Is Culture a Constraint or Freedom?
Is culture a constraint or freedom?
Name: Rodrigo, Lianne Lu
Course & Year: BS-IE 1
Schedule: MWF 12:30 – 1:30 pm
According to Webster’s New World Encyclopedia, culture is the way of life of a particular society or group of people, including patterns of thought, beliefs, behavior, customs, traditions, rituals, dress, and language, as well as art, music, and literature.
Going back to the question, is culture a constraint or freedom? Well, for me, it’s both. It’s a constraint and at the same time its freedom. For me, its freedom because what I learned in my Social Science 6 class is that culture defines who we are. We are who we are because of our culture, freedom, in a sense that we get to be different. It lets us express who we are. I am a Filipino, and what makes me a Filipino is my culture. Our culture is the one thing that separates us from the rest of the world – our colorful and lively culture that makes us distinctly Filipinos. The Filipino Culture is just splendid. In the Philippines, each region or city has their own culture too, an example of which is the festivals. When you hear Sinulog Festival, you immediately think of Cebu. When you hear Kadayawan Festival, you think of Davao. When you hear Ati-atihan, you think about Kalibo, Aklan. See, their festivals define them as a people. They are being recognized because of their festivals. Culture defines people, and people define culture.
I have talked about how I see culture as freedom, now let me share why I think culture can also be a constraint. Nothing is perfect. Everything has its up and downs. Like culture, it has good parts and at the same time bad parts. There are times when people struggle with their culture, for example, there are certain beliefs and traditions passed on to us from generation to generation e.g superstitious beliefs – in the Philippines, Sukob, for the chinese, wherein three people can’t be in a picture together cause the middle person will die, beliefs like
Name: Rodrigo, Lianne Lu
Course & Year: BS-IE 1
Schedule: MWF 12:30 – 1:30 pm
According to Webster’s New World Encyclopedia, culture is the way of life of a particular society or group of people, including patterns of thought, beliefs, behavior, customs, traditions, rituals, dress, and language, as well as art, music, and literature.
Going back to the question, is culture a constraint or freedom? Well, for me, it’s both. It’s a constraint and at the same time its freedom. For me, its freedom because what I learned in my Social Science 6 class is that culture defines who we are. We are who we are because of our culture, freedom, in a sense that we get to be different. It lets us express who we are. I am a Filipino, and what makes me a Filipino is my culture. Our culture is the one thing that separates us from the rest of the world – our colorful and lively culture that makes us distinctly Filipinos. The Filipino Culture is just splendid. In the Philippines, each region or city has their own culture too, an example of which is the festivals. When you hear Sinulog Festival, you immediately think of Cebu. When you hear Kadayawan Festival, you think of Davao. When you hear Ati-atihan, you think about Kalibo, Aklan. See, their festivals define them as a people. They are being recognized because of their festivals. Culture defines people, and people define culture.
I have talked about how I see culture as freedom, now let me share why I think culture can also be a constraint. Nothing is perfect. Everything has its up and downs. Like culture, it has good parts and at the same time bad parts. There are times when people struggle with their culture, for example, there are certain beliefs and traditions passed on to us from generation to generation e.g superstitious beliefs – in the Philippines, Sukob, for the chinese, wherein three people can’t be in a picture together cause the middle person will die, beliefs like