India

INDIA

Lidia Garcia Jaume Guila Ainhoa Osorio Ana Rios 4rt ESO B 2012/2013

Index 1.

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Introduction - Ainhoa (1) i Anna (1) Geography and Population

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Climate - Lidia (1) b.

Demography - Jaume (1)

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Languages - Ainhoa (2)

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Religions - Anna (2)

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History - Ainhoa (3) i Lidia (2)

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Economy - Lidia (3) i Anna (3)

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Government and Politics - Ainhoa (4) i Jaume (3) Education - Anna (4) i Jaume (4) Culture -

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Architecture - Lidia (4) b.

Folklore - Ainhoa (5)

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Gastronomy - Lidia (5)

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Arts - Jaume (5)

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Literature - Anna (5)

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Performing Arts - Lidia (6)

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Sport - Anna (6) i Ainhoa (6)

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National Symbols - Jaume (6) i Anna (7)

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Curiosities - Lidia (7) i Ainhoa (7)

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Conclusion - Lidia (8) i Jaume (7)

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Bibliography - Anna (8)

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Webgraphy - Ainhoa (8) i Jaume (8)

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Glossary - Lidia (9) i Jaume (9)

1. Introducciรณ We have chosen India because there is a lot of information about this country.

We are interested in the culture of India arel religion. So as we have said above, we like this country and we are going to search information in different webs.

2. Geography and Population Climate The climate of India climatic subtypes; their influences give rise to desert in the west, alpine tundra and glaciers in the north, humid tropical regions supporting rain forests in the southwest, and Indian Ocean island territories that flank the Indian subcontinent.

Demography: India is the second country with the wast populations in the world, after China.

In India every year 15 milion of people are born aproximalifty, in July 351,995 people were bom.

The origens of countries are connected to other villages, including Pakistรกn, Bangladesh, Nepal, Butรกn and Sri Lanka.

Languages The official languages of Indi are English and Hindi but apart from these two languages there are 22 other languages for example: Bengali, Guayarati, Dogri, Tamir, Urdu, Malayalam.

Religions The six major religions in India are Hinduism: this is the most widespread religion, practiced by 82% of the country's inhabitants( ie about 850 million people.) ISLAM: approximately 13% of people in India are Muslims (some 150 million people).

CHRISTIANITY: It is estimated that about 2.5% of India's population are Christian (ie; about 26 million people).

Sikhism: In India there are about 20 million Sikhs, which means 2% of the total population, approximately.

Buddhism: Buddhism is the religion of about 1% of the Indian population. Jainism: Jain around 0.5% of the population of India, which means about 5 million people.

Historia The story of India in the period preceding 1945 is inseparable from the history of the subcontinent, it belongs to this nation.

Cave painting in Bhimbetka.

The tail of the third millennium Neolithic. C. lay in what is now Pakistan and northwest of the Republic of India. The Vedic civilization extended throughout the first millennium. C. especially northern India, the Punjab and the Gangetic plain.

At the beginning of the period of the Middle Kingdoms, Northern India was dominated by the Aryans, while in southern Dravidian culture was prominent.

From the tenth century, the Islamic empires were established in northwest India, culminating in the Mughal era.

The colonial history of India begins in the seventeenth century and extends to the control of the revolt by the British in 1857. Independence resulted in the division of the British Raj in three states, namely India Economy India develops as a free market economy, despite maintaining old features of autarkic policies.Sucer economic liberalization, including the industrial sector, privatization of public enterprises and reduced controls on foreign investment and trade.

The country is the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power and with gross domestic product $ 4.06 billion in 2010.

Government and politics India is a democratic republic with a system of government based on the 1950 constitution. The central government is also known as the union government, and its structure is much like the British parliamentary system. State governments are structured much like the central government. The Indian parliament is a legislature that is composed by two houses, the lower house ( the House of People) and the upper house ( the Council States).

Education India has been one of the main places of learning for thousands of years, dating back to the age of apprenticeships.

India has proposed and educational initiatives. One of the main objectives in primary education is to achieve 100% literacy.

The overall rate of adult literacy 2005-2008 was 63%.

Arts The Arts of India are the illustration of the religious life of the Hindus. India from the very early days has based its arts in Hindus religion, including architecture, literature, sculptures, painting, music, dance forms, and theatre.

The art of India is an exclusive collection of traditional and tribal paintings, precious Jewellery, leather items and other Indian handicraft.

Literature The Indian literary tradition is mostly oral and essentially poetic. The first works were meant to be sung or recited and so were transmitted from generation to generation before being written.

Performing Arts It has always been the need to provide information on the performing arts of India because of its wealth and importance of these in the international arena.

Despite the efforts of researchers, institutions and publishers speaking, the extent of the region makes it difficult Hispanic outreach and distribution of published materials. This is why taking advantage of the growing popularity of internet in this region, this project starts.

Sport The national sport of India is field hockey. Field hockey, is a sport in which two opposing teams of eleven players compete to drive a ball into the opposing team's goal with the help of a stick. The aim is to score more goals than the

opposing team at the end of the game.

National Symbols The National Emblem of India is a replica of the Lion of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Four lions are surrounded by four smaller animals.

The national flag was designed as a symbol of freedom. Former Prime Minister Nehru called it "a flag not only of freedom for ourselves, but a symbol of freedom for all people."

The large carnivorous feline, Panthera tigris hasbut it has a tawny yellow color with blackish stripes and a white belly, famous for its power and its magnificence. It the national animal of India.

The male bird of the species P. cristatus is native to India, with wonderful plumage and upper tail with iridescent. Its able to expand and rise like a fan in.

Were bred to eat, but now hunting of peacocks is banned in India. The female of this species has no feathers.

Architecture I oldest monuments of India-a date so remote which marked the eighteenth century philosophism claiming to find in it an argument against the Christian Bible, are now, according to most current evidence, to be the work of recent times compared with those of Chaldea and Egypt and are attributed as much to the V century BC. There were, no doubt, in those regions, buildings older dates, but those constructed of wood and adobe disappeared with hardly a trace of its existence.

The most common types of Indian architecture are: -The underground temple along with the monolithic -A stupa, vihara butt along with, -Outdoor pagoda, -The gopura, -The Sikhara, -The doors (dvara, torana) and commemorative columns.

Folklore Bharatantyam is one of the eight India classical dances. It is a dance rebuilt from Cathir , which is a reconstruction of ancient dances, from the ancient temples of India.

Gastronomy India's cuisine is varied, is the result of the diversity of cultures that have enriched along colonizations occurred during several centuries.

Bibliography http://www.tyhturismo.com http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portada http://www.mongabay.com/reference/new_profiles/320in.html http://www.theartofindia.com