The document discusses the importance of Indian culture in education. It begins by defining culture and explaining India's cultural diversity in terms of regions, religions, languages, art, music, dance, literature, clothing, and cuisines. It then discusses how culture plays an important role in education by guiding individual development, influencing curriculum and textbooks, helping individuals reflect on themselves, and creating a model learning environment. The document advocates understanding the importance of diversity in education and allowing students to share cultural values in a non-discriminatory manner.
2. • GETTING A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS CULTURE
• UNDERSTANDING INDIA AS A CULTURALLY DIVERSIFIED COUNTRY
• CLASSIFYING INDIA INTO ZONES AND UNDERSTANDING THE CUISINES AND THEIR PREVALENCE
• UNDERSTANDING HOW CULTURE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN EDUCATION AND ITS
CONTRIBUTIONS THEREOF
3. WHAT IS CULTURE?
• GOOD KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD TASTE
• ACQUIRED BY AN INDIVIDUAL AS A SOCIETAL MEMBER
•VARIEGATED
•RELATED TO CIVILITY AND EDUCATION
GLOBAL
NATIONAL
COMMUNAL
INDIVIDUAL
Culture
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN INDIA
• ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVILIZATIONS
•MELTING POT OF A PLETHORA OF PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE ORIGINS
•LARGEST DEMOCRACY
•DIVERSE ON THE BASE OF CULTURE BUT NOT IN THE NAME OF
RELIGION
4. •INDUS VALLEY- TOWN PLANNING
•BUDDHIST ART AT AJANTA
•SOUTHERN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE -PALLAVA,
CHOLA AND HOYSALA DYNASTIES- MAHABALIPURAM•CHANDELA SCHOOL– KHAJURAHO
•INDO- ISLAMIC SCHOOL- DELHI SCOOL+ MUGHAL SCHOOL
•POST COLONIAL ERA- INDO SARCENIC= HINDU+ ISLAMIC
+WESTERN FORM
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF RELIGION
ARCHITECTURE
•CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE- RIGHT TO RELIGION
•NUMBER OF PILGRIM PLACES FOR ALL RELIGIONS
•VEDAS UPANISHADS- EARLIEST SPIRTIUAL TEXTS
•DARSHANA /PHILOSOPHY
•KARMAYOGA- WAY OF LIFE
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
5. MUSIC AND DANCE
• HINDUSTANI MUSIC
• CARNATIC MUSIC WHICH ENCOMPASSES MUSIC OF THE SOUTH
• DOHAS / COUPLETS , HYMNS, SUFIANA MUSIC, DEVOTIONAL RENDITIONS
• SIGNATURE STYLES BY BARDS POETS
• DIVERSIFIED FOLK MUSIC
• CLASSICAL DANCE – BHARATANATYAM, KATHAK,ODISSI ETC.
• FOLK DANCES BASED OUT OF THE REGIONS OF THEIR ORIGIN
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
• 122 LANGUAGES AND 1600 DIALECTS
• HINDI AND ENGLISH ARE MAJORLY SPOKEN
• INDO ARYAN AND DRAVIDIAN
• VEDAS, PURANAS UPANISHADS EPICS--- SANSKRIT
• BUDDHIST / JAINIST LITERATURE--- PALI, PRAKRITI
• UTTARAHARIVAMSHA (TELUGU), HADIBADEYA DHARMA (KANNADA)
KURAL (TAMIL)
PALI LITERATURE
VEDAS
DANCE FORMS OF INDIA
TAMIL INSCRIPTIONS
6. CLOTHING
PAINTING
