Each state has typical woven fabrics, embroideries and traditional costumes which are suitable for the region-specific climate and life style. Different regions in India are famous for different types of weaving. Indian hand-woven fabrics have won acclaim for centuries. In the past many of these were made for daily use and others for decorative purposes.
These occupations and many others are reflective of the base of the socio-economic culture. However, the modern economy has catapulted such craft items into the global market, earning the country considerable foreign exchange. Shola craft of Odisha Channapatna dolls of Stone Sculpture Karnataka Traditionally, the processes, techniques and skills of the crafting and manufacturing were handed from one generation to the next, to members within the family. The transfer of this indigenous knowledge and training thereof, was primarily home-based training, and the know-how and finer nuances were tightly guarded secrets within closed groups in a given occupation.
In India, the dynamics of religion, caste and occupation have been tightly interwoven, coupled with hierarchical order of clusters within the social fabric of the country. There are hundreds of different traditional occupations, for example, hunting and trapping birds and animals, gathering and selling foreign produce, garland making, salt making, tapping of neera or palm sap juice, mining, brick and tile making. Other inter-generational traditional occupations include priests, sweepers, scavengers, leather workers, etc. Like weaving, embroidery and the visual arts, each region of India has a typical cuisine, comprising a vast variety of local foods cooked with indigenous ingredients and spices.
India is well known for its tasty, tongue- tickling cuisine which has emerged as a source of livelihood for innumerable persons, ranging from street food vendors to speciality restaurants and theme pavilions in -star hotels. Many popular traditional foods and spice mixes and masalas are in demand in other countries. Embroidery and Textiles of India India has a multiplicity of visual arts that have been in practice for over four thousand years. Historically, the artists and artisans were supported by two main categories of patrons: the larger Hindu temples and the princely rulers of various