glimpse from the state Uttar Pradesh...

Painting is common here in Uttar Pradesh and contributed a lot in the heritage of the country, India. With cave paintings in Sonbhadra and Chitrakoot depicting scenes of war, dances, festivals and hunting etc. shows that the painting culture is the oldest art form of the people living in Uttar Pradesh. One of the important crafts of Uttar Pradesh is chikankari, which is traditional hand embroidery. This form of handicrafts is mainly practiced in Lucknow. It is done on fabrics like chiffon, doruya, muslin, organza, organdie and silk. Chikan saris and kurtas make the perfect summer collections. Uttar Pradesh is the place where one of the six foremost classical dances of India is existing and that is “Kathak”. Language of Uttar Pradesh is the standard or khari boli of Hindi. However, several regional dialects of Hindi are also spoken in different places of the state, among which Bhojpuri, Braj, Awadhi, Bahgeli and Bundeli are fairly common. In fact, Bhojpuri is the second most popular language of the state after standard Hindi. Hindi and its various dialects are spoken by approximately 90 percent of the population of the state. Urdu is also spoken by a large population in the state especially in lucknow . The traditional dress of women in Uttar Pradesh are “sarees”. Salwars, a long skirt reaching below the knees, along with pyjamas or lungis, is also a common costume in the state. The male among the Muslim population of Uttar Pradesh prefer the kurta or a shirt as the upper garment, complemented by a lungi or pyjama as the lower garment. Sometimes, the kurta is substituted by a sherwani, a long coat worn in formal occasions. Additionally, they wear a cap or a turban. Muslim women wear pyjamas, kurtas and duppattas.
Writing for different cultures prevailing in northern states I found mostly a little difference come up with traditional dresses, music and dance, art and craft and other stuffs.Which help a lot to states to make a hallmark for their region or state. And U.P added a new art and that is painting other than other states.