Kanjar: Difference between revisions

10 bytes added ,  23 April 2021
Add {{source}} tag
m (1 revision imported)
(Add {{source}} tag)
Line 4: Line 4:
In old times, most of the Kanjar people used to live in jungles or forests. They used to hunt wild animals to eat and also keep some goats, cows and [[Water buffalo]]es for their meat and milk.<ref>Rose</ref> Many of them still live like nomads, moving from place to place but some have started to live in towns and cities. Some of them are [[Hindu]] and some are [[Muslims]]. They are mostly very poor people and do all the dirty jobs that rich people won't do.  
In old times, most of the Kanjar people used to live in jungles or forests. They used to hunt wild animals to eat and also keep some goats, cows and [[Water buffalo]]es for their meat and milk.<ref>Rose</ref> Many of them still live like nomads, moving from place to place but some have started to live in towns and cities. Some of them are [[Hindu]] and some are [[Muslims]]. They are mostly very poor people and do all the dirty jobs that rich people won't do.  


In [[Lahore]], Pakistan, and in parts of Kashmir, many Kanjar women are sold by their families to  become [[Prostitution|prostitutes]]. They go and live in [[Brothel|brothels]] in the [[Heera Mandi]].<ref>[[Fouzia Saeed]], 'Taboo: The Hidden Life of a Red Light Area' pub Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford UP,2001</ref> Many men will go there to have sex with these poor women for money, but no one will marry them. They think they are 'unclean' or bad.<ref>Fouzia Saeed</ref>
In [[Lahore]], Pakistan, and in parts of Kashmir, many Kanjar women are sold by their families to  become [[Prostitution|prostitutes]]. They go and live in [[brothel]]s in the [[Heera Mandi]].<ref>[[Fouzia Saeed]], 'Taboo: The Hidden Life of a Red Light Area' pub Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford UP,2001</ref> Many men will go there to have sex with these poor women for money, but no one will marry them. They think they are 'unclean' or bad.<ref>Fouzia Saeed</ref>




Line 10: Line 10:
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{Source|Wiki|S}}




16,952

edits