Washington Culture Vs American Culture

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When I was seven years old, I moved here to Washington. I came from a small island in Micronesia called Yap. Culture back in Yap was very different from culture here in Washington. I needed a little time to get used to how things worked in America. Some aspects of my culture that differ from the culture in Washington are the food, we generally eat rice with almost everything. Another aspect of my culture was music, there is a variety of music here in the states.

Back home, my family and friends generally ate the same thing. We ate a variety of meat consisting of pork, and fish, but we usually ate meat with rice. Rice was important to our family, both my Mother’s and Father’s side, because it was in every meal. When I moved to Washington,

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