Culture refers to human activity patterns and symbols that give an identity to a group of people in a particular society. Culture is manifested in language, religion, literature, art, customs, and clothing. Culture dictates how people live and shows their specific beliefs. The moral values and principles of a particular people is also a part of their culture (De Groot, 2016). There are diverse cultures in the world that contribute to how people live and think.
Every culture surprisingly shares at least five essential characteristics no matter where it is located. These characteristics that are shared are that culture is learned, shared, dynamic in that it changes, integrated into the society in that it cannot be isolated and that it is passed …show more content…
It changes gradually. As time passes, there is a change in beliefs as some of the traditions are done away with. The language and mannerisms change with time. Factors such as globalization and migration lead to people from different cultures coming together. As they come together, they influence each other’s perceptions, and from that, a new culture or a multicultural society develops (Wirtschafter, 2015). Some traditions are eliminated as people learn about their dangers. The exposure to different cultures across the globe eventually leads to a cultural change as people adopt enriching aspects from other cultural groups. Exposure to different cultures leads to the transition of the social thinking thus overly leading to a cultural shift. The different aspects of culture are interrelated and interconnected. For one to fully understand a culture, he/she must learn all the components and not the particular components of that culture. Culture also does not exist in isolation (Wirtschafter, 2015). It is affected by the culture of people from the nearby surroundings. This can be through trade, migration, and travel. Culture can, therefore, be influenced by external factors and blend in to form new cultural …show more content…
Then this was the basis of making this nation an industrialized one. In 1980s, the Soviet communism collapsed due to unpreparedness. The effects were so intense in 1991 since this communism culture was hard to identify (Wirtschafter, 2015). Then this compelled Russia to adapt to the democrat market design.
Russian culture values family. With the problems that people faced under communism rule which lasted for more than 70 years until the Soviet Union broke in 1991, families were forced to come together to carry on. From that point in time, there was a creation of culture is which extended families became recognizable.
Russian culture has a rich cultural history founded on literature, painting, ballet, classical music, and architecture. Russian literature and arts are recognized world over. Ballet dancing has been spread all over the world with its classical music influencing other genres of music (Zajda, 2015). There is conspicuous architecture in the form of colorfully painted onion domes; these are predominant on top of church structures. They are said to represent vaults to heaven and burning candles. They appear in threes as a sign of the holy
Every culture surprisingly shares at least five essential characteristics no matter where it is located. These characteristics that are shared are that culture is learned, shared, dynamic in that it changes, integrated into the society in that it cannot be isolated and that it is passed …show more content…
It changes gradually. As time passes, there is a change in beliefs as some of the traditions are done away with. The language and mannerisms change with time. Factors such as globalization and migration lead to people from different cultures coming together. As they come together, they influence each other’s perceptions, and from that, a new culture or a multicultural society develops (Wirtschafter, 2015). Some traditions are eliminated as people learn about their dangers. The exposure to different cultures across the globe eventually leads to a cultural change as people adopt enriching aspects from other cultural groups. Exposure to different cultures leads to the transition of the social thinking thus overly leading to a cultural shift. The different aspects of culture are interrelated and interconnected. For one to fully understand a culture, he/she must learn all the components and not the particular components of that culture. Culture also does not exist in isolation (Wirtschafter, 2015). It is affected by the culture of people from the nearby surroundings. This can be through trade, migration, and travel. Culture can, therefore, be influenced by external factors and blend in to form new cultural …show more content…
Then this was the basis of making this nation an industrialized one. In 1980s, the Soviet communism collapsed due to unpreparedness. The effects were so intense in 1991 since this communism culture was hard to identify (Wirtschafter, 2015). Then this compelled Russia to adapt to the democrat market design.
Russian culture values family. With the problems that people faced under communism rule which lasted for more than 70 years until the Soviet Union broke in 1991, families were forced to come together to carry on. From that point in time, there was a creation of culture is which extended families became recognizable.
Russian culture has a rich cultural history founded on literature, painting, ballet, classical music, and architecture. Russian literature and arts are recognized world over. Ballet dancing has been spread all over the world with its classical music influencing other genres of music (Zajda, 2015). There is conspicuous architecture in the form of colorfully painted onion domes; these are predominant on top of church structures. They are said to represent vaults to heaven and burning candles. They appear in threes as a sign of the holy