East Indian Hindu Americans

Question 1

Dominant language

Answer 1

Hindi

Use english to help social mobility and compete in work force

Question 2

Tone

Answer 2

Soft spoken

Sounds like a mumble

Question 3

PDA

Answer 3

Frowned upon because its disrespectful to the gods

Touching among friends is also not socially acceptable

Question 4

Eye contact

Answer 4

Men use it and become intense/loud when addressing family

Women draw their eyes downward to show respect to their husband, father, or grandfather

Question 5

Direct refusal (NO)

Answer 5

Considered too harsh and open disagreement is likely to be interpreted as hostile or aggressive

Question 6

Strangers greeting

Answer 6

With folded hands and a head bow
This respects their personal territory

Question 7

Space

Answer 7

Big on Privacy

Rather be in a single sex room by themselves

Women should be offered long gowns especially when getting up

Question 8

When speaking

Answer 8

Respect personal space by conversing an arms length away

Question 9

Head

Answer 9

Dont touch head without permission

Head is holy

Question 10

Social organization

Answer 10

Married sons live subject to parental rule in the parents household

Question 11

House roles

Answer 11

Male responsible for finances and is leader
mother plays secondary role

Question 12

Arranged marriages

Answer 12

Highly encouraged

Designed to strengthen the position of the family

Question 13

Fasting

Answer 13

Observed on specific fays of week

Depends on the god the family worships

Question 14

Oppression of women

Answer 14

Normalized

Question 15

Hindu fathers

Answer 15

Perceived as being distant from children

Question 16

Oldest brother or father

Answer 16

Held at highest on the hierarchy

Question 17

Follow 4 class caste system

Answer 17

Brahmin: seen as pure
Kshatriva
Vaisvas
Harijans: seen as polluted and defiled

Question 18

Past orientation

Answer 18

Traditions and rituals inherent to the culture

Question 19

Present oriented

Answer 19

Believe they are “beings-in-becoming”

Question 20

Future oriented

Answer 20

They live life in the present with emphasis on the afterlife

Question 21

Cremation

Answer 21

Hindus cremate their dead because they believe it is releasing their soul to be reborn
NO ORGAN DONATIONS

Question 22

Cyclic of time (four ages)

Answer 22

Start with age of perfection
End with age of defeneration

Question 23

Human body consists of 5 natural elements

Answer 23

Earth: bones/muscles
Water: phlegm or Kapha
Fire: gall or pitta
Wind: vayu
Space: in hollow organs

Question 24

3 types of medical systems on 3 different levels

Answer 24

1. Primitive care based on supernatural theory of causation
2. Believe in folk medicine. Theory of illness that involves supernatural and physical treatment
3. Modern theory of treatment and causation

Question 25

baths

Answer 25

cold water cannot be added to hot water cold water: prevent blood diseases hot bath: cause an alternative effect on blood diseases

Question 26

who carries ashes to holy ground

Answer 26

eldest son

Question 27

praying for health

Answer 27

seen as the lowest form of prayer would rather be stoic then pray for recovery

Question 28

Therapeutic advice (Family level)

Answer 28

mother in law does home remedies for illness

Question 29

Therapeutic advice (mohalla level)

Answer 29

2 or 3 respected syanas or syanis consult on illnesses the mother in law determines if they are nessesary

Question 30

Therapeutic advice (caste level)

Answer 30

intervention by sayanas

Question 31

Therapeutic advice (village level)

Answer 31

faith leader who is the most religious member

Question 32

Therapeutic advice (beyond the village level)

Answer 32

consultation with variety of folk and indigenous practitioners

Question 33

principles of hygiene

Answer 33

bathe once a day cold water for blood diseases hot water can be added to cold but not cold to hot

Question 34

perception of death

Answer 34

passing from one existance to another palliative care can be performed

Question 35

death rite

Answer 35

cremation bathing in a milk and yogurt solution (cleans the soul) prayer and chant offered by loved ones before and after death to help with passage oldest son carries the body to funeral pyre and he carries ashes to holy ground

Question 36

grieving

Answer 36

open and experienced with family

Question 37

dressing after death

Answer 37

married women: dressed in traditional white wedding sari men: in plain off white East Indian suit

Question 38

Enzymatic and genetic variations

Answer 38

Thalassemia deficiency in Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase=anemia lactose intolerant

Question 39

nutrition

Answer 39

most caste Hindus are vegetarian concern for iron and protein Rice is a staple beans, legumes, greeny leafy veggies, and soy

Question 40

mental illness

Answer 40

tolerated delusions and hallucinations related to supernatural forceses possessing the body (demon)

Question 41

mental health treatment

Answer 41

exorcisms cocaine opium marijuana

Question 42

practitioners

Answer 42

1:mohaula 2:family level 3:caste level 4: village level 5:beyond village

Question 43

vedas

Answer 43

holy book