Life style of people living in Desert

This presentation is about the life style of people living in the desert, what sort of activities they have and what do they do for recreation and fun.

2. The months of April, May and June are the hottest ones
during the day. The average maximum and minimum
temperatures remain 41 C to 24 C.
while December, January and February are the coldest
months with average maximum and minimum
temperatures 28 C to 9 C.
Rainfall varies from year to year. Most of the rain falls in
the monsoon months between June and September
whereas the winter rains are insignificant.

4. The rains play a important role in the life of all
parts of desert as the water gets in small ponds
which are used for drinking, washing and other
uses.
These ponds are the only source of water for
animals and human.
Sometimes sweet water comes out of a very
deeply dug well.
Then the housing units start increasing around
that well.
Digging the well is not so easy a number of times,
it claims the lives of the well-diggers.

6. For most of the housing the main construction
material of outer walls is unbaked bricks whereas
wood is used in 10 per cent and baked bricks or
stones with mud bonding in 8 per cent housing
units.
 A large number of families still live in one room
housing units formed with straws and thin wood-
sticks
The wind storm proves these straw houses are
unsustainable all the times. But the poverty leaves
no other option to these people living in straw
houses.

8. The life is unhappy and doubtful in deserts but full
of  action and thrill for those tourists and visitors
who take pains to discover and see new cultures,
lifestyle and traditions.
when people and animals together to reach inside
the desert the sun-rising and sun-setting scenes,
camel caravans, grazing and traveling herds, big
and small sand dunes with thorny bushes,
traditional dresses and jewelry of women, folk
music and dances may attract you for their
richness and originality.

10. The common life style in Thar is based on joint
family system.
 All three generations; grand-parents, parents
and children prefer to live under one roof.
However, the men and women have divided
out-door and domestic responsibilities among
themselves according to their ages and skills.

11. Main duties of the men in the family are
ploughing the fields, animal-grazing, weaving
and house-construction or other money-earning
activities whereas the women responsibilities
include bringing water from the well or pond,
cooking, washing, maintenance of house,
thread-making, embroidering, knitting etc. The 
money earned through any means by anyone is
the common property of the family.

12. Woodwork, wool-weaving, leather work, jewelry-
making, cloth-dyeing, embroidery, snake-
charming, agriculture (in a few parts), herd-
grazing

14. The folk music and dance are the living traditions of
Thar.
 If asked to any woman or man  to dance or sing, they
can.
 Pain, agony, solitude and deprivation are the basic
components of Thari music, perhaps, because of their
miserable life-style.
 Like other parts of Pakistan, Thar also has a few folk
dances.
 The festivals are a significant part of Thar's cultural
life.
 Since the life of people is quite miserable and they
feel starved for recreational activities, the festivals
provide them a source of delight and joy.

16. Thank you for your time
We hope your enjoyed our presentation.
Prepared by
Shaheer Imran
Qasim Muzamil
Zohaib Zafar
Muhammad Rahim