Explain the process of westernization?how did the process of westernization influence the art forms of india 2 sociology
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Westernization (US) or Westernisation (UK), also Europeanization/Europeanisation or occidentalization/occidentalisation (from the Occident, meaning the Western world; see "occident" in the dictionary), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, clothing, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values.
Westernization has been an accelerating influence across the world in the last few centuries, with some thinkers assuming Westernization to be the equivalent of modernization, a way of thought that is often debated. The overall process of Westernization is often two-sided in that Western influences and interests themselves are joined with parts of the affected society, at minimum, to change towards a more Westernized society, in the hope of attaining a Western life or some aspects of it, while Western societies are themselves affected by this process and interaction with non-Western groups.
Western music and dance are quite popular among urban Indians. Concerts by western artists are well received. Hollywood movies have a decent market, at least in the tier-1 cities. Have these affected Indian arts?
Indian traditional arts also seem to be doing well. Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, light music, Bharatanatyam, Kathak – all these have good following. Many people qualified in various professions also practice these, at times giving up their main professions to follow the route of the traditional arts. Many schools / trainers teaching the classical arts seem to have enough students. Bollywood, Tollywood, and other film industries have good markets and are teaching a thing or two to Hollywood. As in food and clothing, even in art, the Indian traditional arts don’t seem to have lost out to the western arts.