Socio-Cultural Aspects of Identity Formation of Lahore City

Abstract

The fascinating Lahore has a marvelous past, gleaming present and marvelous future. It has seen several sovereigns with diverse beliefs and traditional backgrounds and still has different individualities globally. The walled city has thirteen ancient gates, famous mosques with historical backgrounds, astonishing fort, temples, mythical manor houses, and blossoming gardens .The objectives of the study is to explore the socio-cultural aspects of identity formation of the city of Lahore and to identify the historical impact of social and cultural traditions on the social behaviors of Lahore's people. The nature of the research is qualitative. The historical and ethnographic method is used and an analytical procedure is applied to analyze the data. Primary and secondary sources are used for data collection. The study concludes that Lahore with its rich culture, splendid architecture, the best food, and tremendous artwork identifies it as the cultural capital of Pakistan. Over the centuries, many cultural changes happened but it retained its genuine cultural values that can be observed even in a new generation of the city.