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Culture What is Culture
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| Bog'liq Culture Power Point
Culture - A Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs.
- It includes language, what they do, eat, make, believe and how they dress.
- These groups are called “Cultural Groups”
- Buddhist Monks in Myanmar
SOCIAL GROUPS Religion in Cultures - Religion is an organized system of beliefs with specific rituals and practices that includes the super natural.
- Religion can guide people in ethics – standards of accepted behavior.
- The Koran – the holy book of Islam.
- The Bible- the holy book of Christianity.
Daily Life Daily Life (Sports) History ART GOVERNMENT - Monarchy: Kings and Queens rule.
- Patriarchy
- Matriarchy
GOVERNMENT - Dictatorship: Individual rules the government any way who or she wants to.
GOVERNMENT - Democracy: The power is held by the people to vote for their leaders.
GOVERNMENT ECONOMY - Traditional Economy: Things are done how they always were usually due to customs and beliefs: Religious
ECONOMY - Market Economy:
- Individuals make decisions about what to produce: They make what people want to buy.
- Right to own property or businesses and choose what job to do.
ECONOMY Amish Culture - The Amish are a sub-culture in America.
- A cultural group that lives within the existing larger national group.
- The Amish Culture keeps to themselves as much as possible.
Amish History - Religious Group.
- Roots are in Anabaptist movement of the 1500’s.
- Ethnically German-Swiss.
- Amish in America dates from 1693.
Amish Beliefs - Very strict – especially the Old Order group
- About 198,000 Old Order Amish in United States.
- The Ordnung is an oral tradition of rules which regulates how the Amish way of life should be conducted
- Family
- Humility
- Anti-individualism
- Calmness & Composure
- Education only to the 8th grade
Amish Virtues - Modesty and purity are important virtues.
- The Amish are pacifists - they reject all forms of violence.
- They do not serve in the military.
- They admire large families.
Amish Dress - Amish wear traditional and plain clothing
- It shows they are not conforming to the world.
- It expresses an obedience to their church.
- It shows their lack of vanity.
- Formal education beyond Grade 8 is discouraged.
Rejection of Conveniences - Most Amish reject modern technology such as automobiles.
- They believe it promotes pride or vanity in one’s possessions.
Amish farming is often without machines Hand-made Items
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