I am born in the city of Mumbai, India which is a five-thousand-years old civilization. Culture is reflected in the way people live in India. My mother is a Gujrati by religion and my father is a Bihari, hilariously children like me are called cocktails. I adapt two diffrent cultures inheritedly.
The photos above depict a glimpse of my culture. The food that we traditionally eat, the clothes that we wear, the festivals that we celebrate and the rituals that we follow. I majorily have adapted my mother's culture. The famous dishes to my knowledge are Dhokla, Khandhvi, Undhiyu, Fafda, Thepla, Handvo, Ganthia, etc. A Traditional Gujarati Thali is served in silver platter consisting of Dal (lentils), rice, vegetables, rotis and it is incomplete without crispy fried Farsan, chaas(Buttermilk), sweetmeats, sour chutneys and pickles. The dinner basically consists of Bhakhri-Shak or Khicdi Kadhi.
The longest dance festival which is Navartri is a traditional dance form of Gujarat. I have learnt a few steps from my mother and accompany her each year. The music of the drums makes each ones legs just beat on to it. It is a very inspirational and joyous form of dance.
The language spoken is Gujarati, my mom talks to me a lot in it. I understand it fully but unable to speak. If I talk in Gujarati, I really sound like a robot who is mechanically trained for speaking some words. The language is spoken by 46 million people and it is the 26 most spoken language in the world.
In my past 11 years, this is what I have learnt as my culture. Hope you enjoy reading my blog and have learnt something new!
Ata Marie Harshit,
ReplyDeleteKueni here again from the Summer Learning Journey. I hope you are having a groovy day!
What an awesome post you have put together today about who you are, and about your culture. Thank you for sharing about your family and some of the things that are not only important to you and your family, but you culture too.
I really enjoyed learning more about your culture, especially the food. The picture of the food you have included in your blog post is making me hungry. I have never been to India, but I would love to travel there one day.
What is your favourite thing to do when you go to India, and how often do you and your family go back to visit?
Have an awesome rest of your day Harshit,
Kueni :)
Hello Harshit,
ReplyDeleteIt is me Vitaraag. I am back on your blog to see your fantastic blog posts. I really enjoyed reading about your hometown, Mumbai. I never knew that the longest dance festival was Navartri. Our longest festival is called Dashain. It is also the most common one that everyone knows about. We also eat really nice food. When I looked at the pictures of the food it made a mouth water. What is your most favorite celebration? This is a phenomenal blog post! Keep up the astonishing work!
Vitaraag
Namaste Harshit, how is your summer going?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Eliza and I’m working as a blog commenter on the Summer Learning Journey this summer. Have you done the Summer Learning Journey before? I’m looking forward to reading your posts and the other bloggers' posts from the Ako Hiko cluster, over the next week! If you want to know more about me, you can check out my blog.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about where you and your family come from, what traditions are special to you, and what languages you speak. I thought your post was written in a unique and authentic way, thank you for that :) I visited India in 2014 and 2015, and Mumbai was my first stop! I loved it there - everything from the food, to the people, to the bustling markets. Do you go back to India to visit much? I would love to go back and travel more in the North, I hear the nature there is super beautiful. Mmmmmm reading about all the yummy food has got me so hungry! My favourite Indian cuisines are chai, aloo jeera, idli, and masala dosa :)
I’ve noticed that you haven’t been active in a while, and we really enjoyed reading your posts when you were active. They are fantastic and I think this one even made it to our ‘Outstanding Posts’. I thought I would just jump on your blog and give you a gentle reminder that the Summer Learning Journey finishes next Friday (24th January) so you have until then to do as many activities as you can. Remember that the more activities you do, the more points you gain and the higher the chance of you winning some really cool prizes!
Happy blogging, I look forward to reading more of your posts :)
Eliza.