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English: Title: [East Indian Women, Men and Children] Creator: Morin, Felix Date: ca. 1890-1896 Part of: Photographs of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Venezuela Place: Trinidad Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, part of 1 volume (48 prints); 16 x 22 cm on 25 x 30 cm mount File: ag1982_0037_36_opt.jpg
Clothing in India varies with the different ethnicities, geography, climate, and cultural traditions of the people of each region of India. Historically, clothing has evolved from simple garments like kaupina , langota , achkan , lungi , sari , to perform rituals and dances.
English: Title: [East Indian Women, Men and Children] Creator: Morin, Felix Date: ca. 1890-1896 Part of: Photographs of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Venezuela Place: Trinidad Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, part of 1 volume (48 prints); 16 x 22 cm on 25 x 30 cm mount File: ag1982_0037_36_opt.jpg
Eventually, some men started wearing full European styles, like a pantsuit. Although one major difference that remained between Indian and European men's fashion was the style and etiquette of head coverings. Some Indian men wore this for religious purposes, like turbans and phetas. For Indian men, it was important to wear this at all times in ...
Indian-origin religions Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, [4] are all based on the concepts of dharma and karma. Ahimsa, the philosophy of nonviolence, is an important aspect of native Indian faiths whose most well-known proponent was Shri Mahatma Gandhi, who used civil disobedience to unite India during the Indian independence movement – this philosophy further inspired Martin ...
East Indian Catholics speak the East Indian dialect of Marathi-Konkani, which they retained despite Portuguese rule.The dialect is central to the community's identity. The author of Trans Bomb Geog Soc, 1836–38, Vol I mentions the dialects spoken by the East Indians of Salsette, Mahim, Matunga & Mazgaon; similar to the dialects spoken by the Kulbis, Kolis, Bhandaris, Palshes, Pathare Prabhus ...
The Munda are found mainly concentrated in the south and East Chhotanagpur Plateau region of Jharkhand, [8] Odisha and West Bengal. [1] [9] The Munda also reside in adjacent areas of Madhya Pradesh as well as in portions of Bangladesh, Nepal, and the state of Tripura. [1] [10] They are one of India's largest scheduled tribes.
But in Indian cultural sub-system, Indian folk heroes are most popular. The castes and tribes of India have maintained their diversities of culture through their language and religion and customs. So in addition to national heroes, regional heroes and local folk and tribal heroes are alive in the collective memory of the people.