The Indian culture

Food: The Indian gastronomy has a lot of variety, it is the result of the different cultures
that has enriched through the colonisations for a lot of centuries. Different culinary
practices where incorporated by the Spanish people who were mixing each other till
become the actual civilization. A lot of Indian flavours are related to their using of
species and a variety of veggies. They have a lot of local styles with this tendency.
The ingredients less used are rice, atta, a special type of flour which they make bread
and a lot of vegetables. The most important is the “chana” (garbanzo), like “toor”
(Indian garbanzo), the black lentil and “the green soja”.
In the north of India, they use mustard oil which is the best to make fried food, while in
the west they use “peanut” oil, in the south they use coconut oil and in general they use
the girasol oil.
Culture: This social system comes from the Hinduism, which is the principal religion of
India. It says that the humans have been created form the different body parts of the
God Drahma, with this they created the different 4 castes that stays for a lot of
centuries.
The “chatrias” are the noble warriors, the “Vaisias” are the agricultures and merchants,
and the “siervos” are the minor castes. Besides this, they have the “Untouchable” that
doesn´t are a cast and also a society because they only could do the less important jobs
like clean the human faeces. In the actuality the castes are legal, but they are still
working because of their traditions and because they are close to the society.
Music: The musical expression is a mix of the classic and folkloric sounds that has
created exotic and typical dance of the country. They have eight Indian dances that are
considerated classics, which has been incorporated to an education system. It is
teached in the Nacional Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, it includes the dances:
kathak, kathakali, mohinyattam, kuchipudi, manipuri, odissi y sattriya. This are dances of
extraordinary narrative forms and it also includes mythology elements.
They also have folkloric music that still is present in some parts of the country, there is
the “Bauls in bengala”, “The bhangran music” in the north.