SOUTH ASIA

LANGUAGE

GOVERNMENT

• South Asia have Caste System and Federal Government.
• The South Asian people share many socio-economic and political problems, such as:
• Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, unequal treatment of women.
• Violence against women, pollution, exploitation of child labor
• and religious fundamentalism.

RELIGIONS

• Their main religion systems are Hinduism and Islam.
• Islam believe in only one god, Hindu believe in Karma.

URBAN/RURAL

• Most of the people live in rural but some live in cities.
• In rural area people live in huts, people live in cities live in modern homes.

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

• People in South Asia have a large family.
• The parents, grandparents, sons, daughters, aunts and uncles.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• The most of the countries in South Asia share the same social structure.
• There are upper class, middle class and lower class.
• People in upper class have been accepted good education, and have a high income job.
• Many people are in the middle class, they have a job and a house in big or middle city.
• The lower class live in countryside or bustee. They concern their life everyday.

FASHION, LITERATURE, ARTS AND MUSIC

• Literature is written in English as well as the many national and regional languages of the region.
• Music is include the musical traditions of this subregion of Asia. 
• Although the cultural development of the area was once dominated by Indian influence,
• a number of cohesive traits predate the Indian influences.
• for Ex., batik textiles, gamelan orchestras, and the wayang puppet theatre are still popular.

EDUCATION

• In India, people treat Math as the most important thing.
• So when they are really young kids, they can do many Maths, even more than Chinese.
• Poor kids have no money to go to school,so they learn some skill at home to surpport their family.
• Normal kids go to school and learn almost same thing in United States but more harder. 

LAND USE

• Single person has the authority to sign a deed to sell, rent,
• or lease a property and no one else can do the same with the property.
• In Joint ownership any one of the owners has the right to decide on a property,
• and it eliminates the need of a power of attorney if one of the owner is absent.
• In South Asian, most of the lands are used for farming.

TRADING NETWORKS

• People are exchange silk,golds, and the petroleum.
• They trade longan, mango, pineapple, and rice outside their region.

DIVERSITY

• The main minority groups in South Asia are Bhils, and Uzbecks.
• Even today South Asian work really hard on the equality between men and women.
• women still do not have the same chance on the work.
• In India, there are some rights women cannot enjoy, and women do not get the respect that they should have.