{"id":862,"date":"2018-05-20T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T06:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/?p=862"},"modified":"2022-12-31T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:26:25","slug":"psst-need-some-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirnetwork.com\/justju\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"Psst! Need Some Culture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the pitfalls of being a jetsetter is the constant effort that must be made to discover, adopt, and discard current trends before the hoi polloi barge in. Having cycled through exotic ‘spiritualisms<\/em>‘, the new trend for the glitterati over the past few years is to adopt ‘concepts<\/em>‘ from other cultures. One fairly obvious reason could be that the level of personal commitment (ranging from simply a form of interior design to undemanding lifestyle choices) is far lower.
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The Danish concept of Hygge<\/strong> [<\/a>] is the art of enjoying simple pleasures associated with the feeling of being cosy. Hygge has been defined thus : “the warm glow of a candle, wrapping yourself in a duvet watching the flames of a brazier, snuggling down with a mid-winter book, these are all hygge<\/em>.” <\/p>\n

Hygge was overtaken by Lagom<\/strong> [<\/a>] from Sweden which has been defined as finding just the right amount of anything and is more of a lifestyle choice as it encourages sustainability, environmental awareness and balance. <\/p>\n

The Dutch concept of Gezelligheid<\/strong> [<\/a>] is a blend of simple pleasures, cosiness, togetherness and contentedness.<\/p>\n

While each concept is genuine enough in its respective country of origin, it hasn’t taken long for marketing vultures to get into the act. Scotland’s tourism body VisitScotland<\/strong> have invented their own international concept called “C\u00f2sagach<\/strong>” which they claim is an old Scottish word for feeling snug, sheltered and warm. They tried to shill it as a “top trend” for 2018 but the attempt ran into foul Scottish weather<\/a> with native Gaelic speakers ridiculing<\/a> the invented concept.<\/p>\n

My personal opinion is that ones own culture should be satisfying enough for oneself. <\/p>\n

I do empathise, however, with some aspects of Japanese culture like the understated elegance and wear-induced patina of Wabi-sabi<\/strong>, the perspective of Ikigai<\/strong> that a home should mostly have objects that have special meaning to the owner, and the amazing twist of Kintsugi\/Kintsukuroi<\/strong>, where repairs make the broken object more valuable and desirable.<\/p>\n

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Ahh, the feeling of bliss that comes from sipping noon-chai<\/em> in the hamaam<\/em>, with your legs tucked into your pheran<\/em> over a kangri<\/em>, thereby insulating yourself from the freezing temperatures while the snow piles up relentlessly outside your window. Maybe Kashmir Tourism should come up with a marketing term for the concept \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n


\nTake that Hygge!<\/em> <\/p>\n

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