CULTURE

BY: RICHA PANDEY

SHIKHA THAPA
CULTURE
 What is CULTURE ?
Culture is the patterns of learned and shared
behaviour and beliefs of a particular group of people.
It can also be described as collective human beliefs
with a structured stage of civilization pertaining to a
nation or a time period.
In simple words “the characteristics and knowledge
of a particular group of people is called culture.”
 COMPONENTS
01 Language 05 Music

02 Religion 06 Art

03 Cuisine

04 Social Habits
WORLD MAP
NORWAY

INDIA
 NORWAY
● Officially known as the “Kingdom of Norway” is
a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
● Norway has 2 official names Norge in Bokmal
and Noreg in Nynorsk.
● Almost 50% population live in the South, in the
region around Oslo (Capital city).
● About two-thirds of Norway is mountainous, and
off its much-indented coastline lie, carved by deep
glacial fjords, some 50,000 islands.
NORWAY
 INDIA
● Officially known as the “Republic of India ” is a
country in South Asia. It is also known as Bharat
or Hindustan.
● It is the 7th largest country by land area and the
most populous democracy in the world
● It is the 2nd most populous country in the world.
● The Indian mainland coastline consists of 43%
sandy beaches; 11% rocky shores, including
cliffs; and 46% mudflats or marshy shores
INDIA
 LOCATION
NORWAY INDIA
• Norway is a long country located • India is located in Southern
in Northern Europe. Europe.
• Borders with Sweden, Finland and • Bounded by Arabian Sea on its
Russia on the East. west and Bay of Bengal on its
• On the West it has a extensive East and the Himalayan
coastline facing the North Atlantic mountains on the North.
Ocean. • India shares its territorial borders
• Major cities are located along the with Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal,
coastline. The capital Oslo is the Afghanistan, Bangladesh and
largest city China.
 LANGUAGE
NORWAY INDIA
• Norway has 2 official languages. • More than 19,500 languages or
Norwegian and Sami. dialects are spoken in India as
• Norwegian is the used by majority mother tongue.
of population. • But, India has only 22 official
• Furthermore Norwegian language languages.
has 2 distinct written varieties • Hindi is the most widely spoken
Bokmål  and Nynorsk, out of language followed by Bengali
these Bokmal is used by around and Marathi.
85% of population.
 CUISINE
NORWAY INDIA
• Mutton stew is the national dish of • Staple foods of Indian cuisine
Norway. The staple foods include include pearl millet, rice, whole-
fish, wild game, lamb, cabbage, wheat flour, and a variety of lentils,
potatoes.. such as Masoor, pigeon peas, black
• fårikål (literally ‘sheep in cabbage’) gram.
is served on Sundays or when • Indian food is almost always
entertaining guests. prepared with fresh ingredients
• Game meats like moose, reindeer, along with delicate mixtures of
elk, hare, and wildfowl are quite many different fresh and dried
special in Norway as many of their spices and the exact recipes often
hunting traditions date back to a pre- vary greatly from one household to
Viking past the next.
 FESTIVALS
NORWAY INDIA
• Norwegian Constitution Day. The • India is a land of festivals and
day of the Constitution is the fairs. There are more festivals
biggest festivals in the country. celebrated in India than anywhere
• Every year, Norwegian teens on the else in the world.
cusp of graduating from high • Each festival pertains to different
school celebrate "russefeiring" or occasions, some welcome the
"the russ," a month-long celebration seasons of the year, the harvest, the
centered on drinking, party buses, rains, or the full moon. Others
and wild challenges. celebrate religious occasions, the
birthdays of divine beings and
saints.
 CLOTHING
NORWAY INDIA
• Norwegians' dress is generally • Clothing in India is dependent
casual but neat and clean. upon the different ethnicity,
• Sports and outdoor gear are geography, climate, and cultural
common away from the cities. traditions of the people of each
• Long pants, long-sleeved tops region.
and boots are good to pack all year • Contrary to popular beliefs sari is
round – with extra warmer layers not the only clothing worn by
including sweaters, fleeces and females in India.
knitwear for the winter. • Suits, Jeans – Tops and dresses
are mostly worn in day to day
life.
 GREETINGS
NORWAY INDIA
• In formal situations people greet • The traditional Indian form
each other by shaking hands. of greeting is the Namaste,
• On the other hand, if one meets which literally means, “I bow to
someone they are friendly with the divine in you.”
and of the same gender, it's • The Namaste is used
common to give hugs. for greeting, for taking leave,
• Don't be afraid to try it out with and also to seek forgiveness.
your Norwegian friends
 RELIGION
NORWAY INDIA
 MUSIC
NORWAY INDIA
• Morten Harket • A.R.Rahman
• Magne Furuholem • Arijit Singh
• Aurora • R.D. Burman
• Sigrid • Shreya Ghoshal
• Astrid S • Asha Bhosle
• Sivert Hoyem • Sonu Nigam
• Marit Larsen • Shankar Mahadevan
• Marie Boine • Mohit Chauhan
• Ane Brun\ • Vishal Dadlani
• Todd Terje • Tansen
 SOCIAL HABITS
NORWAY INDIA
• Personal space is very important in • Less to no concept of personal
Norway space
• People live in small families • Living with big families was a
• Relatives live close but not in the common practice (still is but in
same house most cases people prefer to live
• One key principle in Norway is alone)
egalitarianism (that we are all • Children aren’t treated as equals
equal). (less independent even after
• Children are motivated to getting jobs because of parental
become independent from a influence)
young age
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