Cultural Differences Between Argentina And Bolivia

To Cultivate some of my understandings about South America, I will explain some major cities in Argentina and Bolivia, some historical background, their religious beliefs/ native language. Some major cities that are located in Argentina are Bueno Aires, Cordoba and Mendoza. Then for Bolivia there is La Paz; the capital, Sucre which is their official capital of Bolivia, then there’s Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and Potosi. A brief historical background about Bolivia is that the Incas conquered Bolivia in the fifth century, until 1533 when the Spaniards leader Francisco Pizarro came and took over the Incas. With the Spaniard rule over Bolivia, the Spanish became unhappy with the Spanish rule, which led to a rebellion in 1809. After the rebellion, Bolivia …show more content…
When it comes to beliefs, religious beliefs most of Argentina and Bolivia are Catholic, but for my culture we’re Christian. Our religious beliefs are different yet we believe in God it’s still totally different from one another. Values, each culture is different some may agree to value something more such as family, friends, belief and etc. Thus, sways how we feel about this culture, we may feel what they did was wrong. Like for example the Dirty war in Argentina some say people in Argentina felt this never happened/ what they were doing wasn’t wrong. Which can spike emotion, that this did happen and it was morally …show more content…
Like for example Argentina uses mate; a traditional South American caffeine drink, mostly used in Argentina. Mate is traditionally used in group gatherings, talking among others and having a good time. As for Bolivia they do the same but with coca, in the video we saw about coca, the men who pick/ gather the coca leaves would come together after a hard day at work and share coca leaves and would stand under the shade to relax and talk among themselves. As for my Hispanic culture we do the same when it comes to parties, we dance and sing, having a good time together as a family. As for some differences with Argentina and Bolivian culture with my own, Bolivia’s cultural frameworks such as being a feminine society; relaxed and flexible meaning punctuality isn’t a priority. In addition to my culture were considered masculine value competition, higher power, taking control and better our country. As for Argentina, personal relationships are highly valued and take time to get to know one another, as for my culture we stick with inside our family