First house visit-rural area

Ethnographic interview questions

Asking cultural information

1. Could you define a usual day in the area?

Answer in Punjabi and Urdu by a women(housewife) in mid-40’s age
Translation in Urdu
“bas har roz ham apni dukaan chalate hai. Bachay subha subha Quran parhne chale jaate hain.
Ham and ham poora din ghar k kaam kartze hain and phixr dukaan hi kholi hai pass mein
wahan baith jaate hain”
2. Could you describe the family routine?
Answer
“batchay jaate hai Quran k liye. Mere miya kuch nahi karte mein dukaan pe baith jaati hoon.
Batchay wapis atay hain phir khana khaate hain. Meri choti betiyaan mere saath dukaan pe
baith jaati hain. Phir ham TV dekhte hain dukaan pe rakha hai waheen cheezain bechte hain”
3. What kinds of tasks or activities are difficult? enjoyable for you?
Answer
“hamein toh kuch mushkil nahi lagta bas aik routine hai jo ham cheezain main road se laate
hain hamari dukaan pe bchne k liye. Hamein tv pe Turkish drama dekhne mein maza ata hai bas
kaam se fariq hokay wohi dekhte hain”
4. Best places of interest in the area? Can you draw it for me?
Answer
“bahiyaan meri 15 or 16 saal ki hain yeh bahar nahi jaatin, sirf Quran parhne baahar jaati
theen jo ab parh liya hai toh ghar mein hi rehti hain aur ham kahan jayenge. Ham ghar mein
rehte hain. Sirf saman lene bahar jaate hain 15 minutes door”
5. What do you do when someone gets married in your family/relatives?
Answer
“abhi meine karni hai apni betiyon ki shaadi. Ham sab karte hain mehndi, dholak shaadi. Saare
functions manaate hain”
 6. How do you make clothes and preparations for events like ‘Eid?
Answer
“kuch nahi baaji bas yeh log kuch dekhte hain toh bolte hai TV pe jaise lekar doh laikin ham bas
bolte hain denge jab paise ayenge. Baqi aisi hi hoti hai eid. Ham ghosht khaate hain, dahi balay
banate hain eid pe”
7. Do you enjoy staying at home? Do you work anywhere?
Answer
“ham kahan jaate hain bas ham ghar pe karhai karte hain and meri beti silaai mein meri
madad karti hai. Koi kapre de de seene k liya toh wohi seete hain laikin zyaada dukaan per mein
hi baithtee hoon cheezain bechne k liye”
8. Do you stitch, embroider etc. at home?
Answer
“haan bas ghar pe hi karti hoon. Yeh kameez meine jo pehni hai who machine ki karhai hai yeh
toh bahar se lee thee meine nahi ki”
9. Do you have celebrations in school/workplace?
Answer
Nahi meri bachiyan toh sirf 5 class tak parhi hai aik. Doosri ne Quran parhe hai”
10. Do you eat out in the local area? Or just at home?
Answer
“nahi baji ham bahar nahi khaate. Sab ghar mein banate hain. Paise nahi hote warna ham kyun
nahi khayein”

Detailed through questions

1. Could you give me an example of a typical meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack)?
Answer
First woman
“ham bas chaye banate hain aur paratha banate hain usi ko khaate hain”
Second woman
“mein apne bachon ko doh orange, carrot and aik saib ka juice deti hoon dono boys hain unko
school jaane se pehle”
2. Eating habits of you your family members?
Answer
“bas chawal bauhat khaate hain. Har cheez mein mirch aur chawal hon. Baqi sabziyan waghera
hi khaate hain zyaada. Bachay toh biscuit, nimko and chips bhi bauhat pasand karte hain”
3. If you got sick or had an accident, what would you do?
Answer
“hmm hahha”
4. Who would you contact if you needed assistance in anything?
Answer
“ham saab ko hi call karenge agar kisi museebat mein phasein. Sui gas ka bill bauhat ajata hai
kabhi kabhi. Who aik baree museebat hoti hai”

Experience questions

1. Could you tell me about some of your skills? Cooking, etc.?

Answer
“ham karhai and silaai karte hain. Cooking toh admi aura chon k liye ghar mein karte hi hain”
2. Can you tell me how do you make friends?
Answer
Ham hamari dewarani k saath hi hote hain dost banana ka time nahi. Poora din bas ham saath
mein apne bachon k rehte hain”

3. Could you describe some activities you did with your family?
Answer
“ham bas saath mein silaai hi karte hain and dukaan pe baith jaate hain”
4. Could you tell me about what you did on holidays/vacations?
Answer
“bachay toh bas khelte hain agar chutti hoaye school se yah Quran parh k ajayein
5. Could you tell me about what you did on weekends/in your free time?
Answer
“kuch nahi ham bas drama tv pe Turkish dekhte hain”
 6. What do you use when u shower?
Answer
“Ham lifebuoy shampoo, lux and safeguard use karte hain”

7. What do you use for your hair?

Answer
“sarson ka tail banate hain aloe vera mein and pyaaz mein pakka kar”. “
Baji apko bhi bana k bhejenge. Apkay baal bauhat lambe ho jayenge”-one of the kid answered
8. Your kids have a very nice reddish skin?
Answer
“bas sabzi khaate hain”
9. I see aloe Vera bottle on the wall shelf? Who uses that?
Answer
Second woman
“mein bazaar se layee thee apne liye. Skin pe lagane k liye”
10. I see a mirror and a comb? Who uses that?
Answer
“mera miyaan use karta hai. Bache tor dete hain isi liye ooper kar k lagaya hai sheesha”
11. Who use that grinder?
Answer
“baji is mein apne bachon ko juice bana kar deti hoon”

12. I see a packet of chat patta noodles. Who eats that and who likes it?
Answer
“baji ham bechne k liye laate hain yeh. Hamare bachay banate hain magar inhein pasand kam
ata hai. Zyaada mirchein nahi hoti ismein”.
13. How do you make it? Who makes it?
Answer:
“meri bari beti banate hai”

14. How do you make it? Tell us the process?

Answer
“mein aik ya do cup pani daalti hoon phir pakati hoon and thoree dair mein ham khalete hain.
Red wala banatee hoon mein”

15. Do kids in the area buy these noodles from your shop?
Answer
“haan bajee khareedne atay hain. Ham 10-12 packet mahiney k le atay hain behne k liye/ abhi
green(chicken) wala khatam hogaya. Sirf red wala bacha hai dukaan pe”