SOCIAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY- Northern ,Western , Southern , Eastern Cultural Diversity.

 SOCIAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY- Ladakhi, Kashmiri- Muslim, Kinnauri, Punjab, Hindu, Marathi And Dravidian Cultural Region. 

LADAKHI-BUDDHIST CULTURAL REGIONS

·     The region is dominated by Buddhism (religion) and Ladakhi (language).

·     The region has many monasteries and scared and cultural centers like Leh and Dharamshala. The different features of this culture include:

 1) These people practice Buddhist practice of meditation in their daily life.

2) These people have come more from Tibet and settled in their daily life.

 3) They follow Dalai Lama as their Religious and political head.

KASHMIRI-MUSLIM CULTURAL REGION

·      This region covers the valley of Kashmir and northern Jammu as well as some parts of ladakh.

·     The main religion is Islam and the language is Kashmiri. Features of this culture includes:

 

a) Majority of people of Kashmiri practice Muslim religion and most of them are Sunnis.

b) Rice is staple foods of Kashmiri

c) In this region, main fruits are grown like apples.

d) Kashmir has been noted for its fine arts for centuries, including poetry and handicraft.

e) Kashmir’s are celebrated for their beauty –fair complexion.

 

KINNAURI-DEV BHUMI CULTURAL REGION

This region comprises mountains Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The religions places are

·        Hardwar

·        Rishikesh

·         Badrinath

·         Kedarnath

·        Chintpurni(HP)

Features of these peoples are:

·  They speak Hindi language

·  Hinduism is the prominent religion.

·  Mostly they live in mountains or lower mountain areas.

 

PUNJABI CULTURAL REGION

·        This region covers Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Delhi. The majority population of Punjab is Sikh religion who speaks gurumukhi language.

·        The region has many gurudwaras including the Golden Temple at Amritsar and Anandpur Sahib. Features are:

·        People of this region are very entrepreneurs and prefer to work on their own than working for someone else.

·        They prefer to spend money on eatables, cars and dresses • they even do not afraid to bend the rules.

·        They are very active.

·        They like food like dal roti,maki ki roti.

HINDU CULTURAL REGION

·        This cultural region is spread over Bihar, Haryana, UP, MP, Rajasthan, J&K, HP. Hinduism is main religion and Hindi is its language.

·        The major language spoken in this region includes Hindi, Punjabi, Haryanvi, and Urdu. Features of people of this Cultural regions include:

·        They usually visit to Temples on different occasions.

·        Ladies of this region prefer to wear Saris of different fabrics.

·        Mughal historical sites of such region include Taj Mahal, fatehpur Sekari. North-East India Region

·        This region spread over the North-east, this zone includes 7 states of India-Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland.

·        The region has great diversity in religions, languages, customs and folk traditions.

·        This region is dominated by different tribes groups like Nagas, Khasi, Garo, Mishing.

BENGALI CULTURAL REGION

·        Spread over West Bengal and parts of Jharkhand, Bihar and orissa is dominated by Bengali language. The other languages spoken in this region include Hindi, Bhojpori and oriya. Feature of this culture include:

·        The people of this region like to eat fish very much.

·        The people of this region are very much interested in art and music.

·        People of this region are very educated and have good writing and communication skills.

MARATHI- GUJARATI HINDU CULTURAL REGION

·        This cultural region stretches over Maharashtra, parts of Gujarat, Goa and some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka as well. It is dominated by Hinduism(religion) and Marathi(language) feature are:

·        This culture is very much famous as boll wood and cricketers. • People of Gujarat and Mumbai control most of India’s money.

·        People are very dedicates to work. Tribo-Hindu Cultural region

·        This region comparing tribal-Hindu mixed population. It is spread across Orrisa and Chhattisgarh as well.

·        This zone which has the maximum tribal concentration, from Chharttisgarh to Jharkhand and Orrisa.

·        The major tribes lying in this zone are the Santhals, Baiga, Muria, Munda and Birhor. This zone are shows a greater impact of Hinduism.

DRAVIDA-CULTURAL REGION

·        This region is spread over the southern states of India like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Karnataka and Kerala.

·        The dominant language are Tamil, Telgu, Kannada and Malayalam. The major cities of this region include Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum and Kochi. Features of this region include:

·        They take South Indian food like Dosas and Idly.

·        They are very simple people.

·        They are very loyal.

·        They are vegetarian.

·        They are very logical and mathematical.