The Zulu People
The Zulu People
ANT. 101
Instructor Brooks
June 1, 2013
The Zulu People Have you ever wondered why people in foreign countries live so differently than us in the United States? It has a lot to do with their culture backgrounds and what they believe in. There are several different cultures and beliefs outside of the United States that we do not realize or even understand. We question ourselves about why people from different countries do things so much different than us, and if we find it to be out of the normal for us we don’t understand it. I will be explaining the Zulu Culture in this essay to compare how their culture is similar and differs to ours in the United States. In the United States we live with freedom and the right to make choices. Most of the people in the United States live worshiping one God, and that is normal to us. We have one spouse, and we choose who that spouse is. We have a lot more rights than other countries, and when we see something out of the normal to us we tend not to understand why they may do this certain thing. Well it all has to do with one’s cultural background, ones beliefs, and to understand why they do such we have to investigate a person’s background. Including where they come from, how they were raised and what they believe in. In doing this surely you will understand a little more about another’s culture and will not be so quick to judge how they may do a particular task. To start off I am going to explain where the Zulu people come from. The Zulu is South African ethnic groups mainly living in the KwaZulu-Natal part of Africa. Their name translated in English means “People of Heaven” There is around seventeen to twenty two million people in this tribal group. The Zulu kingdom was established in the ninth century. A lot like in the United States the Zulu culture are horticulturalists. This means they live off of the land. They raise their livestock and grow their vegetable gardens to supply food for
ANT. 101
Instructor Brooks
June 1, 2013
The Zulu People Have you ever wondered why people in foreign countries live so differently than us in the United States? It has a lot to do with their culture backgrounds and what they believe in. There are several different cultures and beliefs outside of the United States that we do not realize or even understand. We question ourselves about why people from different countries do things so much different than us, and if we find it to be out of the normal for us we don’t understand it. I will be explaining the Zulu Culture in this essay to compare how their culture is similar and differs to ours in the United States. In the United States we live with freedom and the right to make choices. Most of the people in the United States live worshiping one God, and that is normal to us. We have one spouse, and we choose who that spouse is. We have a lot more rights than other countries, and when we see something out of the normal to us we tend not to understand why they may do this certain thing. Well it all has to do with one’s cultural background, ones beliefs, and to understand why they do such we have to investigate a person’s background. Including where they come from, how they were raised and what they believe in. In doing this surely you will understand a little more about another’s culture and will not be so quick to judge how they may do a particular task. To start off I am going to explain where the Zulu people come from. The Zulu is South African ethnic groups mainly living in the KwaZulu-Natal part of Africa. Their name translated in English means “People of Heaven” There is around seventeen to twenty two million people in this tribal group. The Zulu kingdom was established in the ninth century. A lot like in the United States the Zulu culture are horticulturalists. This means they live off of the land. They raise their livestock and grow their vegetable gardens to supply food for
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