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Pakistan

The green represents Islam and the majority Muslims in Pakistan and the
white stripe represents religious minorities and minority religions. In the
center, the crescent and star symbolizes progress and light respectively.
The flag symbolizes Pakistan's commitment to Islam and the rights of
religious minorities.
Most of the Pakistani population is comprised of Muslims, who worship in
mosques.
Pakistan International Airlines commonly known as PIA, is a Karachi based
airline which is the national flag carrier of Pakistan.
Air Indus Pakistani domestic airline based in Karachi.
The largest mosque in Pakistan situated at the north end of Faisal Avenue
in the capital city of Islamabad, is one of most visited place in Pakistan.
The mosque was left the largest masque from 1986 to 1993 before the
enhancement of Masjid al-Haram of Makkah.
Salwar refers to loose trousers and kameez refers to shirts.

Sri Lanka

The national flag of Sri Lanka (popularly known as the 'Lion Flag') consists
of a gold lion, holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw, in front of a
dark red background with four golden bo leaves, one in each corner.
Around the background is a yellow border, and to its left are 2 vertical
stripes of equal size in green and saffron, with the saffron stripe closest to
the lion.
In the twelfth century, Italian explorer Marco Polo claimed that Sri Lanka
to be the best island of its size in the world.
Sigiraya- It is one of the best preserved examples of ancient urban
planning.

Armenia
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and orange; the
color red recalls the blood shed for liberty, blue the Armenian skies
as well as hope, and orange the land and the courage of the
workers who farm it
former Soviet republic,
The dress of the Armenians reflects a rich cultural tradition. Wool and fur
were utilized by the Armenians and later cotton that was grown in the
fertile valleys. Silk imported from China was used by royalty, during the
Urartian period. Later the Armenians cultivated silkworms and produced
their own silk.

Azerbaijan
The flag of Azerbaijan is a horizontal tricolour featuring three equally sized
fesses of blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed
star in the center. The blue symbolizes Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red
stands for progress, and the green represents Islam.
Azerbaijan is called land of fire because it is the home to
Zoroastrian fire temples since Persian Empire. Azerbaijan has long
been called "The Land of Fire" due to the phenomena of "burning hillsides"
caused by gas seeping through fissures in the earth.
They called wind city because it is windy throughout most of the year.
National outerwear for men consisted of ust koyney (shirt) or chepken,
arkhalig, gabi and chukha (humeral wear). Arkhalig was single-breasted
or two-breasted. It was sewed of silk, cashmere, cloth, satin and other
textiles. Gaba male humeral outerwear, which was sewed of tirme.

Bahrain
The traditional Bahraini woman dress is an abaya, a long loose-fitting
black gown, worn along with a black cloth on the head called the hijab.
Bahraini men's traditional dress is the thobe and the traditional headdress
which includes the keffiyeh, ghutra and agal.

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