CULTURE OF MAHARASHTRA.pptx

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1. CULTURE OF MAHARASHTRA Attire of Maharashtra :- The traditional attire of Maharashtra required the men to wear dhoti (a long garment wrapped around the waist and legs ) , kurta or a cotton shirt, pheta (headwear or topi ) and waistcoat or bandi which was optional. Women wear choli or blouse on the top and a 9-yard long saree called lugade or nauwari saadi . They usually wore open sandals or chappals as their footwear. In the 21 st century, most of the people have started wearing western clothes or a fusion of indian and western wear. The traditional attire is worn by very few but is worn by many during any religious event or Marathi festival.

2. FOOD OF MAHARASHTRA The staple diet of Maharashtra includes wheat,rice , jower,bajara,vegetables,lentils and fruit. Meat was not eaten much in Maharashtra until recent times . Their diet is in carbohydrates as intially they were occupied in labour -intensive jobs like farming. The Food of Maharashtra is from sweet to mildly spicy to spicy. Some of the dishes like vada pav bhaji , missal pav and The Bombay sandwich and Ragda Pattice have become famous throughout the world. Shrikhand , yet another popular dish has have said to be originated in Maharashtra. Aflatoon sweet and Puran Poli sweet is most famous,popular and well known sweet items in the Maharashtra .

3. ARCHITECTURE OF MAHARASHTRA There are many significant monuments in Maharashtra like Bibi ka Maqbara , Ajanta Ellora caves, Gateway of India which is influenced by different architectural styles.Bibi ka Maqbara can be seen to have incorporated Mughal architecture, whereas, in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, the majority of the architecture is influenced by British style of architecture (Indo- Saracenic revival architecture) and can be seen in Gateway of India and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Maharashtra is famous for its caves, and rock-cut architecture as in Ajanta Ellora Caves that is also one of the UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Some of the temples in Maharashtra are over 1000 years old.

4. LANGUAGES OF MAHARASHTRA The official language of Maharashtra is Marathi. While the majority do speak Marathi, others speak Hindi, Gujarati, English and languages . Cities in Maharashtra are Metropolitan and are a blend of many cultures and use English as their official language. Most of the people in Maharashtra are multilingual and usually speak both Marathi and Hindi.

5. FLOK DANCE AND MUSIC OF MAHARASHTRA