Engaging in Cultural Awareness: An Overview of Cuba
Human beings are part of either families or communities that separate themselves by ethnic, class or cultural points of view. These aspects are critical in shaping aspects of human comprehension about the way that the world should be. Cultural awareness is a support for creating communication that spurs human beings to view the world from the stance of others and be more clearly aware of their own cultural views and opinions. Cultural awareness is more critical in the case that, we in time come into contact with individuals from different cultures. This is because an individual’s perceives and examines aspects in a different way and this creates a situation for misunderstandings to arise. …show more content…
It also refers to a set of knowledge as well as beliefs and attitudes that a community of individuals acquires over the course of a certain period of time (Bilewicz 331-333). A number of ideas try to explain cultural behaviors, including determinism which argues that the aspects learned by people such as beliefs and values are core in determining the type of nature that one has. In this regard, one argues that human nature can be molded and that human beings have a choice on the manner in which they choose to live. Another theory is relativism which argues that human beings essentially act and think in numerous ways and that there is no distinct way one can argue that one group is better than another (Franks …show more content…
This is because one can see certain aspects of European, African, North American as well as African cultures in the Cuban culture. The Cuban Revolution is a major characteristic of this country’s culture, in many instances having an impact on the day to day life of Cubans (Vego 12-14). A large proportion of the country’s musical influences come from European and African cultures. Fidel Castro’s belief in socialism ensures that sports continue to be a key focus for Cuba’s government and in turn a key aspect of the country’s culture. The country’s food is in the same manner as the large majority of other aspects of Cuban culture, a mixture of Spanish, African as well as Caribbean influences. In terms of religion, the second largest religion incorporates influences from Catholic and traditional African religions including Yoruba. The Cuban population speaks a blend of Spanish, Creole and Spanish (Vego
Human beings are part of either families or communities that separate themselves by ethnic, class or cultural points of view. These aspects are critical in shaping aspects of human comprehension about the way that the world should be. Cultural awareness is a support for creating communication that spurs human beings to view the world from the stance of others and be more clearly aware of their own cultural views and opinions. Cultural awareness is more critical in the case that, we in time come into contact with individuals from different cultures. This is because an individual’s perceives and examines aspects in a different way and this creates a situation for misunderstandings to arise. …show more content…
It also refers to a set of knowledge as well as beliefs and attitudes that a community of individuals acquires over the course of a certain period of time (Bilewicz 331-333). A number of ideas try to explain cultural behaviors, including determinism which argues that the aspects learned by people such as beliefs and values are core in determining the type of nature that one has. In this regard, one argues that human nature can be molded and that human beings have a choice on the manner in which they choose to live. Another theory is relativism which argues that human beings essentially act and think in numerous ways and that there is no distinct way one can argue that one group is better than another (Franks …show more content…
This is because one can see certain aspects of European, African, North American as well as African cultures in the Cuban culture. The Cuban Revolution is a major characteristic of this country’s culture, in many instances having an impact on the day to day life of Cubans (Vego 12-14). A large proportion of the country’s musical influences come from European and African cultures. Fidel Castro’s belief in socialism ensures that sports continue to be a key focus for Cuba’s government and in turn a key aspect of the country’s culture. The country’s food is in the same manner as the large majority of other aspects of Cuban culture, a mixture of Spanish, African as well as Caribbean influences. In terms of religion, the second largest religion incorporates influences from Catholic and traditional African religions including Yoruba. The Cuban population speaks a blend of Spanish, Creole and Spanish (Vego