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-Some daughters are wed young some when they are older but ultimately all had arranged marriages
- Marriage often occurred between cousins
-Only those who are educated seem to get the option to choose their spouse. It was basically a privilege.
-Normal for bride and groom to have never met

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- Christianity was introduced to  South India by Thomas the Apostle, who visited Muziris in Kerala in 52 CE and baptised Kerala's Jewish settlements
- It is the third most followed religion in South India

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- Almost entire family live together in a Joint Family
- A Joint Family is based off of traditional values such as gender roles and interdependence
- A Joint Family is the preferred family type in Indian Culture

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- The elderly are treated with respect and seen as having the most knowledge
- The elderly are not expected to work or maintain the household as much as their children
- The elderly care for their grandchildren and assist with cooking and household chores.
- The elderly are expected to relax, enjoy solitude, retirement, pray, and enjoy spending time with the grandchildren

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-feet and shoes are considered dirty and should not be worn in homes or temples
-left hands also considered to be unclean and are not generally used to eat or make food
-waving to people is not seen as a greeting but rather a denial
-not socially acceptable to wear tight, revealing clothes, instead clean pressed and conservative clothes are more acceptable
-eating beef or wearing or using leather is either illegal or insulting since cows are considered sacred animals
-putting your hand over your heart is seen as a greeting gesture means god is in my heart and greets the god in your heart
-being late is considered normal, while being early or even on time is rude

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- Children are raised around Hindu beliefs and expected to obey their parents
- Males are raised to be assertive, less tolerant, independent, self-reliant, demanding, and domineering because males are more desired than females
- Females are raised to be self-sacrificing, docile, accommodating, nurturing, altruistic, adaptive, tolerant, and religious

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- Pondicherry can be spelled Puducherry, Pondicherry, Putucceri (original name), or Pondichéry
- It's a pretty new territory compared to most, only having been formed in 1962
- It was formed in 1962 out of the four former colonies of French India
- It didn't do too well at first
- After it was set up by the French, it went on to be captured by the Dutch, retaken by the French, destroyed by the British, and then rebuilt by the French
- The original name, Putucceri, comes from the Tamil words putu (“new”) and peri (“village”)

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-  Hinduism is one of the major religions that people follow in South India. 80% of the population follow Hinduism
- Other religions that people follow are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Janism

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- The Hindus in South India are followers of various Hindu branches such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, Brahmanism and others. Hinduism was the state religion of most of the South Indian kingdoms.
-Hinduism, often regarded as the oldest religion in the world, traces its roots to prehistoric times in India