North India
In social studies class on Friday we watched a interesting movie on North India. In the movie we learned about Varanasi, the Ganges river, the Taj Mahal, Hindu ceremonies, Old Delhi, New Delhi, and Corbett National Park. First of all, the Ganges is in the Varanasi. Some people go to Varanasi to die in the Ganges river, Some people believe that if they die in the Ganges that they will meet the goddess of death, Sheeva. Also, people throw cremated animals and relatives into the Ganges. Next, we I will tell you about a big part of culture in the city of Agra. A big part of culture there is the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is important because the fifth Shah in 1631 wanted to build it for his wife that died. It is now her tombstone and later on became the fifth Shah’s too. Did you know that the Taj Mahal took 20 years to build? It is now a wonderful tombstone to honor the Shah’s wife and him too. Did you know what karma means in Hindu? Karma means that what you do today will determine what you do tomorrow. This is said in their holy book, the Geta. There isn’t much of a difference between Old Delhi and New Delhi, but New Delhi is more modern. They both have/had alot of small hotels and sold/sell alot of different items. There is more to India that the items and hotels, there is Corbett National Park, founded by the man eating tiger hunter, Jean Corbett. This is one of the first established wildlife park for animals in India. After we finished watching our social studies I realised how different we are from India.
