A place of worship can be as big as a Hindu temple or as small as a Christian chapel. Groups of people come dressed in traditional clothes or as they are to praise and worship their God or spirit. Every building of worship is made and structured pretty much the same. This essential element would connect with a community’s culture in many different ways. One way is that the place of worship will bring many people from different cultures together.
Family Roles within Cultures Dustin R. Johnson Anthropology 101 Rachel Burke July 25, 2010 Introduction Many different cultures celebrate diversity and universal traditions. We know that we share certain traditions with other cultures as well as different traditions from other cultures. Not every culture knows the nuclear family that is prominent in the United States. Even now in the United States, the family has been redefined. Each country will be explained in terms of evolution over the years.
Societies and beliefs were changed but they always united people as one. Religion also created this human organization in collaboration with the superhuman. Religion in the pre-modern world brought the social society within the groups. The Paleolithic Hunters and Gatherers were a small amount of people who lived in an equalitarian society. Men and women were equal and therefore they were allowed religious expression.
In today’s society many people are affected by the phenomenon of globalization. For many people of different ethnic back ground, race and religion get very comfortable living in a community where we can relate to the people and environment where there are similar values, backgrounds, views and interest occurs, people flock to areas on the basics of cultural affinity for a feeling of security and similarities. For this reason it is unlikely to find location that has been unaffected by globalization; however globalization is the process of interaction and integration among, companies, government of different nations driven by trade. In “I Just Work Here” by Russell Leigh Sharman and Cheryl Harris Sharman the authors explain the effects globalization has on peoples cultural identity when they described the struggles Alam endured when his left his family in his native Bangladesh. Alam a night shift worker in Penn Station came to the US a place where most people think is “heaven” describes the difficultly living away from
Does religion still have a place in the society? In our current society, we have the various religions that play their part in making it a conducive place for living. We have multiple religions such as Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and the list goes on. These above mentioned religions were once of equal status with the government and the society. In most circumstances the society or the government would sought the advice of their most prominent religion in matters of ethics and even the authorisation of policy making.
There are many historical buildings in Hong Kong, some of them are western style and some of them are Chinese style. Architecture, whether urban or rural, Chinese or Western, is the most honest record of a place, capturing and reflecting the aspirations, values, and needs of a people (Owen, 1999, p. 21).We can feel one place’s values and ambition through those places’ architecture, it is symbolic of both the place and of the
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, in particular, have become a "magnet" for all the Somalis in the state. Whatever attributes this state and its cities may have, Somalis seem to flock here, even the sub-zero temperatures do not seem to deter them. It is a well-known fact that the people of this great state are very friendly and have welcomed the new Somali immigrants, as they have welcomed the Southeast Asian refugees before them and most probably the European immigrants in earlier centuries. According to the Rochester Somali TV “http://www.rstvonline.net ’’ indicates a lot of facts about the Somali community in Minnesota and gives the entire information about Minneapolis and Saint Paul being the magnet for all Somalis in the
In our civil society today, there are many, many different kinds of cultures that each person lives in every day. Some of those cultures include a “Western Civilization Culture.” In this type of culture, these people are very interested in religion (especially Christianity), artistic, philosophic, literary, and legal themes and traditions. The many heritages that practice this culture include Latin, Celtic, Germanic, and Hellenic ethic or linguistic groups. These religions that practice this western civilization culture help our understanding of how the western culture was hundreds of years ago. In conclusion, the western civilization people from the past hundreds of years have made a huge impact on our society today and the way things are done in our life.
First, both religions entered Africa through trade routes, and the both had some lasting significance in East Africa. Islam and Christianity both also ended up gaining more significance than traditional African religions. For example, Islam’s influence over most of the North half of the continent ended up unifying city states and groups under one religion, and gave rise to massive population centers with education being highly valued, such as in Timbuktu. Similarly, Christianity allowed Ethiopia to have a stable history due to the fact that religion did not change much from
As long as their faith is Islam, they could worship all together in all their mosques and they keep religion festival all together. This is how Islam and Christianity are different from each other when we focus on each community development on different race around the worldwide. Second point, Islam is the fastest growing population in the worldwide through the economic system. The foundations of economic system develop