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December 20th – December 27th

What is Culture?

What is culture?

“Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. The Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition goes a step further, defining culture as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization. Thus, it can be seen as the growth of a group identity fostered by social patterns unique to the group….”
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What is culture?

“Culture is a MYTH, a LIE we all are compelled to believe. Homo sapiens, the so called intelligent being rules the world but a single human holds no power to exert his influence over nature, humans despite being weak, slower and less muscular paved their way to the top of the food chain all by their social skills. Thus we need association to rule the world. Now the catch here is, these associations are not a child’s play. Thus we need something that could bind us together and there comes the concept of culture….”
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What is culture?

“Culture is a web of traditions, spirituality, religion, cuisine, dress, art, and the overall fabric of a society. It is a conglomerate of the history of the people and the land. Thus, each culture of the world today is the latest manifestation of an ongoing ebb and flow. As people migrate, as land changes, as trauma is introduced, as mindsets change, so too do cultures….”
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What is culture?

“Culture is a way of life. It comprises of language, religion and specific lifestyles. It can never be easy to define culture, because there exists no static definition of it. Rather, it is a continuously evolving, having dynamic entity, which characterizes the entire lifestyle of a certain group of people….”
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