Tuesday, 27 November 2012

CULTURE


One of the important topics in this report, which is about the indian culture that can be seen in Little India.... I happen to be a foreigner myself and I have never seen the indian culture in real life before... I've only known and heard a little of them from the country, where i came from... but I am indeed fascinated with their culture and to have experienced a real-life encounter with it was even more exciting... Ok...before i proceed further, let me introduce myself first... Hi...im one of the FIRE5 group members... and like I've stated earlier, I happen to be a foreigner from Iran. My group and I  have decided to do an in-depth study of "Little India". And it was an even more interesting experience for me as we were visiting Little India during one of the most busiest time of the year in this street... It was actually during the"Deepavali" or "Diwali" week (it is also known as the festival of lights and the Hindus celebrate diwali as one of their most important celebrations of the year...). As you can see from the pictures below, the used of different colors with all sorts of design and patterns can be seen on it.... We even saw a few shops that sold lots firecrackers for  the Deepavali event...




Firecraker:


Selling Firecrackers

Diwali Rangoli:
Diwali is basically signifying the victory with the light of positive energy and peace.
Rangoli make me go W.O.W!!!!!!!!
It is really a beautiful and colorful way of expressing an artwork!!!!

http://www.beautytipsmart.com/diwali-latest-rangoli-designs-2012.html/diwali-latest-rangoli-designs-2012-9/



http://www.beautytipsmart.com/diwali-latest-rangoli-designs-2012.html/diwali-latest-rangoli-designs-2012-9/


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Diwali sweet:
They also have especial sweets for the "Diwali" celeberation...

http://www.tastyappetite.net/2012/10/diwali-recipes-diwali-sweets-recipes.html


 Based on the pictures below, these are actually shops that sell many types and colors of Indian traditional accessories and clothes:-



As u can see here, the round shaped thing arrange behind those see-through glasses are actually bracelets and bangles... they are so beautiful and colorful...
And also the way how they arranged them in a neat and colorful form is also very nIcE....





In the two pictures below u can see the many beautiful and unique indian dresses...
I really like their traditional clothes but they can be quite pricy as well depending on the certain fabrics and quality...... 
Hopefully, I can buy it in the near future.... ;)
and by the way, those dresses are actually called "Sari"!!





Another interesting culture of theirs can be seen in the pictures below...:




The patterns on the road are quite similar to kolam... from these pictures, you can see that most of the designs that they used for their decorations in Little India have their own meanings and a taste of Indian culture in it....
Kolam(Rangoli) is a form of design of something like maybe a flower(for example) or it can also be something else...for  this rangoli, they can use rice, chalk, chalk powder or white rock powder or more often they would use coulor powder especially in their homes... 








These three pictures are a part of their cultures as well... from the first and second pictures,  those bright and colorful flowers are actually going to be made into a necklace known as a flower garland... it is almost similar to a necklace and you can usually buy these flowers from indian florist shops... based on what ive seen in the television shows and internet,  they will usually use this wedding ceremonies for the bride and groom... they will put these garlands on each others' necks...







These are about all the general ideas I've gotten and understand about the Indian cultures up till now.... I hope that I will have the opportunity to learn more about them and upload more on this blog for u guys to check out... ;) .... And before that, I also wish to apologize if I have made any mistakes or error when sharing all these infos about the Indian cultures... if there is any misinterpretation of culture or inaccurate information uploaded here, please feel to write a comment below.... we would really appreciate it.. thanks....  I hope that you will enjoy reading this blog and find it beneficial to all of you out there.... btw, thanks again for checking out our blog!! Dhanyavad...... wheee ~  ;) :) 

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