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My name is Aisha, I am 13 yrs of age, and was born on the 18/05/91.
I was born in Yorkshire, in Keighley. That is where my parent got married.
I am Muslim and most families would have their parent from same culture. But for me I have a Bengali mother & Pakistani father. This doesn't change the way I believe in my religion.
As I grew older, I learned 3 languages. English was one of them. The reason I was taught this was because I would soon have to go to school & speak it.
The other two languages are Bengali & Urdu. This was important for me because I would have to speak to my family in their language.
In Yorkshire I was more with my dad's family so I know more Urdu & was more familiar learning it.
We eat in my father's family different foods compared to my mother's family. We could eat chapati and curry. Unlike my mother's family we eat rice & curry. In curry wise different types of curry are made. The Pakistani people like lamb but that is because they have plenty of farms, however Bengali prefer to eat fish. The reason they like this is because water is all around them so more fishes are able to be fetched.
In clothes, Pakistanis wear mainly a dress matched with trouser, what you would call this is a shalwar kameez, but In Bangladesh people also wear shalwar kameez but prefer to wear sari & longi. A sari is a long piece of material wrapped around the body in a particular way and a longi is for men, which is like a kilt, except it’s much longer.
In Newham, I think that it’s a good source of different culture.
The borough has done lots for different cultures. In the area a place called Green Street is the ideal for Bangladeshi & Pakistani to shop. This is because there are a variety of Asian clothes & food shops.
In Green Street shops sell many of the different Asian culture food. Like some shops sell Bangladeshi foods & fruit & vegetables, which have been imported.
This is also the same for the clothes and this supplies all cultures.
I think that Newham has done a great job for its people.
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