Ludhiana - India - culture

Hi Bloggers! 

My new post is about the culture in the city Ludhiana in India.

We are already the second day here in Ludhiana and the culture here is wonderful. Especially the food is amazing!

Ludhiana cuisine

The people of Ludhiana are very fond of spending their lives by dining and wining. They tend to appreciate sumptuous eating and lavish life. By this the general people – especially the higher-class section of Ludhiana’s overall population gets exposed to the high risk of serious health hazards. The problems of overweight and obesity with high cholesterol level are commonly found among the citizens of Ludhiana.

Besides the food there are some strange habits that are totally different from the habits we have. A wedding for example. Being mostly Hindus, the traditional mode of wedding in Ludhiana is a big deal. It's quite unique and grand by nature. The wedding usually tends to stretch over number of days with all the special relatives and friends staying and enjoying together. Until a very recent past it was a strictly maintained tradition for the brides and the grooms to meet for the first time at the wedding ceremonies, while the prevailing generation believe in personal penchant of the couples prior to marriage.

The people of Ludhiana have both money and taste and usually try to lead a stylized life. The general surveys have shown that these people never mind to spend money in order to get the best. They generally maintain the style and grandeur in all occasions and festivities. Ludhiana is the hub of cultural activities in the state. Every week, more or less, one cultural event or another takes place in Punjabi Bhavan, Guru Nanak Bhavan, Nehru Sidhant Kendra Auditorium or an educational institution. Hindu festivals and celebrations such as Dussehra and Diwali are celebrated as enthusiastically as the birth and death anniversaries of the gurus and saints.

Diwali: The Festival of lights

At another front, although on a lower key, Viraasat Bhavan is fulfilling the needs of the people of the city. It is mainly the venue of art exhibitions and on-the-spot painting competitions. Sometimes there are shows of clay modeling and spinning wheel competition (charkha), which provide a new dimension to the cultural activities of the city.

It occured to me that we haven't talked a lot about sports through our journey. In ludhiana, Killa Raipur, is very famous for the Rural Olympics held there. People from different corners of Punjab come to observe the village youth demonstrate their sporting skills. The event is held in mid-February. The competitions are essentially of three types in the rural meets. Purely rural games are Kabaddi, Wrestling, and Weight lifting. The performing sports are Acrobatics, Twisting an Iron-rod by placing it on the Adam's apple, passing a tractor over the rib cage, cracking a big stone slab by place it on the chest. There are even more off beat feats, as seen where a young lad applied surma (kohl) on his eyes, with a knife held between his legs. 

But then there are also the modern sports like Athletics, Hockey, Football, Volleyball, Handball, Cycling etc.

Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a South Asian sport were two teams occupy opposite halves of a field and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half, in order to win points by tackling members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word "Kabaddi" during the whole raid. The raider must not cross the lobby unless he touches any of his opponents. If he does so then he will be declared as "out". There is also a bonus line which ensure extra points for the raider if he manages to touch it and return to his side of the field successfully.

I hope you still enjoy our blog and see you soon!

Grtz Klaas


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