(Embracing) Cultural Diversities

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Im learning new concepts (to me) in sociology so I thought I'd share... then open it up to you!
  • Share something unique or weird with us about your country or culture
  • This includes subculture (smaller groups within society) and counterculture (groups that are opposed to the society norm)
  • You can share something about another culture but keep it fucking respectful! :)
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Cultural relativism- the principle of understanding other cultures on their own terms, rather than judging or evaluating according to one's own culture.

You might think other cultures are weird but we ALL do weird things because every culture has their own norm!
 
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I just learned the other day they don't do this in other countries! Damnit!! I kind of hate tipping *face palm*

Tipping in the U.S.
A custom associated with the United States is its intricate tipping culture. Unlike many other countries who don’t tip at all or who only tip in small amounts when the food was particularly good, tipping is rather mandatory at most restaurants in the U.S. In fact, it is expected that patrons leave between 10-20 percent of the bill in tips. Wait staff rely on this gratuity for a living because legal wages for waiters are low. Further, there are rules for tipping bartenders, delivery people and other service personnel. While some criticize this practice as irrational, there’s no doubt that tipping culture in the U.S. gives an incentive for waiters and waitresses to provide better service
 
We have never really tipped here in Aust. I’m guessing because we have fairly ok wages for waitstaff. Etc.
Altho have noticed now on apps like uber and uber eats at the end it gives you the option of adding a tip.

I don’t know that we have that many customs here in Australia, probably because we have for a long time been quite multicultural we just adapt from
Others. Or maybe we do do things and I don’t think of them as customs because it is just what we do.
 
Jinxy said:
I don’t know that we have that many customs here in Australia, probably because we have for a long time been quite multicultural we just adapt from
Others. Or maybe we do do things and I don’t think of them as customs because it is just what we do.
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Oh Rooooos!!!!! Is this true? o_O

Australians eat their national symbol
Such vibrant multiculturalism means that Australia doesn’t really share one cohesive cuisine — lamb roast is as common as fettuccine or pho or falafel. But there is one quirky feature of Australian food: kangaroo regularly finds its way onto the menu. With 50 million roos hopping around the country — twice the population of humans — Australia’s national icon is a common meal, in the form of steak or sausages (known as ‘kanga bangers’).
 
The Netherlands.

We pick up the phone (not mobile phones) with saying our first and last names. Allthough more and more people stick only with their mobiles, this still is a common use. We also have a certain politeness in our language by saying "Jij"(means You) to people we know very well. And "U" (means You) to older people and to people we don't know well, or people of a certain importance like for example the King.
 
TBig88M said:
The Netherlands.

We pick up the phone (not mobile phones) with saying our first and last names. Allthough more and more people stick only with their mobiles, this still is a common use. We also have a certain politeness in our language by saying "Jij"(means You) to people we know very well. And "U" (means You) to older people and to people we don't know well, or people of a certain importance like for example the King.
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Haha absolutely true haha. But I wouldn't state U to the king he is a royalty. I would rather pick my lines wisely and call him your highness haha
 
India is a diverse country which has 28 States and 8 union territories. Our national language is Hindi and we have other 22 registered official languages.
My mother tounge is Gujarati. Whenever we meet a fellow Gujarati anywhere, we greet them by saying "Kem Chho?" which means "how are you?" and in reply we generally get a "Majhaa maa" which means "I'm fine".
The Gujarati culture is quite famous for its food, particularly about its snacks. Some of our snacks include food items such as Khakhraa, Dhokla, Khaman, Muthiya, Theplas, Gaathiya, locho, etc. The list is quite long!
Gujarati food is generally sweet in taste because we love to add jaggery in pretty much every vegetable we cook. We have our vegetables with "the rotli or rotlo" both of which are Indian flat breads made out of Wheat flour or Corn flour or Sorghum flour or Pearl Millet flour and maybe a few more flours. Gujarati food is PURELY vegetarian. Although, you'll find that we do have Non-vegetarian food here mostly in the coastal regions of Gujarat.
There's a wide range of festivals which we celebrate throught out the year but the main ones are Navratri, Diwali (festival of lights), New Year, Makarsankranti (kite flying festival) and Holi (festival of colours).
The most awaited festival in Gujarat is Navratri.
Us Gujjus are crazy about this festival! It is the longest lasting festival which spans for 9 nights. We celebrate the victory of Goddess Ambe Maa over a Demon named "Mahishasura" by dancing to Gujarati traditional music after gathering on open grounds in large numbers and perfoming Garba (a dance form) in traditional attires (kurta-pajama or kediyu for guys and chaniya choli for gals).
Navratri lasts for nine nights because the battle between Goddess Ambe Maa and Demon Mahishasura lasted for 9 nights in which eventually good won over evil.
Mahatma Gandhi who was a freedom fighter and the leader in revolutions against the British Rule to gain India's Independence, was also a Gujarati.
Gujaratis are generally business minded people and are always thinking about setting up a profitable trade and building on it. We like to work for ourselves by running our own business rather than work for someone else.
Oh and we like to travel the world. Amongst Indians, Gujaratis travel the most and also look to settle abroad in different countries (US & Canada in particular). We're pretty much everywhere lol. You'll find Gujjus in every part of the world however less their count may be.

