Sheedi Community in Sindh, Pakistan - Sindhi Association of North ...

are two or three bedrooms, One Radhroon (kitchen) and one kakoos (bathroom)
walls are made up with the cements and Paki sirron (bricks).
In my locale there are typical kinds of Katcha houses, which are made up with
the Chiki mati and with Katchi siroon. Walls of the Katcha houses are mostly
made up with the Loroho (Hedge) but some have paki bhit (bricks wall). Most of
households have the one-guest rooms that are called Ottaq (man guest room).
TABLE # 3.1
HOUSING PATTERN
S: No # Houses pattern Number of houses
01 Pakka 93
02 Kacha 143
03 Kacha and pakka 27
04 Total 263
Source: Socio-economic Census survey forms
3.14 FOOD PATTERN
The food of the proper class is generally daal (pulse), chanwar (rice), wheat and
rice, with fish occasionally, As Sheedis mostly are poor of this area but some of
them are government employees, so they use these things in food pattern.
Among the richer classes, mutton, poultry, rice and wheat are eaten. People of
this area mostly use Dudh (curdle water) and Chnawar ji Maani (bread made of
rice flour) in the breakfast and in Binpahar (launch) people use the karank ji
Maani (wheat flour) and sabzi (vegetable) the rice and daal at mealtime.
3.15 RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
There are nine mosques in the village because most of the population is Muslim.
In the Sheedi paro there is a small mosque, where approximately hundred
people can offer pray at the time. There is one Eid Gah for annual Eid prayers;
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