Tuesday, February 24, 2009

S.2 Q.3 Culture Blog #8

India is very unique it’s geography and it’s long history. India is very diverse with culture practices, languages, customs, and traditions. Many languages are spoken there about one thousand languages which are spoken by a group of more than ten thousand people. The main languages that are spoken are English and Hindi. The population in India was 1,028,610,328 Hindus is 80.456%, Muslims 13.434%,Christians 2.341%, Sikhs 1.868%, Buddhists 0.7773%, Jains 0.411%, Others 0.6454%, religion not stated 0.07%. Religion plays a big part in India, which is the most diverse nation when it comes up with religion. India is very different compare to the United States their animals are all basically cattle and sheep. Also there’s arranged marriage so you don’t get the opportunity to choose your own partnership your parents get to make that decision. For clothing it’s traditional for women to wear saris and men Dhoti, Lungi, or Kurta. For little girls they wear pavada which is a long skirt worn under a blouse. Every place on earth is different with food, clothing, religion, etc.

Wikipedia Encyclopedia. “India’s Culture”. Wikimedia Foundations Inc. 22 February 2009. 24 February 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_India

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