CULTURAL DIVERSITY AS A PRE-CONDITION TO GLOBALIZATION

In the cultural field also we find innumerable varieties dotted over the length and breadth of this country. Traditional cultural ways and modern thoughts are intermixed here. The food habits Dress style, folkways, mores, customs and traditions, norms, values, rituals, and beliefs family and marital systems and such other social-cultural practices of the people are never the same all over India. If one travels from one state to another or from one end of the nation.The historical experience through invasion and immigrations from time to time, followed by the impact of powerful kingdoms and empires-al so added to this socio-cultural diversity .Cultural globalization refers to the transmission of ideas, values, around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations. This process is marked by the common consumption of cultures that have been diffused by the internet, popular culture media and other travels .India a place of infinite variety is fascinating with its ancient complex culture. Dazzling contrasts and breathtaking physical beauty. India is the best place in the world to see the different cultures from modern to ancient and find similarities in these diversified cultures. The years of foreign rule religious movements, and spiritual movements in the ancient land of India as given way to rich culture of social habits, festivals and customs. cultural diversity, promoting cultural dialogue, facilitating the exercise of cultural rights, fostering cultural understanding and cultivating intercultural citizenship in the age of globalization.