Dr Asif Ahmed Rahimoon

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Thank you for your time We hope your enjoyed our presentation.

Prepared by

Shaheer Imran Qasim Muzamil

Zohaib Zafar Muhammad Rahim