India - China and the Arab World specifically focusing on the Tea

  • SUNANDA DAS Research Scholar

Abstract

India resists with China for the title of the world’s largest tea producer. There are more than 100,000 tea plantations on the geographically and ethnically diverse Indian subcontinent, employing millions of tea workers. Tea is so deeply rooted in Indian culture that 70 of the approximately one million tons of tea that India produces is consumed by its own people, and the tea-growing regions of India are defined by the subcontinent’s great climatic and geographical differences. The three most important Indian tea regions are Assam, Darjeeling and Nilgiri. The Assam region, which lies in the lush, dense jungle at the foot of the eastern Himalayas, and the Darjeeling region, which abuts the Tibetan Himalayas and stretches between high mountain ridges and deep mountain valleys, are located in the north-east of India. Nilgiri, on the other hand, lies in the mountains of India's southernmost tea-growing region. The Nilgiri Mountains (Blue Hill) are high mountain ridges with lush forests and jungles where tea plants thrive. The tea grown and produced in India is as diverse as the country's population and geography. Each of India's tea-growing regions offers a different but perfect climate for tea cultivation, so there are many ways to discover the subcontinent through its tea culture. As experts and connoisseurs of all types of tea, the Chinese often buy luxurious teas to welcome their guests. It is the most important drink for the occasion and a very strong gesture of courtesy. In China, tea is not lone a modest beverage to slake longing, nonetheless likewise an important incomes of psychological reduction, besides the procedure of drinking tea transports by it a usual of protocol besides morals. In general, Chinese teas have a whole range of health benefits: Green tea, for example, not only lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels, but also reduces the risk of heart disease. Arab ethos is the ethos of the Arabs who living after the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east in a district of the Middle East also North Africa documented through method of the Arab ecosphere. The various religions that the Arabs have adopted throughout their history and the various empires and kingdoms that have ruled and led the civilization have contributed to the ethno genesis and formation of modern Arab culture. Linguistic, prose, cuisine, painting, dynasty, melody, piety, attitude besides religion remain altogether share of the ethnic inheritance of the Arabs. Chinese philosophy is branded by its importance on the family. Family draws remain robust besides admiration aimed at chiefs is an essential worth. Numerous civilizations rotate about domestic assemblies besides celebrations. Through a cup of tea they reinforce their domestic promise.

Keywords: ‘’ Indian Tea Culture’’, ‘’ Arabian Tea Culture’’ ‘’ Chinese Tea Culture’’, ‘’Material and non- material Culture ‘’ , ‘’Cultural fabric’’

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