Teresa's grandmother always said 'in Rome, do as the Romans do' or 'many countries, so many customs'. I was little and fascinates me the sound of the word 'custom'. Is a word that still intrigues me a lot. It sounds exotic and strange, that the sound of 'rite', 'costume' and 'habit' does not have. There is the vision of tolerance, not so common, the adaptability and understanding of others' customs. Because it is intimately aware of the difficulty to understand and understand the different. It 's a small dictionary of survival of the traveler in the territories of others. You log on to the trip only if you are open minded. Paradoxically, this saying on the one hand imagine a human being open and sociable, the other is a notice to raise the threshold of attention, because out of their villages, a variety of absolute habits and customs. Because the bipedal sentient, you know, is very creative. Basically what is common to humans is primarily subsistence, then obtain food and eating. And while about how we pursue it food types s'assomigliano a bit 'all (hunting, fishing, agriculture, livestock), substantial differences arise when the food is handled and consumed. These two activities are confined to specific areas: the kitchen and the table. In the West, as well as in the East, the development of preparation and cooking has had a long road. The same goes for the consumption of food where the ritual of the lunch table in the way of food and equipment set up groups and social classes. If you have any sense of critical observation about how people eat, get to know very unclear as to their social background, without having to request information. From how to hold cutlery, how to lead food to the mouth, by chewing to sip drinks, intuits the human and social types. Crossing the threshold of the East, their critical thinking and observation evaporate because the subdivision is completely beyond anthropology, unless you are studying history and culture. There are lots of East and entering the premises where drink, the first thing that leaps to the eye is that there are no utensils, not least those known to us. It 's a bit like being which occurred in the sixteenth century. West (where the knife was the only real cutlery. The spoon has had mixed fortunes, while the fork is the dawn of the Renaissance). In the Far East is eaten with chopsticks, while in India using only the mano destra, perché la sinistra serve per lavarsi le parti intime. L'India, culla della civiltà indoeuropea, è rimasta fieramente attaccata alle proprie arcaiche usanze, quasi fosse in uno spazio atemporale.
Il cibo viene servito su una foglia di banana e la varietà dello stesso dipende dalla regione in cui uno si trova. Ovunque il terroir ha un enorme importanza, ma in India è fondamentale. Tutto è preparato in giornata, quello che rimane non viene mai riscaldato il giorno dopo. La mancanza di frigoriferi in un clima caldo umido impedisce la conservazione della rimanenza. L'acqua viene sempre fatta bollire, data la penuria di acquedotti. Le verdure sono generalmente stracotte e rare sono quelle servite crude. L'insalata indiana consists of tomato, cucumber and onion, cut into thick slices and served with green chili. All raw lettuce are viewed with extreme suspicion. The abundant use of spices is a common feature of warm climates. The spicy has a high disinfectant and helps ward off disease. It therefore includes the use and abuse of masala (curry and what we call truth is that in a plant) that is composed of five basic spices: turmeric, cinnamon, coriander, cumin and black pepper and the addition of other choice. Every bride before the dowry of his knowledge of masala recipe, which is passed on from generation to generation which has variations on variations.
It was said that Indians usually eat with your right hand. At the beginning and end of the meal hands are always washed. Then there is a precise manual to get food and take it to his mouth, without stain to and smeared. There is the concept of sitting at the table and eat together. There ie the concept of the table as we understand it. While we live the event starting from the table and the consequent consumption of food and then move to take the social relations where chatting, dancing and drinking in India is just the opposite. Before you drink, it entertains us through the conversation (the Indians are very friendly and chatty), then you dance and sing and just sits there and eventually wears out fast meal and you are greeted just finished eating. While you eat you do not talk, eat in silence. When the Indian is put under 'Western' is extremely difficult to eat and converse together. As if the two acts were going to the conflict. The Indian began to talk about long-winded without touching the food on the table, which cools inevitable.
The men sit on the floor on mats, or simply on the bare ground (farmers and craftsmen) are served and eat first. The women eat when they're hungry or with children, the children are fed separately. This in general. In particular: the Indians are immensely formal, enclosed in small groups, caste and subcaste, and each caste has its own special way d'assunzione e consumazione del cibo. I contadini hanno un loro modalità e maniera nel mangiare, gli artigiani un altro, i commercianti un altro ancora e così via. Nella stessa casta dei brahmini le differenze sono enormi. Non è solo la qualità che fa la differenza di casta, è soprattutto la quantità di pietanze e la varietà che determina il tessuto sociale e gli accorgimenti che dimostrano al ricchezza o la povertà della propria casta.
In questi ultimi due decenni si sta assistendo alla rivoluzione di usi e costumi dovuto all'influenza dell'Occidente. Nelle città l'introduzione del piatto, delle posate, della tavola e delle sedie, ha fatto sì che subitanenamente in due generazioni (a parte ovvio i ricchissimi, categoria che qui non si prende in esame) ci sia stata un'estrema evoluzione nella dimestichezza dell'uso delle posate, delle ceramiche e dei vetri.
Rimane la vastità dell'India rurale che continua tuttora a sedersi sulla stuoia in terra, a usare la mano per mangiare il riso e il dhal e l'incredibile varietà di verdure speziate, dove il metallo e la terracotta in cui servire il cibo sono i materiali predominanti. Lentamente (troppo lentamente) si sta cercando di risolvere il problema di una fame atavica. Esiste una enorme divergenza tra il il nord afflitto da una povertà disperata ed endemica e il ricco sud, dove la stessa ha un aspetto molto più dignitoso e sereno. Non è difficile capire che il cibo non ha ancora assunto valore implies that the abundance of pleasure. When you are all alone then you look for the best. Here is the basics: food is still just for sustenance. Mica to speak. Seriously.
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