Asean Culture
ASEAN CULTURE IS FOR EVERYONE
Good morning Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Immanuel L. Maglasang from Boonwattana School. Today, I would like to affirm to you that ASEAN CULTURE is for everyone. First, I would like to define what culture is. Most of us think that culture is just about Folk Dances, Festivals and Traditions. But culture is more than that. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Each country in the Association of South East Asian Nation or ASEAN has its own distinct culture. This difference in culture is what we call cultural diversity. Many people think that this cultural diversity is the reason why ASEAN culture is NOT for everyone. They think that since culture among the countries in ASEAN differ, it will be impossible for them to work together in the upcoming AEC. I totally disagree! I believe that even with the differences in culture, we still have the ability to live together peacefully and in harmony.
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I say this because of the following reasons: (1) Diversity is what’s making this world beautiful. Cultural diversity exists everywhere. If we try to avoid these diversities, we will be wasting our time. If we try to remove these diversities this world is not going to be as beautiful as it is today. There are even organizations that hire people of different races, languages and religions because they believe that when an organization is composed of people with different cultures, experiences better and more unique ideas are given. People having different perceptions yield creative results. Such a situation is never created in groups of people who think similarly and belong to similar cultures. (2) I don’t believe that differences automatically results to chaos. Just because people have different beliefs it doesn’t mean that they could live in harmony together. Besides,
Good morning Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Immanuel L. Maglasang from Boonwattana School. Today, I would like to affirm to you that ASEAN CULTURE is for everyone. First, I would like to define what culture is. Most of us think that culture is just about Folk Dances, Festivals and Traditions. But culture is more than that. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Each country in the Association of South East Asian Nation or ASEAN has its own distinct culture. This difference in culture is what we call cultural diversity. Many people think that this cultural diversity is the reason why ASEAN culture is NOT for everyone. They think that since culture among the countries in ASEAN differ, it will be impossible for them to work together in the upcoming AEC. I totally disagree! I believe that even with the differences in culture, we still have the ability to live together peacefully and in harmony.
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I say this because of the following reasons: (1) Diversity is what’s making this world beautiful. Cultural diversity exists everywhere. If we try to avoid these diversities, we will be wasting our time. If we try to remove these diversities this world is not going to be as beautiful as it is today. There are even organizations that hire people of different races, languages and religions because they believe that when an organization is composed of people with different cultures, experiences better and more unique ideas are given. People having different perceptions yield creative results. Such a situation is never created in groups of people who think similarly and belong to similar cultures. (2) I don’t believe that differences automatically results to chaos. Just because people have different beliefs it doesn’t mean that they could live in harmony together. Besides,