INDIA:
Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||
Population: 1,014,003,817 (July 2000 est.) - Capital: New Delhi | |||||||||||||||||
Ethnics Groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% | |||||||||||||||||
Languages: Hindi is primary tongue of 30% of people; Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, & Sanskrit are also official; English is important for political & commerce | |||||||||||||||||
Religions: Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4% PROVERBS:Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.
A person consists of his faith. Whatever is his faith, even so is he.
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra.
SWAHILI CULTURE: Background: Swahili, also called Kiswahili, is a Bantu language primarily of Eastern Africa. The dialect spoken in Zanzibar Town (kiUnjuga) was chosen as the basis for the Swahili to be used in publishing and education throughout East Africa. In addition to creative writing, there has been a long tradition of historical writing in Swahili, antedating the colonial era. In more recent times, linguistic studies and a body of literary criticism in the language have begun to develop and grow. There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in the world: what is too much for one, what is too little for one, and what is just right for one.Aiming isn't hitting.Don't plant a seed in the sea.If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.A fly does not mind dying in coconut cream. MALAYSIA:
Background: Palestinian religious beliefs between 3000 and 300 BC are usually defined by the languages of those who practiced them: e.g., Amorite, Hurrian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, Aramaic, and Moabite. Knowledge of the religions of these groups is very uneven. Only from the city-state of Ugarit (14th-13th centuries BC) is there a wide range of religious expression. You will not dare mistreat the face you see in the morning.Away from the eye, away from the mind.IF only I were a bird! Ah, but eating caterpillars?Sell what you have bought while the dust is still on your shoes.Whatever is written on the forehead is always seen. MEXICO
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