Sunday, October 18, 2009

cultural cause

culture determines how we live our lives and how we look at others who are not from the same group as us. it defines what is right, wrong, normal and what's taboo. however what one culture perceives as right or normal may not be the case for another culture.

for example the 'thumbs up' sign. to most, it means 'good' or something positive. in Bangladesh, it is considered to be a vulgarity. so you can imagine what would happen if you were to go to Bangladesh and show people 'the thumb'.



another example is the 'OK' sign. which looks like someone showing the number 3 with the palm and the thumb and index finger forming a circle.as it shows, it can mean insult in Brazil, money in japan, zero in Russia and OK USA and UK.

taking a more basic turn, the way we eat our food can be different. most part of asia originally eat with hands. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan and so on. And the Chinese, Koreans and the Japanese used chopsticks. but, ever since the western countries came to Asia they brought with them their own culture, their own way of eating food. fork and knives. and everybody started using them.

1 comment:

  1. Good post brother.i like the details.

    i should give u a thumbs up next time.HAHAHAH

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