1) The document provides an overview of Indian culture, including religions, foods, festivals, dances, music, and traditions. 2) It discusses several classical and folk dances, as well as the influence of dance in Indian films. Popular festivals described include Diwali, Holi, and Dussehra. 3) The document also briefly outlines aspects of family and social structure in India, such as the tradition of arranged marriages and respect for elders.

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3. A NAMASTE TO ALL!
Namaḥ, to bow
te, "to you."
namo: stu te
"let there be a salutation to you!”
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4. I N D I A N C U L T U R E 4
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5. INTRODUCTION
The culture of India is the way of living of the people of India . India's languages,
religions,
dance , music , architecture , food , and customs differ from place to place within the
country.
India is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, collectively
known as
Indian religions.
India has one of the richest and most exciting cultural traditional in the world
India is one of the old civilization in the world
Indian constitution is one of the largest in the world
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6. INDIAN GOVERNMENT
India is the world's largest
democracy
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7. THE NATIONAL FLAG
The flag's saffron color symbolizes courage and sacrifice
white stands for peace and truth,
and green is for faith and chivalry,
blue represents the color of the sky and the ocean.
The 24 spokes of the wheel (Ashoka Chakra), correspond with the 24 hours of
the day, implying that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.
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9. THERE ARE 28 STATES AND 7 UNION
TERRITORIES IN INDIA
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11. INDIAN PEOPLE COME IN ALL SHAPES & SIZES
I. People with different clothing
II. people with different religions
III. people with different foods
IV. people with different celebrations
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12. INDIAN PEOPLE EAT MANY FOODS
Rice
vegetables
seafood
meat-however cows are considered sacred by Hindus,many of whom are vegetarian
masala-spices
South-indian food viz.,Idli dosa
gujrati food viz.,thepla,dhokla
Bengali fish rice ........and many more
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13. INDIAN PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT RELIGIUOUS BELIEFS
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam(muslims)
Sikkhism
christianity
Jainism
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14. FESTIVALS IN INDIA
India, being a multi-cultural and multi-religious society, celebrates holidays and festivals of
various religions.
With India's cultural diversity, the
country has more festivals than
there are days in a year
Popular religious festivals include the Hindu festivals of Navratri,
Diwali , Maha Shivratri, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga puja, Holi, Ratha-Yatra , Ugadi , Rakshabandhan , and
Dussehra . Several harvest festivals such as Sankranthi, Pongal and Raja sankaranti swinging
festival "Nuakhai " are also fairly popular.
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15. MARRIAGES
For centuries, arranged marriages have been the tradition in Indian society.
In India, the divorce rate is low — 1% compared with about 40% in the United
States
Women initiate about 80 percent of divorces in India.
The nation celebrates about 10 million weddings per year,of which over 80% are
Hindu weddings.
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17. DANCES IN INDIA
Dances in india comprises the varied styles of dances in the country.
sangeet natak akademi,the national acedemy for performing arts,recognizes eight
distinctive traditional dances as indian classical dances.
folk dances are numerous in number and styles and vary according to the local
tradition of the respective state,ethnic or geographic regions.
dances in indian filmss are often noted for their idiosyncrasies and hold a significant
presence in popular culture ofd the indian subcontinent.
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18. CLASSICAL DANCE
Classical dance in india has developed a type of dance drama that is a form of a total
theatre.
Most of the classical dances enact stories from hindu mythology.
The tradition of dance has been condified in the natyashastra.
A performance is considered accomplished if it manages to evokje a rasa(emotions)among
the audience by invoking a particular bhava(gesture or facial expression)
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20. DANCES IN FILMS
The introduction of sound to cinema in the film Alam Ara in 1931, choreographed dance
sequences became ubiquitous in Hindi and other Indian films.
Dance in early Hindi films was primarily modelled on classical Indian dance styles and
particularly those of historic North Indian courtesans (tawaif ), or folk dancers.
Dance in early Hindi films was primarily modelled on classical Indian dance styles and
particularly those of historic North Indian courtesans (tawaif ), or folk dancers.
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21. MUSIC IN INDIA
The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk music , pop , and Indian classical music.
The two main traditions of Indian classical music are Carnatic music, which is found
predominantly in the peninsular regions, and Hindustani music, which is found in the
northern,eastern and central regions.
Rabindranath Tagore was a towering figure in Indian music. Writing in Bengali, he created a
library of over 2,000 songs.
The biggest form of Indian popular music is filmi , or songs from Indian films, it makes up 72%
of the music sales in India.
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22. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN INDIA
Many indian people live in villages in rural india
Other people in india live in large cities like
-new delhi
-mumbai
-kolkata
-chennai
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23. TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA
Planes
Trains
Cars
Rickshaws
Camel & donkey carts
Bicycles
Walking
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24. GREETINGS IN INDIA
The way of greeting “ Khuda hafis” is more Urdu and is
commonly used by Muslims in India. “ Jay Sreekrishna” is
a typical Gujarathi greeting, where sreekrishna is a Hindu
God. There could be regional and cultural variations in
the way of greeting, but I repeat , “ Namasthae “ is always
safe. Reply to Namasthae is also Namsthae. You can
prefix “Namsthae” with the person’s name, if you wish.
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25. INDIAN TRADITION
The uniqueness of Indian culture lies in its strong social system and family
values .
The elders are considered the driving force and so are respected and loved .
The guests are considered as gods and are treated with respect and love, even
if by foregoing some of the personal pleasures.
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26. THE NATIONAL ANIMAL- TIGER
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27. NAME PROTOCOL
Younger never uses the proper name of their elders. (eg: Anna, Akka etc.)
Only people of the same age will address each other by first name.
A Hindu wife never speaks the name of her husband .
CAUTION WITH FOOTWEAR: It is very important to apologize immediately if one
touches someone with his or her shoe or sandal
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28. CONCLUSION
The indian culture is often labelled as an amalgamation of several cultures
It spans across the indian subcontinent and has been influenced by a
history that is several millennia old.
Many elements of india's diverse cultures,such as indian religions,yoga and
indian cuisine have had a profound impact across the world
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