution.

GENDER ROLES

• A son's birth is celebrated.
• Daughter is considered painful to the family.
• Girls are often removed from classes to perform chores.
• well-educated women may suffer social stigma.

REACTIONS TO PAIN

• Pakistani Indian culture and pain response.
• Religious and spiritual aspects of pain.
• Cultural perceptions of pain treatments in the population.

CONCEPTS OF HEALTH

• Allophatic: The use of Western medicine.
• Homeopathic: A form of alternative medicine.
• Unani: An Islamic healing philosophy.

PERCEPTION OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

• Medical heritage of the practices.
• Arabic medicine
• "Science of life"
• Holistic

CULTURAL HEALING PRACTICE

• Organized systems in medicine.
• Cultural practices and values
• Mental illness
• Main focus of healing
• Skeptics

RITUALS REGARDING DEATH

• Cleaning and purifying
• Time span
• Burial procedure

MOVIE

• He named me Malala 2015
• Youngest novel prize winner
• Malala Yousafzai (19)

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