Saraiki is one of the regional languages spoken in Pakistan and has a unique history of its own. This paper aimed to develop the Saraiki WordNet. This article deals with a critical approach in order to reveal some historical truth in this regard. The Sindhi folklore also depicts an interesting picture of the prevailing customs and traditions.

This paper deals with a socio-cultural analysis of the folklore as a source for providing an image of the woman in the society. The collection of Bhitai’s poetry which mostly comprised of the folklore is titled Shah Jo Risalo. Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai (1689- 1752 CE) is a celebrated Sufi poet, philosopher and social reformist, who employed folklore as a major segment in his poetry. The folk literature of Sindh, like all other folk literature is the result of an interaction of cultural, geographical and religious factors that offers valuable historical evidence of cultural influence. This article is an attempt to examine the significance of folk literature which embodies the history, tradition and culture implies a socio-cultural corpus specific to a particular ethnic group, and includes folk-behavior or the study of the specific customs and beliefs of a given social group and folk life or the study of folk-traditions. Findings show that the participants’ use of Sindhi folk literature contributes to their psychological (eudemonic, evaluative, and hedonic) wellbeing, spiritual healing, and social satisfaction. Therefore, this research, conducted by collecting data from 15 aged participants through interviews and conversations, seeks to explore how senior Sindhis have used folk literature such as poetry, proverbs, and tales as therapy for their healing.

Although research on healthy ageing from medical and health care perspectives has been increasingly conducted in different contexts, there is a need to explore how folk literature can contribute to psychological, spiritual, and social wellbeing.

Given the scarcity of health care policies targeted at Sindh’s aged persons, the use of folk literature as therapy has increased to support against isolation, depression, and distress caused by COVID-19 and lockdowns. Due to COVID-19 and the repeated imposition of lockdowns in Pakistan’s Sindh province, the life of senior citizens has become challenging.

Sindhi attitude poetry