Previously, I
was stated and define on what culture is about and characteristic of culture.
Culture is precious to some one who really knows to practice and appreciate it.
For this entry, I would like to expose all of you with most interesting culture
in world.
Thailand
Based on my review, there are top five cultures that enticing by
their own historical such as Thailand’s culture, Japanese’s culture.Thailand’s
culture can be seen in their uniqueness of language where it derived from
Khmer, Sanskrit, Pali, Malay and Chinese. Even English is second language for
many countries and widely spoken nowadays, but Thai language still being use in
daily for business and education in several places like Kelantan.
To get know Thailand we also have
to know their man of the country which is The Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej and
the Royal Family that hold a deservedly high and revered position in the
country. You will do well to respect this popular public sentiment. Other than
respecting their King Thai’s people have a highest level of respect to their
Buddhist monks. They also command a great deal of respect in Thai society.
Women should step aside to make way for passing monks and avoid any accidental
contact. Apart of that, the Wai is used by Thai people to showing their respect
to others or between them to greeting in farewell or in acknowledgement. This
culture is similar to the Indian Namaste gesture. You put your palms together
at chest level and bow your head.
Other than that, Thai attitude
also one of the uniqueness and it almost similar with Malay’s attitude such as,
It is considered rude to touch anyone on the head or to touch them with your
feet and considered offensive to sit with your feet pointing at someone. You
should remove shoes when entering someone's house or a temple. In Thai funerals
usually last for a week, during which many prayers are recited and crying is
not encouraged.
Japan
Second
interesting culture is Japan where it is a country of diverse customs and
culture and most technologically advanced countries in the world. This is what
makes it so unique which is the mix of tradition and modernity. The obvious
culture in japans is geisha. Geisha is a person of the arts are primarily women
who entertain guests by engaging in various forms of performing arts such as
playing musical instruments, dancing, carrying out a tea ceremony, Ikebana or
flower arrangement, and reciting poetry. For the first establishing of geisha
it was dominated by the male and not long after that women began to follow suit
and soon this became a completely female-dominated profession. Some people
thought that geisha is involve in prostitution. This is a myth that has been
spread because during the Second World War, a lot of girls sold themselves to
American soldiers by calling themselves geisha girls. Geisha are hired
primarily for entertainment.
Other enticing
cultures of Japan are their custom in term of Greetings, Punctuality and Work
Ethics, and Visiting Houses and Hospitality. The reasons why bows are so
important are because they express reverence for the opposite person. Other than
that, The Japanese are very punctual people, and punctuality does not only apply to the workplace ethics, but
any kind of social engagement. Hygiene also the customs of japan where this can
be see in when they visiting house and hospitality. The shoes are being removed
outside the house and being pointed outward in order to prevent soil in house.
Malaysia
Others than that,
as a Malaysian I review Malaysia is an interesting culture among the world in term
of their people, music and also cuisine. Malaysia is consists of many races
such as Malay, china, India and others The Malay people cover more than half of
the population of Malaysia.. This can lead Malaysia to the most contribute
culture among the races. The Malaysian music has seen influences from the
Indonesia, Portugal and even has influences from Thai forms and Chinese styles.
The pop scene has seen many developments in Malaysia and the more traditional
kind of music was popularized in the 1920s-1930s. Yet another genre, the Pop
Yeh-Yeh ruled the Malaysian music scenario in from the year 1965 to 1971. The last
beautiful of Malaysia culture is their cuisine where rice and noodles are the
main food for Malaysian. It must spicy and sweet. This cuisine also includes
many dishes that use an array of seafood.
Philippine
Philippine is
a beautiful country that sees a mix of diverse cultures with over 70 million
people. The beauty of Philippine can be seeing in term of their cuisine, music
and dance and also their art. Philippines love to eat snack such as chicharon,
bibingka, and lechon and it be the main food for them. Chicharon is a
deep-fried pork or chicken dish. Apart from this, the bibingka which is a rice
cake and the lechon is a whole roasted pig is also a popular dish in the
cuisine.
The music
styles of Philippines also can be one of the attractiveness and their music
seen have European and American influences. The dance of the Filipinos is seen
in various forms and styles such as in forms of folk dance. All such folk
dances are only done in groups and here, bamboo sticks are used in
accompaniment with the steps being performed Apart from music and dance, art in
traditional forms of paintings are also very much predominant in this culture. Other
forms of art and craft such as weaving and pottery are also common amongst
certain groups of people.
In a nut shell, it is important to protect, keep and practice our culture. Expose the culture to others also one of the way to prestigious the culture. Being know others culture is a precious opportunity to have.
