CULTURAL HERITAGE OF SOUTH ASIA, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN COVID 19

Author Name: Dr. Ahmadi Begum

Volume/Issue: 01/11

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2021-22488146/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences Department Faculty of Engineering andTechnology Campus Jain (Deemed to be) University, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

Cultural resources are the legacy of Cultural heritage, it is attributes of a group or society that is inherited from past generations to present. Basically not all legacies of past generations are "heritage", heritage is a product of society, cultural heritage is an expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, social values etc. The culture of South Asia is completely mixed in language, ethnicity, and religion. There are hundreds of languages in the South Asia, and many ethnic groups are popular in different South Asian societies. Many things are influenced by Western countries and their culture inculcated in the societies , we have many examples of Cultural heritage, some are tangible and some are intangible, tangible cultural heritage is movable cultural heritage such as paintings, sculptures, coins, manuscripts, etc. immovable cultural heritage is monuments, archaeological sites, and so on, underwater cultural heritage is shipwrecks, underwater ruins and so on, intangible cultural heritage is oral traditions, performing arts, rituals etc. South Asia is a home to the world's earliest known civilizations, that is Indus valley civilization, and today is one of the most densely populated regions on the planet. Despite a history of ethnic, linguistic, and political fragmentation, the people of the sub-region are unified by a common cultural and ethical outlook.

Key words: Cultural Heritage, Religion, Civilization, Ethnicity, Sculptures, Manuscripts, Archaeological sites etc