Cultures of india

CULTURES IN INDIA

CULTURES

1.Religions & spirituality

2.Cuisine

3.Clothing

4.Languages and Literature

5.Performing arts

6.Visual arts

7.Sports & martial arts

8.Popular media

Religions and spirituality

• India is the birth place of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, collectively known as Indian religions

• India is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world,

• The religion of 80% of the people is Hinduism. Islam is practiced by around 13% of all IndiansSikhism, Jainism and especially Buddhism are influential not only in India but across the world

• Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism are also influential but their numbers are smaller.

• Family
• Marriage
• Namaste
• Festivals
• Names and language
• Animals and Birds

• Religions and spirituality.

Namaste
Namaste, namaskar or Namaskara or Namaskaram, VanakkamNomoshkaar is a common spoken greeting in Indian subcontinent.
Namaskar is considered formal version than Namaste but both express deep respect.Taken literally, it means "I bow to you“,word is derived from Sanskrit (namah): to bowand (te): "to you".
Family
Family plays a significant role in the Indian culture. For generations, India has had a prevailing tradition of the joint family system. It is a system under which extended members of a family – parents, children, the children’s spouses and their offspring, etc.
Marriage
For centuries, arranged marriages have been the tradition in Indian society though men and women have always had the choice of who they want to marry. Even today, the vast majority of Indians have their marriages planned by their parents and other respected family-members,
The divorce rate is extremely low compared with about 50% in the United States .
The arranged marriages generally have a much lower divorce rate.
Festivals
India, being a multi-cultural and multi-religious society, celebrates festivals of various religions. Popular religious festivals include the Hindu festivals of Navratri, Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga puja, Holi ,Rakshabandhan and Dussehra.