Cultural Heritage of India

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