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South Asia. Physical. Objectives. Label the Himalayan Mountains and the Ganges River on a blank map of Asia. Label the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal on a blank map of Asia. Label the island of Sri Lanka. Explain the system of Monsoons. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hinduism, women, Caste, literacy
Culture of South Asia
Objectives
• Identify the main religion of India.
• List two of the three given beliefs of Hinduism.
• Describe the Caste System in India.
• Identify who the untouchables are and portray their lives.
• Discuss problems faced by Indian women, such as dowry issues, Sati, and selective births.
• Explain the reasons why women are valued less than men.
• Give one noteworthy feature of the Indian diet.
Terms and People
Caste system is the arrangement of people into layers in India.
A dowry is what the bride’s family gives to the groom.
Untouchables are people without a caste.
Purdah is the modest covering worn by some Hindu women.
Sati is the burning of a widow at her husband’s funeral.
HINDUISM
The most important religion of this area is Hinduism.
Hindus worship many gods.
Vishnu Ganesh Kali
Hindus worship their gods in the form of
idols.
Temples seem to be everywhere.
Some are even underground.
Hindus bathe in the sacred river Ganges.
http://youtu.be/_lO9r7TNs9w
The river is polluted with sewage, industrial
waste, and human corpses.
Hinduism has three main beliefs:
Karma
Reincarnation
The Caste System
The belief in karma is one of
the basic principles of
Hinduism.
What goes around
comes around.
Another important belief in Hinduism is the concept of reincarnation.
Hindus believe that reincarnation (if a person is good) brings one higher and higher in their caste system.
Although now against the law, the caste system is similar to the system of segregation in the United States.
THE CASTE SYSTEM
Outside the Indian caste system are people called Untouchables.
They live in appalling conditions.
http://youtu.be/j31veR74gSo
WOMEN
Because most of India is hot and humid, so clothing is light and loose. Many Indian women wear a sari.
Some women follow the custom of purdah, whereby they cover their faces with veils while in public.
A dowry is a payment made by the bride’s family to the groom. The dowry system leads to other problems in Indian society.
Some parents won’t spend money on a girl’s education because they will have to pay the dowry when their daughter gets married.
Many people oppose this system, but it has deep roots in Indian society.
If the husband is displeased with the dowry, he may burn his bride alive.
In olden times, when a man died, his widow was often burned with his body at his funeral.
Hindus burn their dead.
This practice is called sati and is illegal in India today.
Sati, however, is still deeply
honored among many Hindus
today.
http://youtu.be/lHZ1hRYSc9M
ILLITERACY AND ENTERTAINMENT
India has many languages, but the
most widely spoken is Hindi.
India includes 179 languages and 544 dialects and many writing systems.
Assamese (Asamiya), 13 Bengali 83Bodo, 1.4
Dogri, 2.3
Gujarati; 46
Hindi, 325
Kannada; 55Kashmiri, 5.5
Konkani, 2.5
Maithili, 12.2
Malayalam; 33
Manipuri and Meitei, 1.5Marathi; 72
Nepali, 2.9
Oriya; 32
Punjabi; 29Sanskrit, 0.001
Santali, 6.5
Sindhi, 2.5
Tamil; 61
Telugu; 74
Urdu; 52
Speakers (in millions, 2001)
More people in India speak Hindi than any other language.
What does this graph show about Indian literacy?
What general trend is shown in these rates?
What differences can be seen in the five literacy rates shown?
Are the current literacy rates high, moderate or low?
Because illiteracy is widespread, television, radio, and movies are more powerful media than newspapers for spreading new ideas to Indian villagers.
India’s film industry is known as Bollywood. India makes more films than any other country.
Families in India are generally large.
Many members of an extended family live in a single household in what is known as the joint family system.
For religious and economic reasons, Indians follow a mostly vegetarian diet.
Most Indians eat some form of rice every day.
What is the most commonly spoken language in India?
Kashmiri
Spanish
Bengali
Hindi
What is the most common religion in India?
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Which of the below is NOT one of the three central ideas of Hinduism?
Reincarnation
Caste System
Bride Burning
Karma
What is an untouchable to a Hindu?
Food with pork in it
Food with any meat in it
A person without caste
The Fate of Karma
What is a dowry?Money and goods given by the bride's family to the groom.
The burning of the widow at a man’s funeral.
Intentionally aborting a child when it is female.
Reincarnation into a higher caste.
Which of the below are problems associated with dowry?
Burning a bride when the dowry is unsatisfactory
Reduced education for girls because of dowry expenses
Lower wage earnings for women compared to men
Grooms embracing Islam and rejecting Hinduism
What is a noteworthy element of the Hindu diet?
They are vegetarian.
What is the nickname of India’s film industry?
Bollywood
What is an untouchable to a Hindu?
Food with pork in it
Food with any meat in it
A person without caste
The Fate of Karma
Please read “India: In the Midst of Change: A Changing Society.” World Explorer: Eastern Hemisphere. Prentice-Hall, 1998. Pg. 574-577. Topic: the caste system and women Complete: “Section 3 Review” on pg. 577.
http://youtu.be/j31veR74gSo
“India: In the Midst of Change.” World Studies: Asia and the Pacific. Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005. pgs. 184-189. Vocab: textiles, malnutrition, life expectancy, literacy rate Topic: A growing population, Growing urban areas, expanding middle class, a growing economy. Note: Although this has the same title as above, it is a different reading.
Please read “The Cultures of South Asia.” World Explorer: Eastern Hemisphere. Prentice-Hall, 1998. Pg. 563-568. Topic: Hinduism, Buddhism, colonizationComplete: “Section 3 Review” on pg. 577.
BUDDHISM
Long ago in India, there was a was a spoiled, rich prince.
As he journeyed away from his palace, he encountered the poor.
When he thought about his life of luxury, he realized how empty it was.
He became “enlightened” and gave away everything.
The other major religion of Southern Asia is Buddhism.
Today, Buddhists seek this same enlightenment.
Prayer flags and prayer wheels
Although Buddhism began in India, it has
more followers in other countries.
What is the majority religion in India?
In what countries is Buddhism important?Kathmandu, Nepal’s biggest city, is a city of temples and shrines. Bhutan
