Tuesday 11 December 2012

Ethnicity Tag

I was looking around for some tags to do, and this one caught my eye! It's six questions about your ethnicity, and when I read the questions, a couple of times I had to look up the origins of stuff - didn't realise I was so rusty on my culture :O 
Anyhoo, lets get started shall we? :D


1. What is your ethnicity?
I am a British born Pakistani :o) I tend to get mistaken for other ethnicities a lot though, which is always funny because it's usually foreign students who come upto me and speak to me in their own language and I never know what to say! O.o poor kids, I feel bad that I can't help you! lol

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2. When was the last time you visited your country?
Oof. Seven, eight years ago? It was for one of my aunty's wedding. Haven't been since. I think I've been about five or six times in my whole life haha. I'd show you a picture of me at the wedding but I hadn't donned my hijaab yet so.. :P

3. Name one ethnic food you enjoy the most?
Samosa chaat! A meat (and/or veggie) filled pastry, that is fried till golden brown, with chick peas in a spicy mix of yoghurt, onions, chillis, and boiled potatoes various other ingredients. NOM!

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Wait.. I just realised that that dish originated in India.. Hmm. Okay well how about this: Pakistani style chickpea pilau. *tries not to drool* I very rarely have this because in my house, everyone favours having chicken or meat in the pilau rather than chickpeas. Hmph. (And yes.. I'm sure you've realised by now.. I love my chick peas! :D)

(Side note: ...why can I never find food pics that look appetising enough? Sigh. Just trust me, they look good when my mum makes them lol)

4. Name one household item that best represents your culture.
Just one? That's kind of hard. Can I have a collective one? If so it'd probably be our ground spices drawer. It's all about the spices bby~
If not, then I'd say a thawa! I have no idea what it's called in English, but we make chapattis on it. :D
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5. What part of your country are you from?
I'd rather not answer this.. tis a bit too private for my liking!

6. Can you speak the language of your ethnicity?
Jee haan! Bilkul bhol sakti hoon. Lekin Pakistan ki bas aik hi zubaan - Urdu - nahi hai, meray pyaaray readers;  humaaray deis main khoob zubaanai hai! Urdu aur English Pakistan ki official zubaanai hain, lekin Punjabi, Potwari, Pushto, Balochi aur Sindhi bhi hamaarai behn bhaiyyo bolte hain! Aur bhi hongi, lekin mukhe maloom nahi hai.. heh.

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Yes! Ofcourse, I can definitely speak it. But Pakistan does not have just one language - Urdu - my lovely readers; our country has many languages! Urdu and English are Pakistans official languages, but Punjabi, Potwari, Pushto, Balochi, and Sindhi is also spoken by our fellow brothers and sisters! I'm pretty sure there are more, but I don't know them.. heh.

Well there you go my dears! Hope you enjoyed todays post (^__^) I tag everyone who reads this to do it, it's always fun learning about your background and culture, and it's always fun learning about others' too!

16 comments:

  1. Love this post! hahah. All of a sudden I started reading Urdu and I am just like Whattt? hahaha
    I totally agree on the household item! LOL!

    Hareem xx

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    1. haha you KNOW the thawa is at the heart of our culture.. we love our food hehe xx

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  2. This is a really interesting tag, unfortunately I'm just not interesting enough to do it myself! ;) Haha. I LOVE samosas too! xo

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    1. Aw I'm sure you are! WOO FOR SAMOSAS! :D x

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  3. Loved this! All this talk of chick peas has given me cravings! I'll follow your lead and do one at some point :D Hope everything's going well with your exams. Sarita x

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    1. Haha I apologise :P Alhamdulillah exams are going well (^__^) xo

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  4. Really would like to do this TAG, I'm married into a traveller family so would like show people that we're not that bad!!

    http://tansandtiaras.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Oooh how interesting! I'll check out your blog now (^__^) xx

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  5. hey! i found you through the BBU Blog Hop and decided to follow. i really admire your mission to help your fellow muslimahs dress modestly. keep up the good work!

    http://sincerelyella.blogspot.com/

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  6. Here you go! An Ethnicity Tag post as promised my dear! x x http://saritaagerman.blogspot.it/2012/12/ethnicity-tag.html

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    1. Ah yes I've read this! Loved learning about the dulce de leche.. really want to try it now! x

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  7. Love this post! Samosa chaat has to be one of my favourites *drools* hehe. x

    www.crazyclassycute.blogspot.com

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    1. Thankyou! And I know right.. *drools too*

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  8. What a fabulous post! I feel like I have learnt a little here, I didn't realise there was no one language. Thanks for teaching me something :)
    More posts like this!
    xxx
    http://heroineinheels.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Why thankyou! I will try my best to do more like this (^__^) xo

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