Culture of Asia

Culture of Asia is the aggregate of cultural heritage of the people of several nationalities, social and ethnic groups. Asia has seen the rise and fall of several civilizations and mighty empires. All the major religions and several schools of thoughts and philosophies have their roots in Asia. Culture of Asia is the spirit of Asia. It is multidimensional and encompasses within it cultures of several countries, ancient as well as the modern.

Contents

1 Cradle of civilizations 2 Nationalities & ethnic groups 3 Music & dance 4 Art & Craft 5 Mythology 6 Language & literature 7 Philosophy 8 Religions 9 Festivals & celebrations 10 Food & drink 11 Culture by country 12 Culture by ethnic group

Cradle of civilizations

Nationalities & ethnic groups

Music & dance

Art & Craft

Mythology

Language & literature

Philosophy

Religions

All the major religions of the modern world have originated in Asia. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originated in India, a country of South Asia. In East Asia, Confucianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism took shape in East Asia, particularly in China and Japan. Zoroastrianism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism have also their origins in the soil of Asia. Such a special position of Asia has bestowed on the continent of Asia an aura of brilliance and has greatly influenced all dimensions of cultural life of Asia.

Festivals & celebrations

Food & drink

Culture by country

• Culture of Afghanistan
• Culture of Armenia
• Culture of Azerbaijan
• Culture of Bangladesh
• Culture of Bhutan
• Culture of Brunei
• Culture of Burma
• Culture of Cambodia
• Culture of China
• Culture of East Timor
• Culture of Georgia
• Culture of Hong Kong
• Culture of India
• Culture of Indonesia
• Culture of Japan
• Culture of Kazakhstan
• Culture of North Korea
• Culture of South Korea
• Culture of Kyrgyzstan
• Culture of Laos
• Culture of Malaysia
• Culture of Maldives
• Culture of Mongolia
• Culture of Nepal
• Culture of Pakistan
• Culture of Papua New Guinea
• Culture of the Philippines
• Culture of Russia
• Culture of Singapore
• Culture of Sri Lanka
• Culture of Taiwan
• Culture of Tajikistan
• Culture of Thailand
• Culture of Turkey
• Culture of Turkmenistan
• Culture of Uzbekistan
• Culture of Vietnam

Culture by ethnic group

• Ainu people
• Afghan people
• Armenian people
• Burmese people
• Cambodian people
• Chinese people
• Indian people
• Japanese people
• Kazakh people
• Korean people
• Kyrgyz people
• Mongolian people
• Tibetan people
• Filipino people
• Russian people
• Taiwanese people
• Tajik people
• Thai people
• Turkish people
• Uzbek people
• Vietnamese people