Maddi LutzGallaherOra 3PakistanIn a country that is home to more than 193 million people and is growing at a rate of about 1.5%, and English is the official language but has many more due to diversity. Handshakes are the most common greeting. Pointing your shoe at another person is not correct. Visiting friends and relatives is an important social custom. The whole family eats together. This is what constitutes the country Pakistan. Dating, marriage, family, housing, religion and holidays are all important cultural characteristics for the country Pakistan. Dating is rare, due to the fact that young men and women attend separate schools and need supervision to interact with each other (culturegrams).com). Opposite sexes see each other socially at reunions, family functions, weddings, funerals or gatherings of family friends. Families view romantic advances towards their “woman” as an attack on family honor. Individually choosing someone's spouse is less common than arranged marriages. In some parts of the country, families arrange marriage before birth (Pakistan Book). Some families even turn to a matchmaker. This is called Wacholan. Some parents decide who their child will marry, but if the woman the family asks is of a higher social or financial class, the choice to accept or refuse is theirs. Marriage of your cousin is acceptable in Pakistan. It ensures that the family will get married inside their castle. The ideal age at which men and women can get married is a big difference. For men it is 28-35 years, for women 16-25 years. Engagements can last months or multiple years. It also depends on the age of the couple at the time the arrangements are made. The man's parents usually... middle of paper... or electricity. Muslim is the most practiced religion in Pakistan. 95% of the population is Muslim (75% Sunni Muslims and 20% Shiite Muslims) and freedom of religion is allowed to anyone. Small communities of Hindus and Christians exist, although they vote separately from everyone else. The following holidays are celebrated in Pakistan: Pakistan Day (March 23) Labor Day (May 1) Independence Day (August 14) Pakistan Defense Day (September 6) Quaid-e-Azam's Death Anniversary (11 September)Iqbal Day (November 9)Birth of Quaid-e-Azam (December 25)Pakistan is a growing country. Holidays, religion, housing, family, marriage, divorce, and dating make up just one part of the country. Many other things make Pakistan one. The most important among the characteristics discussed, family tops the list for making the country special.