It is appropriate to state that the outset of the social-cultural anthropology in India is a sub-divisional anthropology but overall the Indian anthropology is one and derived from ancient culture. the Indian anthropology in south Asia have very must influence over others. Once upon a time the meaning of India was understood entire South Asia and the main center was at present India but at present the boundary of India comes to limited and squeezed. Therefore the Indian anthropology has more importance then other part of South Asia.
ANCIENT CULTURE
Indian culture is one
ancient culture in world and is worldwide famous and everybody are interested
to know the Indian Culture. Two ancient scripts which is commonly known as
RAMAYANA and MAHABHARAT give new light to world. The Mahabharata and the Ramayaṇa are the oldest preserved and well-known epics of India culture.
Versions have been adopted as the epics of Southeast Asian countries like
Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. The Ramayana consists of 24,000
verses in seven books (kaṇḍas) and 500 sargas and
the story of Rama (an incarnation or Avatar of the Hindu preserver-god Vishnu),
whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana. This epic
played a pivotal role in establishing the role of dhárma (truth) as a principal
ideal guiding force for Hindu way of life.
The earliest parts of the Mahabharata text
date to 400 BC and is estimated to have reached its final form by the early
Gupta period. In addition to these two great Indian epics, there are The Five
Great Epics of Tamil Literature composed in classical Tamil language —
Manimegalai, Civaka Cintamaṇi, Silappadikaram,
Valayapathi and Kundalakesi.
RAMAYANA
As per the Indian mythology, the Ramayan is written by the Sages
Balmik prior to the incident / occurrence by seen his spiritual divine at the
period of “Tratya Yuga”. The Ramayana is
alienated of seven kanda . the seven
kandas are Bala Kanda, Ayodhya Kanda, Aranya Kanda, Kishkindha Kanda, Sundara Kanda, Yuddha Kanda and Uttara Kanda. This holy script show many
thing but I am giving just one illustration:- if any one ready this holy script
then come to know that if you go against a woman then you will lose everything
( like Ravan) and another things the relation between two brother if one
brother is your enemy then he can destroy another brothers (like Ravan and
Bivisana, Bali and Sugriba) everything and if two brother is good in
relationship then they can defeat even a monster (like Rama and Laxman).
MAHABHARAT
As
per the Indian mythology, like Ramayan, Mahabharat is also a holy book which
gives light to world, Sages Vyasa is written the Mahabharat prior to the
occurance by seen his spiritual divine at the period of “Dwapara Yuga” the
Mohabharat is divided into 18 books / pravas like Adi Parva, Sabha Parva, Vana
Parva, Virata Parva, Udyoga Parva, Bhishma Parva, Drona Parva, Karna Parva,
Shalya Parva, Sauptika Parva, Stri Parva, Shanti Parva, Anushasana Parva,
Ashvamedika Parva, Ashramavasika Parva, Mausala Parva, Mahaprasthanika Parva
and Svargarohana Parva. The topic of this mahabharat is over property of
brothers and misbehavior of brothers
(Kurava) to a woman (Dropati). This holy script mention that If you stand on
the way of truth then lord will help you always directly and indirectly like
Lord Krushna / Krishna. Lord always take rebirth to destroy the monster who
stand against truth. In Hinduism, Bhagbat Gita is a holy book. Lord Krishna whatever told to Arjuna at the
time of battle in battlefield that is called Bhagbat Gita. Every problem has
solution in Bhagbat Gita. What is indicated
in Guta, the same things are also indicated in KORAN and BIBLE.
Even
at the end of Dwapara Yuga, lord Kirshna also described about Kali Yuga. What
is the case of Kali yuga, what will happen in kali yuga and how it will end.
Like the present scenario(COVID-19 pandemic situation) also indicated human
being will use mask and stay home like Zoo and they will fear to meet with
other persons.
In these books many type of social, behavior ideology, intention
of human, Karma of a human etc are mention in these script which are never
mention any other religion or any country. Every human should know concept of the
above holy scripts.
Many country is adopting the Indian culture like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand and China (are adopting BOUDHAISM / BUDDHIST Culture). many other country also adopting Indian Culture in name of IskON Culture (worship Lord Krishna / Lord Jaganath)
VEDAS
There are
four Vedas i.e. Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samadeda, Atharvaveda. Each Veda has four part i.e. Samhitas (mantras), Aranyakas (tradition, rituals, ceremonies, etc), Brahmanas (commentaries on rituals, ceremonies and
sacrifices), and Upanishads (meditation, philosophy and spiritual knowledge).
