Jammu and Kashmir Ethnicity

The Jammu and Kashmir Ethnicity plays a crucial role in maintaining the communal relationship in the state. In this state people belonging to various ethnic groups stay together forming a culture of their own. In a way it can be said that the beliefs of the different ethnic communities conglomerate to form a social structure here.

The ethnicity of Jammu and Kashmir is of much interest to the tourists here. They are drawn by the traditional lifestyle, languages, performing arts and the oral culture of the people of the various ethnic races residing in Jammu and Kashmir. The dresses worn by the ethnic people of Jammu and Kashmir are very bright and colorful.

The handicrafts of the various ethnic groups of Kashmir are famous all over the world. The traditional grown worn by the Kashmiri people, known as Phiran, is very popular in the other states as well. The international tourists who visit the place are very fond of the Pasmina shawls that are made by the rural people of the state. The Shahtush shawls are also very beautiful and are much appreciated. Hand woven carpets, kurtas and pottery of some of the villages are also very famous.

The people belonging to various ethnic races have their own religion and customs to follow. The Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir is the only place in the world where the Tantrayan Buddhism is still practiced as a way of life.

The people belonging to the Dogra race still preserve their language and culture very fondly.

The Jammu and Kashmir Ethnicity has made the social structure of this place very vibrant.