my presentation talks about my country India a .It covers about religion,culture and ethnicity of the country .It also tells about the different kind of festivals celebrated in India . Everyone should come and visit this beautiful country with full of colors.

2. Culture & People
• India nearly has the population which is something
about 1.2 billion people that ranks them 2nd after China
in terms of populous nation.
• India has various different culture and a vast ethnic
diversity so it is nearly impossible to speak about one
Indian culture.

3. • The Capital City- New Delhi
• National Animal- Royal Bengal Tiger
• National Bird- Peacock
• National Flower- Lotus
• Currency- Indian Rupee
• There are 29 states in total and 7 union territories there are more than 100
festivals that is celebrated almost every year.
• Neighbors- China,Pakistan,Bangladesh,Srilanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar

4. Greeting
an Indian
Basically Indians folds their hands and
say Namaste
The gesture is an acknowledgment of the
soul in one by the soul in another.

5. Religions in
India
Hinduism - 80.5%
Islam -13.8%
Christianity -2.3%
Sikhism -1.9%
Buddhism -1.5% (Others)
Jainism -1.5% (Others)
Taoism -1.5% (Others)

6. Hinduism
All Human are divine
Religious Harmony
Making an unity of
existence through love
The Knowledge of three
Ganga (A scared River)
Gita (Sacred script)
Gayathri (Scared Mantra)

7. Islam in India
Mughal style culture
Persian art and culture
Persian language was mixed with
Arabic and Hindi that is how Urdu
was formed
A new developed style of
architecture was created example-
Taj Mahal

8. Sikhism

9. Sikhs believe everyone, men
and women, has equal
status before God, who
created the universe and all
faiths. Human beings are
encouraged to develop their
moral character through
generosity, humility and
self-reliance.
Community Services
Sikh culture and heritage
plays important role in the
present Indian Society
Today

10. Wedding
Rituals

11. Hindus,
Sikh,Muslims,Buddhists,Jain
attach a great deal of
importance to marriages
Celebrations are big and
colorful and celebrations last
for several days
The ceremony is traditionally
conducted entirely
Parents are highly valued or
respected during that day
because possibly a knot of a
lifetime (mythological term) will
be tied among the couple that
has to be witnessed

12. Festivals in India
There are so many festivals from several parts of India and from various ethnic
group and religions
Diwali
Ganesh Chaturthi
Holi
Krishna Janmashtami
Guru Nanak Jayanti
Several other festivals are celebrated at different periods of time in India of
different religions like Buddhism,Christinity,Islam,Jainism and many more

13. Diwali
This festival is one of the important
festival in India and it lasts for 3-5
days
This is popularly known as festival of
lights
This festival indicates that victory
over good over evil light over
darkness
People wear new clothes and set up
fireworks and greet everyone each
other that day.
Diwali in Thai is known as- Loi
Krathong

14. Holi
People generally throw colors among each other
This a festival that which indicates spring is almost here
This festival has different time lapses but getting back to the
mythology where it says that lord Krishna played this festival with his
lover Radha

15. Performing ArtsThe Indian culture is
very diversified. We
have different types of
cultures living in the
same country. And,
every culture has
different way of
celebrating. Because of
this diversity, India has
different dance styles
for different cultures.
There are basically 7
major types of dance in
India.
• Bharatnatyam
• Kathak
• Manipuri
• Odissi
• Kuchipudi from
Andhra Pradesh
• Sattriya, from
Assam.
• Kathakali Dance
style from kerala

16. Bharatanatyam
• This dance style represents the
culture of Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka which are in the
southern part of India.

17. Kathakali
• The word generally means “Story Play”
• It is dance that is originated in the
Southern part of India precisely in a
State named Kerala
• The actors rely very heavily on hand
gesture to convey the story.

18. Odissi dance
• Odissi or Orissi is one of the pre-
eminent classical dance forms of
India which originated in the Hindu
temples of the eastern coastal
state of Odisha in India.
• The earliest evidence of dance by
professional female dancers
(Nartaki) is found in the Stone
figures in caves of Khandagiri and
Udayagiri near Bhubaneswar.Which
makes the dance style really
ancient

19. Indian Attire
• Clothing in India varies
depending on the different
ethnicity, geography, climate and
cultural traditions of the people
of each region of India.
• India also has a great diversity in
terms of weaves, fibers, colors
and material of clothing.

20. Indian Attire
• Indian traditional dresses not
only used in daily wear but
also on festive occasions as
well as rituals and dance
performances and for females
the traditional clothing is the
colorful sari and it available in
different materials like cotton,
synthetic, silk . In urban areas,
western clothing is common
and uniformly worn by people
of all social levels.

21. ARCHITUCTURE IN INDIA
- TAJ MAHAL
RED FORT -
- GATWAY OF INDIA
CHARMINAR -

22. FOOD IN INDIA
CHOLAY BATHORE BIRYANI
DOSA RASGULLA
PANI PURI