Developing My Cultural Identity

The beliefs, values, and morals passed down to me from generation to generation, as well as the society surrounding me, have helped me to develop my cultural identity. Although these sources are partially responsible for the person I am today, my own personal experiences and emotions have also had an impact on my cultural views. Despite the fact that someone's cultural identity is made up of many different aspects, I believe the three aspects that best represent my cultural identity are my religious beliefs, my geographical region, and my music taste. My religious beliefs mainly come from my father who had grown up as a christian, as well as my mother who, later in her life, converted to christianity. Due to both of my parents being christian I had been placed into a catholic school up until the fifth grade.Throughout that time period everything that I had learned had been what was shown to me by those I had grown up with, there were not many things I was able to discover for myself. However, after a
Growing up, I had mainly listened to musical artists such as Aerosmith, Queen, and Bon Jovi due to my parents. However in the car I would occasionally have the chance to listen to the radio to hear pop music. The older I had become the more my music taste changed over the years. Currently I enjoy music genres such as alternative rock, pop rock, and pop punk. Due to the fact that music is a form of art, it allows people to express their thoughts and emotions through the words being sung which shows much of ones cultural identity.
In conclusion, ones personal cultural identity is always changing with each new experience each person may have. The individuals idea of each aspect of their culture weigh heavily on decisions or emotions that they are experiencing. How someone defines themself as well as how they experience new thoughts and ideas are based off of who they are, which is their cultural