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Thali (meaning "plate" or "tray") or Bhojanam (meaning "full meal") is a round platter used to serve food in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. Thali is also used to refer to an Indian-style meal made up of a selection of various dishes which are served on a platter. [1] Thali is also used in south Asia for ceremonial purposes.
The culture of South Asia, also known as Desi culture, is a mixture of several cultures in and around the Indian subcontinent. Ancient South Asian culture was primarily based in Hinduism , which itself formed as a mixture of Vedic religion and indigenous traditions (like Dravidian folk religion ), and later Buddhist influences. [ 1 ]
During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas. [8] The Videha Kingdom later became incorporated into the Vajjika League which was based in Vaishali. [9]
Modern South Asians are descendants of a combination of Western Eurasian ancestries (notably "Iran Neolithic Farmers" and "Western Steppe Herder" components) with an indigenous South Asian component (termed Ancient Ancestral South Indians, short "AASI") closest to the non–West Eurasian part extracted from South Asian samples; distantly related to the Andamanese peoples, as well as to East ...
Siraporn Nathalang (ed), Thai Folklore: Insights Into Thai Culture, Chulalongkorn University Press, 2000, ISBN 978-974-346-046-3. Jacques Ivanoff, The Cultural Roots of Violence in Malay Southern Thailand: Comparative Mythology; Soul of Rice; Volume 1: The Tutelary Figures of Malay Political Heroism. White Lotus, 2011, ISBN 978-974-480-162-3.
Family members thus take shifts to watch over a relative on their deathbed. [12] It is common to place a white banner over the door of the household to signify that a death has occurred. Families will usually gather to carry out funeral rituals, in order both to show respect for the dead and to strengthen the bonds of the kin group.
Day of the Dead originates from rituals practiced by Indigenous people in the Americas, most notably the Aztecs. The Aztecs had a ritual known as Miccaihuitl, which was a time to honor the dead.
The South Asian diaspora, also known as the Desi diaspora, [1] is the group of people whose ancestral origins lie in South Asia, but who live outside the region. [2] There are over 44 million people in this diaspora.