Chinese‚ Malay‚ Indian and European immigrants‚ the culture of Singapore expresses the diversity of the population as the various ethnic groups continue to celebrate their own cultures while they intermingle with one another. For example‚ one can find a Malay wedding taking place beside a Chinese funeral. Singapore has achieved a significant degree of cultural diffusion with its unique combination of these ethnic groups‚ and has given Singapore a rich mixture of diversity for its young age Festivals
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The Brazilian culture has a rich diversity predominantly influenced by the Portuguese customs‚ religion‚ and way of life but also from the indigenous African Americans and Native Americans that now represent Brazil. Most Brazilians come from European ancestry with a smaller percentage from African and Indian decent. Individuals in the Brazilian culture containing mixed African and European ancestry are referred to as “mulattoes.” On the other hand those from both Indian and European are called “mestizos
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Kurdish Culture Anita Palomo Anthropology 101 Mr. Steven Sager January 21‚ 2013 Kurdish Culture The Kurdish people are an indigenous ethnic minority found in the country of Iraq‚ also in parts of Turkey‚ North West Iran and smaller areas of North East Syria and Armenia. Ethnically parallel to the Iranians‚ the Kurds in the past traditionally nomadic herders but are currently mostly seminomadic. The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims. The Kurds are the most populated ethnic group in the world that
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Thailand is a country rich in natural resources‚ fun-loving and easygoing people‚ religion‚ traditions and beauty. Thailand has a growing economy full of opportunities. This paper will give you information on Thailand’s geography‚ size of its market‚ the political situation of Thailand‚ its regulatory environment‚ the economy‚ key economic indicators‚ its culture‚ and how consumer products are marketed and distributed. Thailand is the 51st-largest country by total area in the world‚ totaling
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present paper contrasts the importance of two divergent approaches to training‚ approaches that are either universalistic (etic) or particularistic (emic) in nature. While most extant literature on cross-cultural communication focuses primarily on culture-specific-emic-approaches‚ this paper stresses the value of also drawing on pan-cultural-universalistic-approaches. We illustrate the utility of such an approach through the example of "politeness" theory (Brown & Levinson‚ 1978‚ 1987). Politeness
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practice of promoting a more powerful culture over a least known or desirable culture. It is usually the case that the former belongs to a large‚ economically or militarily powerful nation and the latter belongs to a smaller‚ less powerful one. Cultural imperialism can take the form of an active‚ formal policy or a general attitude. A metaphor of colonialism is employed: the cultural products of the first world "invade" the third-world and "conquer" local culture. In the stronger variants of the term
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Chinese culture 1. Chinese Tea Culture China is the homeland of tea. It is believed that China has tea-shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago‚ and human cultivation of teaplants dates back two thousand years. Tea from China‚ along with her silk and porcelain‚ began to be known the world over more than a thousand years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export. At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries producing 90% of the world’s
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Zimbabwe has many different cultures which may include various ethnic groups endure. Food shortages and civil unrest have characterized life in Zimbabwe‚ formerly Rhodesia‚ since independence from the UK in 1980‚ obscuring many facets of daily life. Zimbabwe’s population is estimated to be 11.65 million‚ which 82 percent of them are Shona and 14 percent are Ndebele. Tonga‚ Shangaan and Venda are the other smaller ethnic group. English is the official language of Zimbabwe‚ and the rest of the populations
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topics of Korean history‚ immigration‚ culture‚ language‚ religion‚ food‚ views on disabilities and rehabilitation services typically available in Korea are covered briefly to provide the reader with a quick overview and background. For those who seek more detailed information‚ the references cited in each section can be used as a starting point. For those with prior background knowledge of Korea‚ I suggest reading Part II first‚ in which I introduce Korean culture with case stories in the context of
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define the culture of the inhabitants from Curacao. We chose this culture because it was until recently a colony of the Netherlands and we wanted to know if the influences of the Dutch culture are still visible. We also chose this culture because a lot of people who work and live in the Netherlands are from Curacaoan decent and Curacao is a popular holiday destination for Dutch people. We studied this culture via different ways. We interviewed people from Curacaoan decent‚ studied the culture of Curacao
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