culture heritage of india
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Cultural Heritage of INDIA
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INDIA has the Largest and most populous Democracy in the World
12th Largest Economy in nominal dollars
Population: 1.15 billion, 1.7% growth rate
Basic Facts:
Society: Family and Customs Languages Religion Festivals Cuisine Literature
Our Culture
Strict social hierarchy
Patriarchy
Caste system
Integration of religion
Traditional Indian Families: Large joint families Mostly rural
Modern Nuclear Families
Society CustomsRespect for Elders
Respect one another
Being Helpful
Treat guests as Gods
Two major groups:◦ Indo-European or Indo-Aryan languages◦ Dravidian Languages
Northern Indian: Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali and Oriya
Southern Indian: Tamil ,Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu
Languages
Major Religions: Hinduism – 80.4% Islam – 13.4% Buddhism Jainism Sikhism Christianity
Plays a central and definitive role in the lives of most people
Religion
National Holidays:
• Independence Day – 15th August• Republic Day – 26th January• Gandhi Jayanti – 2nd October
Harvest Festivals:
• Sankranti• Pongal• Onam
Religious Festivals:
• Diwali• Ganesh Chaturthi• Holi• Navratri• Rakshabandhan• Dussehra• Durga Puja• Buddh Purnima• Christmas• Eid and Ramadan
FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS
Combination of Middle East, Central Asia and Mediterranean
Major types of cuisine: North Indian: Mughlai, Punjabi, Kashmiri Western Cuisine: Gujarati, Maharashtrian, Rajasthani, Goan Eastern Cuisine: Bengali Southern Cuisine North Eastern
Cuisine
Classical Literature: Sanskrit Tamil Sangam Pali Canon
Epics: Mahabharata and Ramayana
Regional literature – as many languages
Contemporary Indian writers:◦ Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Shashi Tharoor, Vikram
Chandra, Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri
Literature
Thank You
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