Going out for Chinese ?
January 18, 2008
Culture of China
Chinese Culture is one of the world’s oldest and intricate civilizations with an ancient history of over 5,000 years. It covers a huge geographical area with traditional changes between cities, towns and countries and each sections sometimes divided into individual sub-cultures. The Culture of China is broadly denotes the common cultural foundation.
People of China
In China, many ethnic groups have existed but Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group. These groups have been incorporated within their neighboring ethnicities and many groups with the identity of Han have kept an individual linguistic and regional cultural tradition. Zhonghua Minzu is a Chinese term that is used to explain the view of Chinese nationalism in general and the traditional cultural identity within the community is recognized by the family name.
Languages Spoken in China
In China, languages mainly belong to the family of Sino-Tibetan, spoken by 29 ethnicities. Spoken Chinese has been compiled from a number of Chinese dialects since long. The most spoken languages are Mandarin(spoken by 70% population), Yue(Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Gan, Min, Xiang and Hakka. Non-Sinitic languages included Zhuang(Thai), Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur(Turkic), Hmong and Korean are widely spoken by ethnic minorities. In the Ming Dynasty standard spoken Chinese was nationalized, but it was until the Republic of China in the 20th century, that there was any positive result in the idea of promoting a common language in China.
The standard of the written language was Classical Chinese being used for thousands of years in China, although in the ancient times it was reserved for the erudite scholars.
Indian Culture: A salad bowl of delicacies…
January 7, 2008
India is an independent nation in South Asia. Its culture has been created through a long history and is the combination of customs and traditions of both migrants and raiders, even while protecting its ancient heritage from the Indus Valley Civilization. Existing for more than five millinnea, its large variety of culture habitual, customs, languages and traditions shows it’s co-mingling. Many religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism have mainly started in India and then spread all over the world. Their culture was influenced by the Parsian, Arabic, Turkish and English cultures.
India’s religions and the multi-coloured traditions were shaped with those mixtures have inspired South East Asia and other countries of the world.
Namaste India !
January 7, 2008
Official Name: Republic of India
When to go: All the seasons are good:)
Transportation Details:
By Air
Domestic Airports in India: Palam Airport(New Delhi), Amritsar Airport (Amritsar), Srinagar Airport (Srinagar), Jammu Airport (Jammu), Kullu Manali (Bhuntar, Kullu), Chandigarh Airport(Chandigarh), Sanganer Airport (Jaipur), Agra Civil Enclaves, Kheria (Agra), Amausi Airport(Lucknow), Varanasi Airport (Varanasi), Shimla Airport (Shimla), Jolly Grant Airport(Dehradun), Pant Nagar Airport(Pant Nagar), C.A. Kanpur (Kanpur), Jodhpur Airport (Jodhpur), Santa Cruz Domestic Airport (Mumbai), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport (Ahmedabad), Goa Airport (Vasco da Gama), C. E. Bhuj (Bhuj), Kandla Airport (Gandhi Dham, Kutch), Jamnagar Airport (Jamnagar), Rajkot Airport(Rajkot), Porbandar Airport (Porbandar), Keshod Airport (Keshod), Bhavnagar Airport(Bhavnagar), Calicut Airport (Vadodara), Aurangabad Airport(Aurangabad), Bombay Airport (Juhu, Bombay), Pune Airport(Pune).
International Airports in India: Indira Gandhi International Airport (New Delhi), Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai), Begumpet Airport (Hyderabad), Calicut International Airport (Calicut), Chennai International Airport(Chennai), Cochin International Airport(Cochin), HAL Airport(Banglore), Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad), Trivandrum International Airport (Trivandrum), Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (Nagpur), Amausi Airport (Lucknow), Mangalore International Airport (Mangalore).
Quick Facts
Total area: 3,287,590 sq km
Population (2007 est.): 1,129,866,154
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): New Delhi (capital) and Mumbai (largest city)
Monetary unit/Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
Time zone: IST (UTC+5:30)
Internet country code: .in
Calling code: +91
Geographic coordinates: 20 00N, 77 00 E
Climate: varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Business Information:
- Major Industries: chemicals, food processing, textiles, steel, transportation equipment, mining, machinery, petroleum, software
- Exports:
- Natural Resources: coal, chromite, diamonds, iron ore, bauxite, manganese, mica, titanium ore, natural gas, petroleum, limestone, arable land
- Agriculture: cotton, rice, wheat, jute, tea, sugarcane, oilseed, potatoes, cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry, fish
Other Data
President: Pratibha Patil
Independence Day: 15 August (from UK)
Languages: English is the most important language for national, political and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi and Urdu
Religion: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%
Right to vote: 18years and above.
Sounds of Bangladesh
December 31, 2007
Music, dance and drama
The music and dance of Bangladesh since its development has been divided into three parts namely classical, folk and modern. The classical type of music and dance exhibits influence of common classical ways of the Indian subcontinent and accordingly this proves that music and dance in Bangladesh got inspiration from dance forms like Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi. The folk and ethnic music and dance of the region are original and belonged to Bangladesh culture. Some dancing styles like Manipuri and Santal are in fashion in the north-eastern part of the Indian subcontinent but Bangladesh has also created and developed its own separate dancing styles. Traditional folk songs and music are very famous among Bangladeshi people. They use several musical instruments such as flute, drums, ektara, dotara, guitar and saxophone. Drama is equally popular in Bangladesh.
Artisticaly Bangladesh
December 31, 2007
Arts and crafts of Bangladesh
Many successful artists of fine arts such as Zainul, Abedin, SM Sultan, Quamrul Hassan, Shahbuddin Ahmed, Ronobi and Hashem Khan belong to Bangladesh. The work of these painters is symbolic of its culture. The handicrafts and cottage industries of Bangladesh play an important part in continuing its cultural heritage. In the earlier and middle era, most popular handicrafts were textiles, metal works, jewellery, cane, wood works, bamboo works, clay and pottery work. Nakshi Kantha work is one of the popular types of handicraft.
