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viernes, 4 de noviembre de 2011

Beliefs In France

In France there is no mix of religion and politics because is very private. For example the French president would never say his religious beliefs and it can be considered rude to start a conversation about it in a party or dinner.
Besides France is less religious than other countries such as the United States, they have religion but is a personal choice. The term "Laïcité" means that the state is separate from the church but all the religious beliefs are treated equally but also including having no religious beliefs.
This term can be considered as a value that represents beliefs.

jueves, 3 de noviembre de 2011

Incas


If you ever visit Peru make sure to go to Machu Pichu ruins, here the Inca culture developed. The Incas believed in afterlife and cared for their dead, they had to be embalmed, mummified and placed into tombs. Then relatives took food and other objects .They believed that dead could hear them and would use the multitude of objects that were brought there.
They offered different things to their gods, and they thought that with these the balance of nature and society would stabilize and they influenced their well-being, happiness and crop production.

African Values



For Africans community is really important, there is a popular African proverb that says "Go the way that many people go; if you go alone, you will have reason to lament", with this we can realize that their idea of security and its value depends on the community, maybe because of the dangers that living in this wild-animal continent implies. Another important value for them is religion, this is an integral and inseparable part of their entire culture; actually, in traditional African societies there were no atheists because it wasn’t an independent institution and social morality was completely dependent of it.

Values in South Africa

South Africa is a multicultural country because of the colonialism and immigration.
There is a difference between population, for example, white farmers often think very narrow but value human decency over materialism.
The outlook for the ones who live the fast life is affected such as the people from Johannesburg which consider themselves as urban but are more interested in what you own that what you are.
Many black communities are still attached to their heritage and they combine their roots with the urban environment and international influences around them.
This makes a richer but complicated society but still marks the values of the South African people. http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/south-africa-country-profile.html 

Hawaiian values and beliefs


They define themselves by their relationships to each other, their ancestors and their land. It is expected to know and understand what it means to be a contributing member of the community. Everyone is responsible to use their talents to benefit their family (ohana).

Family is the basic unit of society; they are big community that supports each other. Hawaiians cherish their ancestors, committing to memory generation.
The revival of Hawaiian cultural values is reviving the conflict between Western technological superiority and Hawaiian tradition.

The principal value in Hawaii is family and union, everyone is there for help.

- http://www.moolelo.com/                                            

lunes, 31 de octubre de 2011

Believes in China

Years before people with the same last name couldn’t get married but now a days people just exchange 8 characters: for the ones with traditional mentality the 8 character are based on compatibility by year, month, day and time of birth and for the astrologers the character are based on time and date of birth.
People believe in the inmortality of the soul.
When someone dies they have to stop eating big meals for 49 days.
When the someone of the parents, grandparents or great grandfather dies and someone has plans for getting married they have to do the wedding in the first 100 days of the dead person otherwise they have to wait for a year.

argentina

People in Argentina ear meet almost every day due to its large production. the population uses the left hand to hold the fork. It is considered rude to eat in the street or on public transportation.
There is a lot of different cults but the most popular is Catholic, others could be Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Judaism and Islam, among others.
Some religious festivities are:
* Religious Freedom Day on november 25
Our Lady of Itatí: July 9.
* Virgin of Carmen de Cuyo: July 16.
Pacha Mama: August 1.
* San Cayetano: August 7.
* Our Lady of Luján: October 1.
* St. Martin of Tours: November 11