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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

BLOG 13 - South Asian Ethnic Groups

Research information about the major ethnic groups and religions found in South Asia. Choose one country to study and complete the following chart on that country.



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18 comments:

JSmoove2456 said...

India: 1. Main language: Indo-Aryan
Main Religious: Christianity
Basic Religious Beliefs: They worship a goddess named Kali.
Major Ethnic Groups: There are 6 major and they are:
1. Negrito
2. Proto- Australoids or Austrics
3. Mongoloids
4. Mediterranean or Dravidian
5. Western Brachycephals
6. Nordic Aryans

Unknown said...

major Language- Urdu

major religion- Islam

basic religion beliefs- belief in god and angels also belief in a day of judgment

major ethnic groups- Punjabis
Pashtuns
Sindhis
Seraikis
Muhajirs
Balochis

Unknown said...

pakistan

Unknown said...

The enthic groups in Pakistan are Punjabi, Sindhi, Saraiki/Multani, Pashtun, and Baloch.

The major religions are Islam,Buddhists, Christians, Parsis, and Hindus.

The major languages are Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, and Balochi,and Urdu.

Their basic beliefs i know in my research is that Pakistan was formed as an Islamic nation, and Islam continues to be the religion of approximately 95 percent of the population.

This is were I got this infromation to this answer:

http://www.everyculture.com/No-Sa/Pakistan.html

malaysia said...
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malaysia said...

Country: Sri Lanka
Major Languages: Sinhalalese and Tamil
Major Religion: Buddhism
Major Beliefs: Major Belifs in Sri Lanka for the young men is to become monks. They also have to make promises which are to: To control sex desire, No harm or kill any living thing. Hindusim has two important beliefs "samara" reincarnation. They believe that Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu and Parvated Kali are the eternal source of everything.

Major Ethnic Groups:
Sinhalse, Tamils, Muslims and the Berghers

Faye said...

malaysia said...
Country: Sri Lanka
Major Languages: Sinhalalese and Tamil
Major Religion: Buddhism
Major Beliefs: Major Belifs in Sri Lanka for the young men is to become monks. They also have to make promises which are to: To control sex desire, No harm or kill any living thing. Hindusim has two important beliefs "samara" reincarnation. They believe that Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu and Parvated Kali are the eternal source of everything.

Major Ethnic Groups:
Sinhalse, Tamils, Muslims and the Berghers!

Yeah I said that

Gotta Love Nick said...

Country: Nepal

Ethic group-chhettri

Religions-Hindu 80.6%

Language-Nepali

Major belief-
Hindus practice their religion by "doing puja, " making offerings and prayers to particular deities. While certain days and occasions are designated as auspicious, this form of worship can be performed at any time.

Essence said...

Nepal languages : Nepali
major religon : Hinduism only 86% of the people pratice hinduism
Basic religous beliefs : is worshipping the dead.

Major Ethnic groups :
1.muslims
2.brahman
3.newar
4.others

TakiyahStewart said...

Counrty- Sri Lanka

Major Language- Sinhala 74%

Major Religion- Buddhist 69.1%

Basic Religous Belifs- They beleive in Karma, Dharma, And Nirvana

Major Ethnic Group- Sinhalese 73.8%

Unknown said...

Country : India

Major languages: a couple of India's major languages are Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, and Hindi. English is the co - official..

Major religions: The most dominant religion in India today is Hinduism,about 80% of indians are Hindus..

Major ethnic groups: The 6 main ethnic groups are Negrito,Austrics,Mongoloids,Mediterranean,Western Brachycephals, and Nordic Aryans

Faye said...

Country: Sri Lanka
Major Languages: Sinhalalese and Tamil
Major Religion: Buddhism
Major Beliefs: Major Belifs in Sri Lanka for the young men is to become monks. They also have to make promises which are to: To control sex desire, No harm or kill any living thing. Hindusim has two important beliefs "samara" reincarnation. They believe that Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu and Parvated Kali are the eternal source of everything.

Major Ethnic Groups:
Sinhalse, Tamils, Muslims and the Berghers!

Yeah I said that

gorgXiomara said...

Country : India

Major languages:
Delhi, Hindi, Haryana, English and Himachal Pradesh .

Major religions: Hinduism.

Major ethnic groups: Negrito,Austrics,Mongoloids,Mediterranean,Western Brachycephals, and Nordic Aryans.

teemiller said...

My country is India:
Ethic groups:Indo-Aryan Dravidian Mongoloid
Languages:Hindi is offical but there are 14 other languages.
Religions:Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh.
Beliefs:There objective is to protect from evil spirits.

Hartasia said...

Country: Bhutan

Major Language: Szongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects, Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects

Major Religions: lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian - and Nepalese - influenced Hinduism 25%

Basic Religious Beliefs: Bhutan practice geographic isolation to protect itself from outside cultural influences because of its goal to persevere its culture, heritage an independences with limited visitors.

Major Ethnic Groups: Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes lthotsampas - one several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%

Anonymous said...

*Country:
Bangladesh

*Major Language:
Bengali

*Major Religion:
Islam and Muslims

*Major Ethnic Groups:
Bengali, and other (tribal groups)

Unknown said...

Sri Lanka*

Major Language- Sinhala followed by Tamil

Major Religion: Buddhism

Basic Religious Beliefs: 70% Buddhism

Major Ethnic Groups: Sri Lanka is still one of the most multi-religious societies that is 70% Buddhist, and the remaining 30% divided to Hinduism, Christianity and Islam

Breasia.Jones said...

Nepal

The Major Language in nepal is: Nepali. Some others are, Newari, Awadhi, Limbu, Hindi, Mundari.

The Major Religion: is Hinduism.

The Basic religion beliefs: In nepal there is not a set of beliefs and accompanying rituals. Religion occupies an integral position in Nepalese life and society.One basic concept in Hinduism is that of dharma.

Major Ethnic Groups:Thudam,Topke Gola and Lhomis are other ethnic groups.