Popular Festivals in India
• NO.1 Diwali -"Festival of Lights",(5 November). • NO.2 Holi-"Festival of Colors",(1 March).
• NO.3 Onam--Onam is a traditional ten day harvest festival that marks the homecoming of the mythical King Mahabali.(23 August) • NO.4 Pushkar Camel Fair--An astonishing 50,000 camels converge on the tiny desert town of Pushkar.
Various Religions
Sikhism 锡克教 Christianism 基督教
Buddhism 佛教
BUDDHISM佛教 ﹠ JAINISM耆那教
CHRISTIANISM基督教 ﹠ SIKHISM锡克教
HINDUISM
印度教
﹠ ISLAM
伊斯兰教
Hinduism
•The 3rd largest The oldest extant religion
The fane of Jainism
religious activities
Sikhism
•Against with Hinduism •Against with Caste system
•But want to eliminate the conflict among every religions
•Believe the only deity
The fane of Sikhism --- Daikin Temple
Costume of sikhism
Symbol
The national flower of India
National bird
Traditional Social Culture
•Idea --- The souls of people are perpetual
The fane of Hinduism--Prambanam
We are HOLY CATTLE.
Symbol of Hinduism
Every morning， many Hindus bath in the holy water of Varanasi Ganges River(瓦拉纳西恒河)
Wedding
• Bride always in red or white,with jewelry and long wreath with roses • Three parts:foot washing,hand holding,scattering flower retals • Eat traditional candy • After feast,the bride has a cry
Cuisine-----Food
features
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A vegetarian kingdom Milk and tea Mutton Tobacco and alcohol are not popular No knife and fork
Indian Chai
ART&LANGUGE
Don’t touch!
Like
Dislike
India
• H is to ric a l e v e n ts • C e re m o n y • F e s tiv a ls
Im porta nt E ve nts In India n H istory • 1.Partition of India & Pakistan (1947) • 2. Framing of Constitution (1950)
Geography Climate
Cuisine
belongs to tropical monsoon climate
take Bombay for example
tsunami
drought
The main places of interest in India
Taj Mahal泰姬陵
Funeral
• For many Hindus burying their dead,the most common practice is to cremate the body,collect the ashes,on the fourth day,disperse the ashes in a sacred body of water
• 3. Golden Temple Assault (1984)
• 4. Missile Launches and Green Revolution (20th century)
Hindu Baby Naming Ceremony-Namkaran
• Mostly on the 11th or 12th day after delivery • Female relatives gather around the cradle and sing traditional folk songs • Bless child and the mother together giving some gift items • A feast for all the family members
PAINTING
The evolution of India art style is affected not only by the beauty of form autonomy law, but also restricted by the India religion, philosophy transmutation • Buddhist art • Hindu Art
•More than 800 million adherents --- 82% of people
•Polytheism多神论 --- more than 300 million deities •Caste system种姓制度 --- Brahmin Vaishya Kshatriya Sūdra
Worship
Jainism
•“jai” means success. Name of a deity. •4.2 million worshippers. •High social status Powerful, rich and influential
Holy place of Jainism ---Udaipur
Normal greeting :Hold hands, palms together, under the chin and say, "Namaste," means "peace." A light handshake is considered the most polite form of greeting in India. It is considered impolite to offer your hand first to shake with a women, because of religious beliefs.
The influences of Hinduism and the tradition of the caste system have created a culture that emphasizes established hierarchical relationships. Indians are always conscious of social order and their status relative to other people. All relationships involve hierarchies.
Etiquettes and taboos
Just Can't Say No
• Indians do not like to express 'no,' An Indian would be considered terribly rude if you said “no”.
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Meeting Etiquette
• It was built for the wife of the king-Shahjahan沙贾汗 in Mughal dynasty（莫卧儿王朝 ）. • It was under the name of the title of the concubine妃子 .It means the first woman in Palace.
Social life of India
•Religion • Ideas and beliefs •Interesting social customs and traditions
•Deeply influented by religions •Religious diversity
Hinduism 印度教 Jainism 耆那教 Islam 伊斯兰教
LANGUAGE&LITERATURE
•1652 •33 •18 •ENGLISH AND HINDI LANGUAGE
DANCE
Belly Dance
• Northern Indian dance Manny pooley dance Cuttack dance • Southern Indian dance Bharatanatyam Getakeli dance