Cultural Heritage of INDIA
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
70% Rural with severe cases of Urban Agglomeration
Basic Facts:
Society: Family and Customs Regional Diversity Languages Religion Festivals Cuisine Performing Arts Sports Literature Indian Film Industry
Our Culture
Strict social hierarchy
Patriarchy
Caste system
Integration of religion
Traditional Indian Families: Large joint families Mostly rural
Modern Nuclear Families
Society
Respect for Elders
Respect one another
Being Helpful
Treat guests as Gods
Customs
Regional Diversity
1576 mother tongues!!! 29 languages > 1 million speakers 60 languages > 100,000 speakers 122 languages > 10,000 speakers
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
Festivals & 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
Theater: Kutiyattam – oldest 1.Folk Theater 2.Puppet Theater 3.Modern
Theater
Dance: Folk: Bhangra, Dandiya, Garba, Ghoomar Classical: Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Oddisi
Music: Hindustani and Carnatic Folk Music:
Bauls, Bhangra, Bhavageete, Dandiya, Lavani Popular (Filmi) music Qawwali, Rabindra Sangeet, Rajasthani
Modern Music: Indi-pop music, Rock and Metal music, Dance Music
PERFORMING ARTS
Performing Arts
SPORTS
Cricket – Most PopularIndian Cricket Team (BCCI)Indian Cricket League (ICL)
Field Hockey – National SportIndian Hockey TeamPremier Hockey League (PHL)
Football (Soccer) – Popular in the East
SPORTS
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
Bollywood – Mumbai based film industry
Tollywood – Kolkata based film industry
Kollywood -Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
POLLYWOOD-Punjab based film
Indian Film Industry
INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY
Thank You
PRESENTED BY: SARGUN KOHLIVI-C