“We are at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviors, beliefs, rituals”, Randa Abdel-Fattah. Have you ever sat down to think how many cultures are there in the world? In one community there might be more than one culture among the community. You would probably go crazy trying to count all the culture in the world. In today world, culture plays a major part of our lives.…
A tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way. My most favorite tradition is making tamales during Christmas eve. My relatives are always busy and we never have fun because they are either far away or just to busy. Making tamales is a way for my family and relatives to get together and have fun. Every single one of us gets a task that is not to hard and not to easy.…
There are no special traditions that my family created, but I created a special tradition. I made sure that every Cambodian, Lao, and Thai New Year, all of my children must get together and celebrate. We must celebrate family and love. Are there any family practices that represent the family’s ethnic, racial or religious background? Please describe and compare how these may have changed from generation to generation.…
Although people assume otherwise, I am Latina, and I'm proud to be a part of that community. I obtain my Latin blood from my father, who moved to the United States from Uruguay as a child. My parents divorced each other when I was young; however, when I was with him for either the weekend or the month of July, I embraced all the wonders of my Latin family. Latino culture entails prodigious amounts of cooking, and we always cooked Uruguayan food; it was almost taboo to eat out. From flan to the glorious empanadas, my family always ate homemade meals.…
Hidalgo Texas is a small town with many different places to go. Although, Hidalgo is a small town we are able to do many things. The environment I was raised in is quite different from other places. Hidalgo was my hometown since my childhood. I was raised in an environment where the people in my neighborhood are kind.…
I am Mexican and I have a large family. These are facts I have known my whole life; however, it never really hit me what they meant until I was thirteen. I did not know it was such a strong stereotype that my family conformed with. Once, there was a time when I was with my family holding my twin siblings hands and speaking with my mother in Spanish while we neared the checkout of a store.…
My family is like many Hispanic families that live in Laredo, Texas. We celebrate with cookouts or “carne asadas” instead of going to restaurant to have a nice dinner. We are a loud family of 8 that not always lived in Texas. Before I was even born, both my mother and father lives in Nuevo Laredo, Tamalupias in Mexico. Like many parents at that time, my parents would frequently travel to Laredo, Texas.…
Women, Men, and Food I grew up in a very traditional Mexican family with my culture interspersed throughout all the food I ate everyday. My mom had a part-time job and stayed home to cook and clean like her mother had done and her grandmother before her. That was the routine from the time I was born until I got to the fourth grade. During that point of my life, fresh homemade tortillas were ready on the table by the time I got home from school with some kind of delicious accompaniment. Anything, from a caldo de pollo con albondigas (chicken soup and meatballs) to a delicious mole.…
I’m Mexican, I was born in Mexico but then brought over here to the US when I was around 3 years old. My whole family was born in Mexico and I’m the youngest child which means that all of my brothers and sister grew up for most of their childhood in Mexico and my oldest sister even got married over there. We eventually all moved over here and that resulted in our family being very culturally connected with Mexico’s culture. My mother is a strong believer in continuing cultural traditions even if we are in a different place. So she made sure we always knew a lot about where we came from or special traditions that were done in Mexico.…
One of the most important institutions for a human being is the family. The family is where the individual builds up their manners, values, and morals. Family is also where socialization is mostly affected for an individual. According to Coltrane, family is defined as “a group of two or more people who reside together and who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption” (Coltrane). On the contrary, family is defined in many ways, some people define family as long past ancestors, distant family members, siblings or other blood relatives, and friends who are so close that they become honorary family members (Coltrane).…
I live in Brownsville Texas which is border with Mexico. Growing up in a mexican-american environment has been a wonderful experience. Both of my parents are Mexican and they both inculcated the mexican culture in my life. Since I live in the United States my mom has endowed me with both cultures. In Mexico they do not celebrate Halloween, instead they celebrate ¨El Día de los Muertos¨ (Day of the dead), in my advantage I get to celebrate both.…
Growing up as a Hispanic woman in America, I constantly switch back and forth with which culture I identify with most. Growing up I fully embraced my American culture, but as I started to get older, I started to identify more with my Hispanic culture. Having to always choose one side, has always left me feeling guilty for not embracing the other culture. Throughout the paper, I am going to use the term Hispanic to describe my Latin origin.…
So even outside of my household, I was still immersed in hispanic culture at school. However, that changed when I entered middle school. The middle school I attended was occupied by mostly American students. This was where I learned that not everyone had the same culture as me and my family. Student’s lunch boxes were packed with either lunchables, sandwiches, yogurt etc.…
As naive as we can be Mexicans understand and see that all cultures are not equal, so we must continue to do what we know respect and follow the directions/believes from our parents. Also, in Rury “the concept of cultural capital thus can be linked to the idea of social status. Certain ways of speaking, dressing and conducting oneself, after all, are associated…with greater standing or prominence in the social order” (Rury, 2013). This can relate to my families believes because for them we must always respect elders, dress appropriately (especially girls), and create a well respected social status not in monetary terms but in doing the norm and having family values. My tradition was to grow up respecting my parents by doing everything they said, find a hard working man they approve of, getting married in church, having kids, and maintaining the house.…
As Mexicans emigrated from the familiarity of their homes and learned new life in the United States, many preserved native culture traditions to aid the transition. Some Mexicans decided to adopt many American customs, while others stuck to their roots. Ultimately, their lifestyles were influenced, but many Mexican traditions were conserved. Some of the customs that Mexicans retained include religion, food, and entertainment. They kept these traditions like a piece of home.…