When we talk about one's culture, what exactly are we referring to?
Language (spoken and written)
Currency/Money: attitudes/beliefs about money
Modes of transportation
Recreation: games, sports, forms of entertainment, toys
Architecture
Arts: Dance; Music; Painting, sculpture, pottery
Holidays, festivals
Traditional stories/songs, myths, legends
Customs regarding diet, food, preparation of food, and eating
Religion: Beliefs about /rituals and customs re birth and death; Explanation of afterlife; Relationship between of Man and Nature; Concepts re divinity/the sacred; Beliefs toward superstition and the supernatural
Life in the family: Role of father, mother, children, elderly; Customs regarding celebration of birth, remembrance of deaths, marriage; Customs regarding rites of passage/initiation; Names and naming
The individual: Expression of emotion; Personal space/privacy/private property; Individualism (the individual’s desires is more important the community) versus collectivism (the community is more important that one’s individual desires); Dress (including materials) and personal adornment (make-up, tattooing, jewelry, hairstyle); Concept of beauty
The community: Greetings; Etiquette; Leadership; Schooling and education; Laws: making laws, enforcing laws (courts); Forms of government; Organization of people and groups (castes, clans); Commerce (how/what things are bought and sold)
Attitudes toward/treatment of animals
Relationship with Nature (how geography influences/shapes culture)
