India

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India

• Its culture
• and tradition

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Structure

• Introduction
• Language
• Clothing
• Recreation and sports
• Festivals
• Music
• Dance
• Literature
• Architecture
• Paintings
• Theatre
• Media

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Introduction

• Diverse cultures
• Different religions
• Different food
• Different languages
• Different social habits and characeristics
• Reasons
• its vast geography
• immigrants and invaders

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Language

• Many different languages
• You can divide them into
• linguistic families

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Language

• 415 living languages
• Two official languages of communication
• Hindi and English
• There are official languages at the state and
  center but no one national language
• 14 official regional languages

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Clothing

• For Women
• 1. the salwar kameez

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• 2. the sari

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• For men
• 1. The dhoti

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• 2. the lungi

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• 3. the kurta

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Recreation and sports

• Martial arts originated in India
• Quite popular are field hockey, soccer and
  cricket
• Indigenous sports are kabaddi and gilli-danda

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• Popular indoor and outdoor games are
• Chess, Snakes and Ladders, Playing cards,
  Polo, Carrom and Badminton

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Festivals

• India is called the land of festivals and fairs
• There are many different festivals because of the
  varied religions
• One festival that doesn't depend on the religion
• Independence Day

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Music

• Variety of folk, popular, pop, classical music
• Based and influenced by Hindu texts
• Was developed over many eras
• Remains instrumental to religious inspiration,
  cultural expression and pure entertainment
• Ethnic groups, Persian, Arabic and English music
  had an impact on it

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Instruments

• Various string and wind instruments are usual
  (Sitar)
• Several kinds of drums
• and cymbals

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Dance

• A lot of classical dances
• Every dance represents a different culture and
  ethos of a region or group
• Often based on Hindu traditions at religious
  events

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Well-known folk dances

• bhangra of the Punjab

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• bihu of the Assam

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• kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh

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Literature

• Oldest tradition in the world
• Earliest works were orally transmitted and later
  written down
• Literature in 22 officially recognised languages
• Hindu literary traditions dominate
• Todays authors write in Indian and English

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Architecture

• 300BC the beginning can be traced back to the
  advent of Buddhism

Caves of Ajanta
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• Several Hindu temples in South India

Kesava Temple
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• Islamic influence in 8th century

Taj Mahal
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• Colonialism of Britain effects architecture

Victoria Memorial
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Paintings

• Earliest painting were rock paintings
• Temple paintings testified to a love of
  naturalism and God

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• Rangoli in front of the doorstep

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Also important

• Madhubani Paintings

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• Rajput Paintings

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• Tanjore Paintings

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• Present day artists amalgamate global art with
  Indian classical styles
• eg. Devajyoti Ray

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Indian-Theatre

• about cultures and traditions of India
• Old and varied art form
• India, as a colony of the British Empire, used
  theatre as one of its instruments in protest
• Presently threatened by TV, cinema and a lack of
  finance

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Media

• Broadcasting in India flourished since 1992
• India's cable TV market ist one of the world's
  largest
• Private radio relative newcomer
• Lively press
• Internet use has soared

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That wasIndiaA diverse country and a
diverse culturePresented byAnke
HülsandKathrin Dirks