So this was a little bit about my culture. Hope you didn't find it too long to read lol cuz there's so much more to explore about my culture. Enjoy : )

Edit: appologies for forgetting to thank the creator of this thread!
I appreciate Lilly for creating this thread and look forward to learn something about every posters culture!
 
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The snacks here in Holland are called Frikandellen, Kroketten, KaasSoufle, Viandel, Bitterballen, Mexicano. These are typicall Dutch snacks wich all are deep fried... I am not a big fan of them myself but every year we consume 600 Million Frikandellen. That is a fucking lot!!
 
Gujjuguy said:
India is a diverse country which has 28 States and 8 union territories. Our national language is Hindi and we have other 22 registered official languages.
My mother tounge is Gujarati. Whenever we meet a fellow Gujarati anywhere, we greet them by saying "Kem Chho?" which means "how are you?" and in reply we generally get a "Majhaa maa" which means "I'm fine".
The Gujarati culture is quite famous for its food, particularly about its snacks. Some of our snacks include food items such as Khakhraa, Dhokla, Khaman, Muthiya, Theplas, Gaathiya, locho, etc. The list is quite long!
Gujarati food is generally sweet in taste because we love to add jaggery in pretty much every vegetable we cook. We have our vegetables with "the rotli or rotlo" both of which are Indian flat breads made out of Wheat flour or Corn flour or Sorghum flour or Pearl Millet flour and maybe a few more flours. Gujarati food is PURELY vegetarian. Although, you'll find that we do have Non-vegetarian food here mostly in the coastal regions of Gujarat.
There's a wide range of festivals which we celebrate throught out the year but the main ones are Navratri, Diwali (festival of lights), New Year, Makarsankranti (kite flying festival) and Holi (festival of colours).
The most awaited festival in Gujarat is Navratri.
Us Gujjus are crazy about this festival! It is the longest lasting festival which spans for 9 nights. We celebrate the victory of Goddess Ambe Maa over a Demon named "Mahishasura" by performing gathering on open grounds in large numbers and perfoming Garba (a dance form) in traditional attires (kurta-pajama or kediyu for guys and chaniya choli for gals).
Navratri lasts for nine nights because the battle between Goddess Ambe Maa and Demon Mahishasura lasted for 9 nights in which eventually good won over evil.
Mahatma Gandhi who was a freedom fighter and the leader in revolutions against the British Rule to gain India's Independence, was also a Gujarati.
Gujaratis are generally business minded people and are always thinking about setting up a profitable trade and building on it. We like to work for ourselves by running our own business rather than work for someone else.
Oh and we like to travel the world. Amongst Indians, Gujaratis travel the most and also look to settle abroad in different countries (US & Canada in particular). We're pretty much everywhere lol. You'll find Gujjus in every part of the world however less their count may be.

So this was a little bit about my culture. Hope you didn't find it too long to read lol cuz there's so much more to explore about my culture. Enjoy : )

Edit: appologies for forgetting to thank the creator of this thread!
I appreciate Lilly for creating this thread and look forward to learn something about every posters culture!
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Thabks Gujju!!! Can you share personal pics of the festivals, dancing or the traditional clothing? That's so much more exciting than google pics :)
 
TBig88M said:
The snacks here in Holland are called Frikandellen, Kroketten, KaasSoufle, Viandel, Bitterballen, Mexicano. These are typicall Dutch snacks wich all are deep fried... I am not a big fan of them myself but every year we consume 600 Million Frikandellen. That is a fucking lot!!
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*resisting sexual innuendo*
Will you post a personal pic of said snacks? And those are all fried?
 
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