As humans, we learn some of the ways of our culture by being taught by our teachers or parents. We learn more of the ways of our culture by growing up in it. We see how other people in our culture do things, and we do them the same way. We even learn how to think and feel in this way.
All human beings have certain basic needs, such as eating, drinking, keeping warm and dry, and so on. However, the way in which they take care of there needs depends on the culture in which they grow up. All culture s have ways of eating, dressing, finding shelter, marring, and dealing with death. The foods that we think are good to eat, the kind of clothes we wear, and how many people we can marry at one time are all parts of our culture.
Our own culture seems very nature to us. We feel in our hearts that the way that we do things is the only right way to do them. Other people’s culture often make us laugh or feel disgusted or shocked. We may laugh at clothing that seems ridiculous to us. Many people think that eating octopus or a juicy red piece of roast beef is disgusting. The idea that a man can have more than one wife or that brothers and sisters can marry each other my shock other cultures.
Ideas of what is beautiful differ from one culture to another. The Flathead Indian of North America used to bind the heads of babies between board so they would have long sloping foreheads. In the Flathead culture, long sloping foreheads were beautiful. Other cultures might think that they are strange-looking and unattractive. Many people cut scars into their bodies or tattoo themselves so that others in their culture will think they are beautiful. Objects are inserted in holes in the nose, lips, and ears in a number of different cultures in many twentieth-century societies, rouge, lipstick, eye shadow, perfume, and hair spray are all used to increase attractiveness.
When people die, different cultures dispose of their bodies in different ways. Sometimes bodies are buried. Sometimes bodies are buried in the ground. In many cultures in the past, people were buried with food, weapons, jewellery, and other things that might be useful in the next life. For example, the ancient Egyptians buried people with little human figures made from clay. This clay figures were supposed to work the death person in the other world. A religious group called the parses exposed their dead on platforms for birds to eat. Some people practice a second burial. After the bodies have been in the earth for several years, the bones are dug up and reburied, sometimes in a small container.
These are just a few of the many different customs that are found in different culture. Most of time, the different ways that are the customs of different cultures are neither right nor wrong. It is simply that different people do the same things in different ways.
All human beings have certain basic needs, such as eating, drinking, keeping warm and dry, and so on. However, the way in which they take care of there needs depends on the culture in which they grow up. All culture s have ways of eating, dressing, finding shelter, marring, and dealing with death. The foods that we think are good to eat, the kind of clothes we wear, and how many people we can marry at one time are all parts of our culture.
Our own culture seems very nature to us. We feel in our hearts that the way that we do things is the only right way to do them. Other people’s culture often make us laugh or feel disgusted or shocked. We may laugh at clothing that seems ridiculous to us. Many people think that eating octopus or a juicy red piece of roast beef is disgusting. The idea that a man can have more than one wife or that brothers and sisters can marry each other my shock other cultures.
Ideas of what is beautiful differ from one culture to another. The Flathead Indian of North America used to bind the heads of babies between board so they would have long sloping foreheads. In the Flathead culture, long sloping foreheads were beautiful. Other cultures might think that they are strange-looking and unattractive. Many people cut scars into their bodies or tattoo themselves so that others in their culture will think they are beautiful. Objects are inserted in holes in the nose, lips, and ears in a number of different cultures in many twentieth-century societies, rouge, lipstick, eye shadow, perfume, and hair spray are all used to increase attractiveness.
When people die, different cultures dispose of their bodies in different ways. Sometimes bodies are buried. Sometimes bodies are buried in the ground. In many cultures in the past, people were buried with food, weapons, jewellery, and other things that might be useful in the next life. For example, the ancient Egyptians buried people with little human figures made from clay. This clay figures were supposed to work the death person in the other world. A religious group called the parses exposed their dead on platforms for birds to eat. Some people practice a second burial. After the bodies have been in the earth for several years, the bones are dug up and reburied, sometimes in a small container.
These are just a few of the many different customs that are found in different culture. Most of time, the different ways that are the customs of different cultures are neither right nor wrong. It is simply that different people do the same things in different ways.