•EARLIEST RECORDS FROM CAVE
PAINTINGS
•VARIETY OF NATURAL COLOURS AND DYES
•SCHOOLS OF ART
MADHUBANI TANJORE
MYSORE RAJPUT
MUGHAL PAHADI
FESTIVALS
•HARMONIOUS CO-EXISTENCE
•OCTOBER TO JANUARY
•HAPPINESS, COLOUR , POMP
AND GLORY
•CELEBRATED ACCORDING TO
AUSPICIOUS MOMENTS
7. Wazwan
Goshtaba
Sheermal
Baqerkhani
Khaand
Kaahva
Noon Chai
PARANTHA
CHAAT
Dahi Bhalla
Laddoo
KASHMIRI CUISINE
•RICE IS THE STAPLE FOOD
•MEAT BEING MORE PREVALENT
•VARIETY OF BREADS
•TURMERIC , YOGHURT, CLOVES, SAFFRON, CINNAMON ,
CARDAMOM, DRY FRUITS
DELHI CUISINE
•KNOWN MAINLY FOR STREET FOOD
•INFLUENCED BY VARIOUS CULTURES NAMELY PUNJABI AND
MUGHLAI
•VARIETY OF PARANTHAS DOMINATE THE SCENARIIO
•KABABS, CHAAT, SWEETS
Kebabs
8. PUNJABI CUISINE
•TANDOORI CUISINE IS WELL KNOWN
•WHOLE GRAINS, FRUITS VEGETABLES AND MEAT FORM A PART OF
THE CUISINE
•PARANTHA-DAL- SABZI
•LASSI/ CHAAS
UTTAR
PRADESH
UTTAR PRADESH CUISINE
•CONTRASTING CUISINES
•BANARAS- MAJORLY VEGETARIAN
•LUCKNOW- AWADHI CUISINE
10. BIHAR
•SIMPLE AND DRY
•MAKES USE OF MAINLY MAIDA , SATTU AND GHEE
ODISHA
•SIMPLE RELIES ON LOCAL INGREDIENTS
•SEA FOOD IS MORE POPULAR
•FOOD IS NOT AS SPICY AS THE TYPICAL
INDIAN CUISINE
Litti Chokha
Chandrakala
Thali
PAKHALA
KANIKA
CHHENA PORA
KHAAJA
WEST BENGAL
•DIFFERS ACCORDING TO REGIONAL TASTE
•EMPHASIS ON FISH RICE AND SWEETS
•BENGALI CUISINE ALSO FOLLOWED IN
TRIPURA AND PARTS OF ASSAM
11. GUJARAT
•PRIMARILY VEGETARIAN
•DISHES CAN BE SWEET SALTY AND SPICY
•SPICES VARY SEASONALLY
RAJASTHAN
Daal Baati
Churma
Gatte ki
Sabzi
Laal Maas
Handvo
Thepla
Dhokla
Fafda
GUJARAT
Rotlo
Undhiyo
Kadhi Pakoda
Maharashtra
Pav Bhaji
Modak
Bomballi
Basundi
Kaju Curry
Cafreal
Chicken
RAJASTHAN
•CHILLIES GROW IN ABUNDANCE
•FOOD COOKED IN MILK AND GHEE
•FOOD THAT COULD LAST FOR DAYS
WITHOUT HEATING IS PREFFERED
MAHARASHTRA
•FISH BASED
•MILD GRAVY TO SPICY
•INTERIOR AND COASTAL CUISINE
12. SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE
•PRIMARILY VEGETARIAN
•DISHES ARE HEALTHY BUT SOUR GENERALLY
•RAGI, RICE AND PULSES ARE THE
MAIN INGREDIENTS
Bisebele bhaat
APPAM- STEWAVIAL
IDYAPPAM
PUTTU
Kaarmeen
Koottu
Chaaru
RAAGI MUDDE
PONGAL
DOSA
Idli- Sambar
UPMA
THALASERRY BIRIYANI
PULIHORA
13. • CULTURAL PATTERNS GUIDE AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
• PREPARATION OF CURRICULUM , TEXT BOOKS ETC.
• CULTURE HELPS THE INDIVIDUAL TO REFLECT ON HIMSELF/ HERSELF
• ADAPTATION TO /MODIFYING OF THE EXISTING CULTURE
• HELPS IN CREATING A MODEL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
14. Understand the importance of diversity in
education
Help me create an all inclusive diversified
interactive classroom
Understand the contribution of cultural
diversity in a student’s eagerness to know
Allow me to develop content which will help
students uplift and preserve cultural values
Allow students to share and care for their
fellow classmates in a non discriminatory
manner.