India is endowed with a wide range of diversity in food, people, religion, language and lifestyles. from the modern age cities to traditional villages, nature has showered its blessings on India with some exquisite travel destinations. Amongst these popular tourist attractions, villages offer an insight to glorious Indian culture. Far away from the hustle and bustle of congested cities’ life and polluted air, villages offer fresh comforting breezes, lavish openness and a pleasant soothing solitude.
Indian villages are abundant in refreshing greenery, openness, fresh natural airs, pastoral beauty, and touching simplicity. Many culture and heritage lovers still prefer visiting villages instead of multi faced cities of India. Thus, village tourism is an expedient means of spending your holidays peacefully, in solitude, or in interacting with candid villagers.
Serene Life Of Villages
Village life in India is simple. The village folk not only dress simply, but also display simplicity in their meals and work life. While moving towards major tourist destinations, these villages in the way provide a glimpse to a unique way of life. Mesmerising views of smoke curling out from the kitchen window, or twinkling lights of kerosene lamps illuminating the dusks will spell you in the aura of a compltely different life. Villages are the places where villagers would sing of rain to celebrate its onslaught These are those parts of the country where people still fear of desert storms which could blow away every occupation of them. With changing times, villages have also atepped up on development front. Now they have network of roads that connect nearby villages, they have televisions in their huts, something they can rejoice when there is electricity, channels to harvest rain water and electricity-fed tubewells to moisten the fields. Its a life away from life.
A Day With Villagers
Relish the opportunity to spent a day amidst natural surroundings in a village. Enjoy the beauty of the rising sun and the sweet breeze of the greenery of fields around, are the various pleasures that abound in the countryside. Start your day with baths in the makeshift baths and eat only after worship at home and at the village temple. The breakfast will incude a feeding meal with milk. Spend the rest of the day working in the fields and/or the creation of ingenious crafts. Experience the hard working life of a vilaager. Take a break for luch under the shadows of a tree. The lunch meal comprises of hand baked breads and lentil. The day culminates in either richly earned rest or sharing of thoughts in the village quadrangle wher chatting and talking goes on till late the night.
Socialising In A Village
Socialising in a village is a different experience all together. The warmth of love and affection squeezes every possible emotion out o a traveller. The villagers are socially knit together in a co-operating and interdependent life. They depend on each other for the supply of their daily wants. Share in the joys and sorrow and helping each other in time of need marks the beauty of villasge society. The social sense of a village is so strong that the guest of one is considered as the guest of all. Neighbourers are not less than family members with each villager familiar with the family history of other villagers. Large assembles in the village "Chopal" with 'hukkas' makes way for a healthy discussions in the evening.
