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Winter 2015

Homeland

 Indian men wearing traditional clothing, performing Bhangra traditional dance

Every nation in this world is different from others in terms of culture, religions, languages and custom traditions. Everyone takes pride in the traditional cultural values and customs of his or her native country. I want to share about my back home Indian culture. One custom from India which I would like people from other countries to adopt is our tradition of living in joint families and our famous dances which we call giddha, bhangra and Punjabi dance.

In India people prefer to live in joint families where all the children, grandchildren and parents live peacefully in one house and under one roof. Everyone prefers to sit together when they eat, any occasion and when they feel happy and sad. They are always together in happiness and when they feel sad… I think this is the best thing that people can do. They can share their bad moments and their happiness together. So, people never feel alone when they are going through hard times.

Second, I want to share about our dance culture which is very famous in India. This dance is called giddha. Giddha is girl dance and there is another dance that is is called Bhangra which is a boy dance. For these dances, the dancers wear special dresses which look so good. I love these both dances and I love to perform them on every occasion. So, there are so many things I can share with everyone but I wanted to share with you.