Personal introduction- I am from Pakistan. I moved to America 7 years ago with my family since I was in elementary school, I only remembered a glimpse of Pakistan by learning about my heritage I learned a lot about myself.
Title: Wazir Khan Mosque
Artist: Wazir Khan
Year: 1634
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/pakistan/articles/reliving-the-past-in-lahore-s-wazir-khan-mosque/
Friday is the Muslims holy day in Pakistani everything is closed that day.this is the reason my mother makes everyone take a day off every Friday for prayers. This is one of the famous mosques in Pakistan it is decorated with most amazing art. My mother used to go to this mosque every Friday with her family before she got married. She had the best memories in this mosque and that’s why she wanted me and my siblings to go to mosque every holiday and after prayer, we go to family and friends house for gathering we pray, eat, talk, and play games. I did not notice this as my personal heritage after my mother told me about her past and because of that I like this day even more and I would like my kids to follow this heritage. Wazir khan mosque has the most beautiful structure and the art made inside of the mosque are breathtaking this image on the inside of the mosque. I did learn that Muslims art does not contain any animals or human. We believe the creation of living forms is unique to god. Muslim art is decorative vocabulary by knowing that this mosque is only decorated with vocabulary this just amazes me. With every word design and the colors, it inspires me more about my culture and where I came from.
Artist: Iqbal Hussain
Title: Pakistan
Year: unknown
http://www.pakart.org/events-exhibitions/exhibition-of-eminent-lahore-based-artist-iqbal-hussain/
This personal heritage has been passed down for 3 generations. It is my grandmother dress. The painting shows how my grandmother dress looks like. my grandmother gave this dress to my anti before she got married as a wedding gift and after sometimes my anti gave this dress to my mother when she got married and know my mother gave this dress to my older sister for her wedding gift and know my sister will pass this down to me and for sure I would like to give to next generation for memories and history. This dress tells me where my grandmother was from because in Pakistan every part/state has their own culture with different language, food, and dress. My grandmother born in Baluchistan- Pakistan and then she moved to Punjab-Pakistan and this artwork expresses how Baluchistan women look and dress. After Learning about my grandmother past, I feel the need to know more about my family history because you never know I might be mixed with all of the Pakistani culture genes and maybe even India.
Title: the Newborn
Artist: Georges de la tour
Year: 1640
http://www.joyfulheart.com/christmas/christmas_artwork.htm
Another heritage I have found out is about the newborn baby. Every time there is a new baby born in over family we let a person come from the mosque and announce some holy word in the baby ear to let the baby know that he or she is born as a Muslim. These are some of the words that the person say to the newborn baby” God is Great, I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.” we do know that baby will not understand and will never remember this but it is for protection of child so the baby is safe because god will always be with him. This painting is a Christian artwork and I see the glimpse of my heritage in this because they are reading something to the baby for his protection this might be something we as Muslims and Christian share. I would do this too by kids because I believe it brings out the spiritual side of that child and protects the baby from evil.
Hi Amna,
Wow! You picked some very beautiful examples of art. I especially like the mosque. I really enjoyed reading your post. I appreciate your insight and it taught me a bit more about your culture, which is something I regrettably don’t know a lot about. Also, as somebody interested in historical fashion, I enjoyed learning more about your traditional dress. It’s lovely!
Hi Amna,
I really enjoyed reading about your culture heritage I gain some knowledge. You picked out some wonderful artwork that represents well your culture. I like how you mentioned about the wedding dress from your grandmother that it has been passed several generations. I think that is wonderful to have the privileged to wear a dress that has been passed down to the family. I have to say that i have strong admiration for your culture. I love the food, the clothing and the jewelry. I often go the Global Mall in Norcross and i take my time on looking at displayed dresses they have . Also, it’s interesting how a person comes from mosque to announce holy words to the new born baby. We do something similar at my church, but we do it in front of crowd presenting the baby to Jesus.
Hi Amna, I really enjoyed your post it taught me more about you and your culture. As our classmate stated your culture values historical ideas and beliefs. I like how you included your religious tasks and the beauty of historical arts.
Beautiful exploration of your personal heritage, Amna. Thank you for sharing some of these cherished traditions and memories. I was a little confused about your grandmother’s dress, however. Was there a picture that didn’t load? I’d like to see it, I’m sure it’s lovely. Great job, overall. 🙂