Culture And Culture In Ranipura

Culture is a very complex aspect. When you start talking about culture it is everything related to a society. Culture is the way of life. The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the language you speak in, the religion you follow all are aspects of culture. The beliefs, values and symbols that they accept generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the other. The settlement study of Ranipura village in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh shows that the village is culturally very complex and rich. The way of life of the people of Ranipura is completely different from what is normally seen. Ranipura being a village where not much has changed culturally in the past fifty …show more content…
The predominant caste of the village people is Kevat. The first thing they would ask before they let anyone enter their house for the study was if one was a Brahmin, and if yes then they would let you in, if not the opposite happens. All this forms part of the culture of Ranipura. Talking about culture, in Ranipura most of the people are farmers. The men are farmers, they leave to the farms early in the morning to work on their farms while the women stay behind and take care of the household, children and the cattle. Most houses are nuclear, but there are a few joint houses, some in which the number go up to more than sixty per family. But most of the villagers migrate to Delhi and other towns of Madhya Pradesh in search of better jobs to escape poverty and for better standards of living. Most of the migrated villagers go in search for jobs and end up doing construction work, so most of them are construction workers who have migrated to parts of Delhi, Gwalior and Indor. The reason for migration is the poor standard of living and low income. A whole months work in the farm may not even grant them enough to survive so they migrate to cities in search of better paying …show more content…
The bricks are made by themselves and so are the tiles. They houses are also constructed by themselves. They have exposed brick walls which are really thick which allow the inside of the house to stay cool as the climate of ranioura is really hot and humid during the summers and reallycold winters with a few rainy months. Since it rains they have sloping tiled roofs.the roof system is very interesting and the basic framework of the roof is made up of wood. They have very small or no windows and very small doors, all to keep the inside of the house