Ice skating in baltistan,Pakistan 2023

 ICE SPORTS IN BALTISTAN, SKARDU

Organized by SCARF

INTRO;

Gilgit Baltistan is always considered a huge panorama of beauty and it's culture. It not only manifests the locals but also the people from all over the world visit this dream destination. Every year many tourists come to visit this masterpiece. They get not only attracted to it but wish to visit this place again. 

ICE SKATING FESTIVAL 2023;

Due to it's boundless beauty, this year for the first time an ice skating sport festival took place. It was about a two day festival which captures a lot of eye stunning scenes. The sport ministry of CANADA got inspired by this piece of heaven and decided to conduct an ice skating competition between the 4 different teams of baltistan division. 

These teams were given the names according to their cities. That's quite knowledge developing. 

• Siachen Red
• Baltoro Blue
• Biafo Yellow 
• Chogo Lugma Green

This festival took place at Khalti lake, Ghizer, SKARDU. The host was the Baltistan division. However, the chief guest was the Canadian High comissioner. It took place under the supervision of SCARF ( sports club & rising federation). The special ice rink was made at District park, Halmaranga. All the people were in full joy. They were enjoying the snow. The Era. The scent. And all those happiness which was spread by the organizers. All the teams played really well. The final was played between Red & Green. But the winner was Siachen Red. Little children were waiving the flags. Enjoying the breeze of chilled atmosphere. That was truly a complete picture of Pakistanu beauty and development.

PURPOSE OF EVENT ;

The main purpose of this event was the awareness about severe climate change taking place in the region. Due to this severity, many wild life has affected, many forests are now near to destruction due to dry weather. Environmental awareness is always been on the first priority list. Whether it is fire works or skating festivals, it should be make sure about all the effects on the surrounding. There would be such a disastrous results in future, if the current condition of globe remains the same. Endangered species should be conserved. All the eye worthing forestry should be conserved. And we all have to take care of our lovely land. 

dining customs around the world

DINING CUSTOMS

 Experiencing different food is one of the best parts of traveling but with new food we have new dining rules.

1. KOREA;

Let's get started in Korea. You need to wait for the oldest person to sit down first. You also don't start eating until the elders say let's eat and during the meal you don't hold your bowl of soup or rice . You leave it on the table. 

2.CHINA;

Really it's the opposite here in China, people usually hold their chopsticks with one hand and the bowl with another but we have strict rules about how we use chopsticks we don't stick them in our rice bowls or play with them. It's very rude.

3. ENGLAND;

In England it is badmanners to point with your knife or fork and English tea is a big part of our culture. Remember when stirring tea, the spoon should never touch the side of the cup. The clinking sound is rude, since we like quiet meal. 

4. JAPAN;

That's so interesting here in Japan. Sometimes it's okay to eat noisily, if you are eating noodles we usually slurp our noodles to show how much we're enjoying the food but we only do that with noodles we still eat other food quietly.

5. INDIA;

In India, you can show the chef that you have really enjoyed your meal by leaving your plate empty and we like to eat food with our fingers. We always joke that eating with fingers makes the food taste better.

6. CHILE;

 

In Chile we never use our hands to touch any food. We always use utensils even when eating french fries and remember women always take their seats at the table before men. We use a fork only to push food onto our spoon we never use a fork to put food directly into our mouths.

how different cultures celebrate new year

New Year Celebrations 

 This is what likely comes to mind when you think New Year because most people follow the Gregorian calendar which has 365 days or 12 months in the year. January 1st is the new year but depending on who you speak with new year reaches far beyond January 1st.

CHINESE NEW YEAR; 

Around the world, they celebrate the 15 day festival with friends and family share a meal wear traditional clothing light fireworks participate in colorful parades and decorate their homes,neighborhoods and streets with lanterns ,what's very important in a lot of these traditions especially.

 Chinese New Year also known as the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival is celebrated between January 21st and February 20th. Millions of people

ASIAN TRADITION;

 The Asian traditions is the idea that New Year's represents a turning point it's an extremely auspicious day it's but it's about this idea that by doing these things you are plugging into a supernatural power that will bring life and good fortune to you and your family each year.

 Chinese New Year's dedicated to an animal that has its significance in the Chinese lunar calendar.

JEWISH CUSTOM;

 Another big celebration is Rosh Hashanah meaning head of the year. In Hebrew also known as a Jewish New Year celebrated on the seventh month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar between September and October. Two solemn occasion, it's a religious occasion and it's muted the celebration Rosh Hashanah which occurs in the fall is a two-day celebration that begins in the most important time of the Jewish religious year which is the ten days of repentance of self-reflection of measuring yourself against what is expected of you from God and from the community. A popular ritual on Rosh Hashanah involves using the ship for an old wind instrument to mark the beginning of a 10-day period leading to another festival called Yom Kippur. Even though it's not the kind of lights and fireworks and drinks and that we associate with the New Year's Day in the secular society. It brings the community together .

PERSIAN NEW YEAR;

Nou Rose is celebrated by over 300 million people worldwide which is the Persian New Year and the 3,000 year old Iranian celebration marks the beginning of spring and is observed on either March 20th or 21st. The first day of the year on the Iranian solar calendar ,it's more of a spring celebration. The more important thing is to visit the homes of family and friends honoring you'll more than likely come across what's known as the huff table displaying at least seven items that include some form of sprout or grass for rebirth and renewal dried fruit for love apples for beauty and health garlic for medicine and self-care a sweet pudding for wealth and fertility vinegar for patience and wisdom and a Persian spice for more sunrises.

ARABIC NEW YEAR;

Millions of Muslims around the world celebrate the Islamic New Year which is observed on a different day. Each year it falls on the first day of the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar called Muharram. It's also known as the hare ji new year or Arabic new year. It's a time to commemorate Prophet Muhammad [S.A.W.W] fleeing from Mecca to Medina with his followers in 622 A.D to escape the dominant culture of the time that didn't allow them to practice their faith. 

AMONG SIKHS;

 It's acknowledged but it doesn't

have the same kind of cultural weight as it does let's say in China or among Sikhs for example or in the Jewish community vaisakhi also known as besakih the Harvest Festival and  Punjabi New Year, it's observed by Sikhs.

AMONG HINDUS;

 Some Hindus on either the 13th of the 14th of April each year, based on the none of shahe calendar a solar calendar used by the seats but vaisakhi isn't only a celebration of a new year it also commemorates the establishing of kalsa a process used to describe sikhs who've been baptized.

IN THAILAND;

 In Thailand,people celebrate the Buddhist new year with a three-day water fight what initially started off as people pouring water over Buddha statues but people in Thailand aren't just soaking each other for fun even though there's lots of that happening at Songktheran festival splashing water is meant to wash away bad luck from the previous year and in most of these countries the new year is considered a public holiday a time for people to be with their friends and families but that's not always a privilege. 

CONCEQUENCE;

The people who are living away from their native countries can partake in for these immigrant communities and long-established communities these traditions are very important they are not only makes both of religious identity but also of ethnic identity they become really strong touch stones for the community. While there are different ways to celebrate the new year depending on which cultural celebration you follow, 

what they all have in common is the idea of congregating with their friends, families and their global community at large to celebrate new beginnings.