CONSERVATION OF CULTURE

    CONSERVATION OF CULTURE

India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture and customs differ from place to place within the country, but nevertheless possess a commonality. The culture of India is an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures spread all over the Indian subcontinent and traditions that are several millennia old 

Several elements of India's diverse culture  such as Indian religions, yoga and Indian cuisine  have had a profound impact across the world.

              

                  India is the birth place of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, collectively known as Indian religions

The religion of 80% of the people is Hinduism. Islam is practiced by around 13% of all Indians. Sikhism, Jainism and especially Buddhism are influential not only in India but across the world. Christianity, Zoaroastrism, Judaism and the Bahá'í Faith are also influential but their numbers are smaller. Despite the strong role of religion in Indian life, atheism and agnostics also have visible influence along with a self-ascribed tolerance to other people

           India land of  rich and varied culture,  India the place we can still find the old traditions and rituals till today.  For every 200 km the culture changes from region to region , India is divide into  28 states each states has its own languages, culture , dressing style. There are 1652 mother tongues and in that 22 are officially recognished  languages . i.e , Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri , Gujarati, Hindi,  Kannada , Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Maithili, Nepali,  Odiya, Punjabi , Santhali, sindi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu. India is a secular country where we can find 7 religions and thousands of caste under it, whatever religion or caste may be but everyone proudly represents themselves as Indians.

       

         As day by day as the MNC companies are upcomingup  and also growth of  I.T and B.T companies , people are moving towards  westernization or modernization people are gradually forgetting our culture and traditions. Even  many people are settling in other countries. The craze of foreign traditions and culture is also not stopping people to use their goods and services. 

      

  Indian government is trying hard in preserving and focusing  of Indan culture throughout the world. for  ex

In hyderabad  there is a place  called shilparamam where we can find local artisans showcasing their beautiful hand made goods, handicrafts and handlooms and there is also wax dolls which shows the life style and culture of Andhra  Pradesh. same like this there is tribal museum in Araku valley and Hyderabad where we can see the lifestyle of tribals , their dressing style, food habits, traditional houses etc . as like A.P there are heritage villages or museum throughout the India .

Manipal samskruthi grama , in manipal,  Karnataka where we can find the old  traditional houses  from throughout the state like north Karnataka houses, bhatkal navyathi muslim houses, manlorean catholic houses, malnad houses etc.

In goa we have heritage village where it showcases the culture of entire konkan culture , there we can see lifestyle of goans.

          India is the land of fun and frolic. The Indians celebrate the various fairs and festivals to the extent that there are more number of fairs and festivals in a year than the total number of days. The rites and the rituals followed by the Indians, the enthusiasm and faith that are constant features add to the charm of the fairs and festivals. 

      

        Local festivals are increasingly being used as instruments for promoting tourism and boosting the regional economy. This is often reflected in the level of public assistance made available to them. However, it is difficult to assess the extent of the contribution of the festival to local economic growth,

Not only heritage villages Indian government also organizes fairs and festivals from which we can showcase our inidan culture and also we can preserve it.like

Surajkund craft mela : the indias biggest craft fair helds in haryana .

Hampi utsav: it brings back the lost glory of vijayanagar empire

Mysore dasara: the 10 day event makes us to remember the empire and glorious of  mysore wodeyars .

International kite festival: this is celebrated on 14 jan on the day of uttarayan (makara sankrathi) invites people fromthrouhout the world for competition

Vibrant gujrath : the  gujrat tourism attracts people for 10 days during navaratri festival where the colours relishes in the hearts of people in beautiful chaniya cholis and kediya the traditional dress of gujarathis, the whole 10 days the gujrath doesnt sleep

Pushkar fair : the worlds biggest cattle fair  where buyingand selling of cattles takes place.

Maha kumb mela: this happens once in 12 years where people take bath in triveni sangam that is ganga , yamuna and mystic saraswati

Maha mastakabhisheka : this is a jain festival it also happens once in 12 years where jains from throughout the world confluence in shravanbelagola in Karnataka 

Tarneta fair: this takes place during winter  in kutch state of gujarath 

Desert festival: this festival happens in jaisalmer the desert  district of rajasthan where tourist enjoy camel riding , folk songs and dances, desert food , handicrafts and handlooms .