Cultural Region

• Culture is a dynamic concept which has historic continuity & progression.
• Culture are enriched by the cross fertilisation, and cultures never die while civilization ends.
• Culture can be defined as a set of belief, faith, tradition and our perception to the life & physical surrounding, our economic aspirations, standard of living, innovation & technology.

Cultural Hearth

• Heartland of various cultures.
• It is a historical concept which include cultural phenomena in a historical sense relationg to the imaginative & creative genesis of the man.
• 7 cultural hearths:
• 1. The Nile river valley
  2. The Indus river valley
  3. The Wei-Huang river valley
  4. The Ganga river valley
  5. Mesopotamia
  6. Mesoamerica
  7. West Aftrica

Cultural Core

• It is the centre of culture with an integrated system of learning and behaviour characterising the society and which can't be attributed to the genetic inheritance.

Cultural Region

• These are the area that contains dominant cultural elements. Though not everyone in the cultural region has the same cultural traits, they are often influenced by it in some way.
• These are the larger area with dominance of a defined culture which includes language, S&T, value system, ideology, social structure, religion, etc.

Cultural Realm

• It is the largest possible area under the influence of a culture.

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Cultural Region of the World

1. Occidental Culture
   1. Anglo American
   2. Latin American
   3. Australian
   4. European
2. African Culture
   1. Meso African Culture
3. Oriental Culture
   1. Islamic culture
   2. Hindu Culture/Indian Culture
4. South East Asian Culture

Cultural Region of India

1. West Himalayan Culture
   1. Ladhaki Buddhist Culture
   2. Kashmiri Culture
   3. Kinnori Culture
2. Eastern Himalayan Cultural
   1. Sikkim, Arunanchal(Buddhist)
   2. Great Naga Culture
   3. Other ethnic tribal cultural
3. The Aryan Culture
   1. The eastern Hindi culture
   2. Western Hindi Culture
4. The Dravidian Culture
   1. Tamil
   2. Telgu
   3. Kannad
   4. Malayam