Cultural Identity

I learned cultural diversity is very important to us. It help us to share feeling with other, and we need to understand other people better. If people from different countries can share feelings, this world would be better. For example, they can talk about how they feel and have a idea what is very important for other. Next, we need to understand each other better. In nowadays people only talk about what they think is right, they never listen to other people. If every country can sit at one table and talk about what they need, the world will be less war. Thus, we need to share feeling with other, and we need to understand other people.

Cultural Identity

    

  The most important thing I learned from Cultural Identity is it’s important for us to learn about other people’s cultural. The world produced people, but also let people created the cultural. When people shared and studied the value with each other, it’s will improve relations between human races and to promote the continues development of human beings. In my opinion study different culture can improve and enrich ourselves. Based on the knowledge of culture, we can make friends with others easily. In summarize, people need positive attitude about cultural identity and study from it.

Cultural Identity

I learned thing from this class is living same place in the same time with differnt countries people means accepting differences and understanding what our differences are. It does not mean to think we are not same, but it means every each person makes the world. Living in the foreign country might make us to chaging the view of own country, and cultural identity sometimes. And also, it is not meaning of lost own country's way that means fit in the other or respect each other. I have been to some country before, and I realized every single country has peculiar architecture, food, manners and personality, which were different from my country. I always think when I amd in the other country that is '' when in Rome, do as Romans do'' is a way of respect and adjusts to the environment. On the other hand, people who live there are also interested in me that they are greeting in Japanese. Thus, Cultural Udentity is realizing that as menber of the country. 

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South Korea 

Han-bok is our traditional clothes. It is so colorful and gorgeous. It was chosen the most beautiful clothes in the world and got the first prize on the world's traditional competition.

  

As you know, Korean pop music is the raising up and popular in the world. many people from different countries has been interested it and loving it. The most biggest example is Gangnam style by PSY. 

I'm sure many people will surprise when they experience our drinking culture. So-ju which is korean drink is 20% alcohol in it and it is the most popular drink in korea. We also eat korean-chicken and beer together. It's called Chi-mac. No one can live without it. If some fought each other, then just bring the chicken and beer to apologize. I'm sure it will work. 

Mexican-American culture

This is a little bit of the Mexican and American culture. Is more salad bowl than a melting pot, because I am familiar with American culture I like the food music and  I celebrated some of his  holidays.For example my family and I celebrate thanksgiving and 4th of July, but without lose my own  cultural identity. Likewise  I celebrate the Mexican  holidays,listen Mexican music  like mariachis  that  is one of the most popular Mexican traditional music.

Mariachi's music is the most popular traditional Mexican music.Its play in formal events like birthdays and weddings.

 

This  is the angel of independence that symbolize the independence of Mexico from Spain

Chinese culture

Welcome to China

  Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the world. This is true even as popular culture that has traditionally been considered Western begins to spread throughout China。I Chose these images , because I love traditional Chinese culture too much. Such as Chinese zoduac, Folk dance, The great wall, and The traditional food etc...

The Chinese zodiac is any of the twelve animals, representing the twelve Earthly Branches, it used to symbolize the year in which a person is born. They are Tiger, Rat, Ox, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Dog, Rooster, Pig. You see, In the Chinese zodiac, the year 2015 is the year of the Goat.

  I like Folk dance, as an enchanting flower among the various national cultures. Folk dance is a miniature of life and work, and the social, historical and cultural accumulation of people of all nationality.

  The Great Wall was first built in ancient China. It is not only a wall, but it is also a tourist resort. The greatest part of the Great Wall is in Beijing. It is called "Badaling". It is 7.8 metres high on an average. And it is 6.6 metres wide at the bottom while 5.8 metres wide on the top. The Great Wall is visited by thousands of people coming from different countries. A Chinese saying goes like this," You are not a true man until you get to the Great Wall."

                                                             American Food

   

 I have embraced about a lot of American food, such as some  breakfast. I always choose some American style food like, bread, corn and milk for breakfast everyday,which are always in a hurry.

                                                                                              Lina Guan

                                                                                 

Syria, The Cradle of all Civilizations.

 

As you can see the collage was cut in a specific shape showing the map of Syria, my country.

You can see it has a fair amount of pictures, each set of pictures are located almost on known cities, starting from Damascus which is the capital of Syria, its the second largest city, its the oldest inhabited city in the whole world, known for its major role in trade since decades, as you can see one the of the biggest and oldest markets known as Al-Hamedeyeh. Most of the goods and products are made in this city to be exported to other countries, Damascus has a vast historical places due to what this city experienced through ages, its population have several religions, but the majority are Muslims, it has more than 2000 mosques, a fair percentage of Christians and churches scattered around this city as well. The old city of Damascus, or so called Dimashq al Qadema, it has seven gates surrounding it from several directions, and each gate hold its own name till now.

  

As we go up north east of the collage away from Damascus, we can see that we are going over a different set of pictures which points at the city of Palmyra or Tadmur, its almost located at the center of Syria, it has a lot of historical sites since the Greco-Roman periods. Also the Palmyrene Empire was located at this city where the queen Zenobia was a 3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria, who led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire. The eighth wife of King Septimius Odaenathus, Zenobia became queen of the Palmyrene Empire following Odaenathus' death in 267.

Just about 223 km (138 mi) north east away from Palmyra, a set of pictures showing we are at the beautiful city of Deir Ez-Zzor, my home city, located on the banks of the Euphrates river, the largest city of the eastern part of Syria, upon the exploration of light crude petroleum in the Syrian desert made this city the center for the country's petroleum extraction industry. Nevertheless, being the center of the country's industry, agriculture and livestock-breeding is what Deir Ez-Zzor also known for. Deir ez-Zor is home to the third Armenian diplomatic mission in Syria; the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Armenia because of the high number of Armenian population in the city through generations. One of the landmarks that this city has is the suspension bridge (Al-jeser Al-moa'alaq) crossing the Euphrates river, which was built in 1927 by the French occupation by then and was destroyed by the Syrian regime in 2013.

Moving west just about 320 km (200 mi) you will approach the city of Aleppo, the biggest city and the economic capital of Syria. The city has so many historical places, one of them is the Aleppo citadel located in the center of the city over a highland.

And that was a relatively small brief, about my country, which it would take more than a simple collage talking about its dense and fertile history, which is simply known as the cradle of all civilizations.