The role of Veda have very much important for the human being and in it have
the solution of many problem even the medico treatment. More about Vedas:- https://conceptofculture.blogspot.com/2020/08/vedas.html
LIFESTYLE AND STATUS OF
WOMAN
There is a specialty in Indian culture i.e. the relationship
between man and women and the status of women. Indian is only one country where
one can find out that the women get the heist respect than man. The woman has
many roles in her life like one time she has role mother, sister, wife, friend
and daughter. It is a special status in India to give respect to the woman but
it is a causal and normal manner. Since Ramayana and Mahabharat, or prior to
that the woman get the respect and the equal status like as man. Indian tradition is different in case of woman
because of special status. If we think present days, then when India get her
freedom and from that days woman get rights to participate in voting but in
case of USA, the woman get their voting rights after 100 years of independence.
In Indian culture have many occasion where without woman that cannot
be happened or cannot be completed. Normally we think that woman only can be
widow after the death of her husband but in India man can be widow after the
death of his wife. The widow person cannot take part in many occasion. This think
comes from ancient time and mythology like Ramayan.
The life style of Indian are
different then other. In India there are many States and the life style is
different from States to States. But many things are common like dressing sense. Indian tradition in relation to dressing
sense is that the woman must wear Saree. The sari is a single cloth and needs
no stitching; it is easy to make and comfortable to wear, and also adheres to
religious custom. It initially started as a Hindu tradition but has very gracefully
spread across all religions. The same applies to the more functional
'Kurta-Pyjama', and the formal wear of 'Sherwani' for Indian men of all faiths.
Thus dressing sense is presently popular in other part of world.
EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
The Education System and Educational Institution was very famous in world and many persons were come to India to get the knowledge of Yoga, Vedas, Medico and many more. During ancient time Nalanda, Takshashila, vikramashila,Valabhi, Pushpagiri etc were the famous in world and at present those institution are destroyed due to various reasons. The Knowledge of Economic has derived from Chanakya and his Book “Arthasastra” have more importance in present days. They way of thinking of Chanakya make a country prosperous who lived around 337 Century B.C. Other Indian also have given a new light in field of Astrology. Aryabhata, the prominent Astrploger, Astronomer and father of Arithmetic from Patliputra who lived around 6th Century B.C.
RELIGIONS
India is only one country and its is also called some time that
biggest democracy country of the world. There is no special status or any
special class of people who can get the more privileges than other religions. There
is Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist etc live with co-operation to each
others. Due to involvement of some foreigners,
faced problem and they want to create disturbance in name of religion like various
Terrorist Groups.
Once upon a time other part of world was laughing but when
Vevekananda had given his speech at the first Worlds Parliament of Religions in
Chicago on 11th September, 1893, the whole world was astonished. From
that days the importance of Indian Culture increased.
FOOD CULTURE AND LANGUAGE
Food culture always different from place to place. Due to spice
food, India is famous in world. Every place in India have some specialty for
food and particular place that can be available. GUP CHUP (PANIPURI) is famous not
only in India but also in some part of world. Many food item are exporting to
outside due to demand.
In Indian “HINDI” language is popular more than other but there
are other language also available in State wise. But Constitution of India has
approved 26 language on official. The English language is widely accepted as
official language. Expect those 26 language, other language is also used. The Sanskrit
language is the very old language and it is called as mother of all other
language.
OTHER POINT OF VIEW
The busy cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi contain a
melting pot of rapid economic development and technological innovation, with a
notable example being the continually expanding telecommunications sector. Such
cities demonstrate India's rise as an economic and political powerhouse on the
world stage. This is also represented by the Diaspora of Indian people
throughout the globe. The large metropolitan cities stand in contrast to the
hundreds of thousands of villages and small towns, each containing distinctive
micro-societies. Indians can often determine, where someone is from based on
their accent, language, style of dress and manner. Indeed, it is common to find
people having a sense of regional pride and identity towards their place of origin.
The
important contemporary Indian musical forms included film and Indi pop. Film
refers to the wide range of music written and performed for mainstream Indian
cinema, primarily Bollywood, and accounts for more than 70 percent of all music
sales in the country. Indi-pop is one of the most popular contemporary styles
of Indian music which is either a fusion of Indian folk, classical or Sufi
music with Western musical traditions.
Bollywood is the informal
name given to the popular Mumbai-based film industry in India. Bollywood and
the other major cinematic hubs (in Bengali Cinema, Oriya film industry,
Assamese, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Punjabi and Telugu) constitute
the broader Indian film industry, whose output is considered to be the largest
in the world in terms of number of films produced.
In Hinduism, the cow is
regarded as a symbol of ahimsa (non-violence), mother goddess and bringer of
good fortune and wealth. For this reason, cows are revered in Hindu culture and
feeding a cow is seen as an act of worship. This is why beef remains a prohibited
food in mainstream Hindu and Jain society.
