Colombian Culture

Prior to European colonization, Colombia’s domestic cultures varied from anywhere between simple hunting and gathering societies to well developed civilizations. Two of the most developed cultures, who were indigenous to the area now known as present-day Colombia, were the Taironas and the Chibchas. The Taironas lived in the mountains to the northeast of Colombia.

The Colombian culture is formed from the inheritance of the indigenous peoples present in the territory since ancient times, the Spanish traditions adopted during the colonial period and the African Customs incorporated by the slaves that led the conquistadors. This mixture of cultures constitutes a society with traits common to the rest of Latin American countries but, at the same time, very different also. Indeed, even within Colombia's own territory there are many differences between regions and others. Geographic diversity-can be found from tropical beaches to mountains of more than 5,000 meters in height with perpetual snows-and the natural isolation of some areas has led to this diversity. Some of the most important cultural groups according to their location are the so-called cops, located in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense; the countries, settled in Antioquia; The foresters, Settlers of the eastern plains; the Vallunos, settled in the area of Valle del Cauca; the coastal, inhabitants of the Caribbean coast, and the Santander, residents of the departments of Santander and Norte de Santander. All these groups are characterized by showing great cultural differences among themselves, which makes Colombia a fascinating country to know and enter into the day to day of its inhabitants.

The culture I choose to explore is the Hispanic culture. I choose this culture because many of the people I work with and many of my friends identify with the Hispanic culture and I feel it would be interesting to know more about a culture that is so relevant to my life. A few of the big things in Hispanic culture that I found interesting are language, traditions and food. Hispanic refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture.

Mencius a Chinese philosopher said “ Think about water: if you slap it, you can make it jump over your head; and if you push and shove, you can make it stay on a mountain. But what does this have to do with the nature of water? It’s only responding to the forces around it. It’s like that for people too: you can make them evil, but that says nothing about human nature” (Man’s nature is good 6). We all know the importance of the parents in a child’s life; they guide them in the right direction. Young children pick up actions from their parents as well as people around them, that’s why we try to act as moral as possible in front of

Children ask countless questions as they mature. Children often turn to their parents for guidance. If a parent is unable or unwilling to answer these questions, a child, left to their own devices, will look for answers from their friends, the internet, and other authority figures. In his article “I Listen to My Parents and I Wonder What They Believe,” Robert Cole explains that children have an inborn desire to build their own morals by questioning authority figures around them, especially their parents. Therefore, A parent’s guidance influences a child’s morals as he/she develops.

Every culture has their own unique and distinguishing characteristics. One’s cultural identity defines who they are as an individual, group, and community. Their cultural identity may be reflected in numerous ways such as: language, communication styles, religion, beliefs, values, clothing, or other types of aesthetic markers. Cultural identity is formed by many of these traits but is not limited to these specifically. This essay will provide detailed information on Mexican Americans, and their ancestry and heritage. I will also explain about this cultures central beliefs and values, while incorporating information on Mexican Americans, cultural patterns, cultural identity, and their cultures communication characteristics and styles.

I believe that many different types of Mexican cuisine are an important parts of my culture since it enabled me to shape my own personal cultural identity and shared some core values, along with life lessons. First, tacos taught me how to have excellence in my work and to be careful for whenever I do things in a rush. For example, when my family and I would create tacos with perfection and when I made tacos in a rush that I forgot to season the meat. Second, pozole taught me to collaborate with others and to not give up. Such as, when my family would try and create the best pozole ever, and when I accidentally made the pozole to salty. Third, Mexican tamales taught me to be grateful and to view the world as diverse. Since my grandma when my grandma would always buy tamales before we eat them we would pray for the grateful things that have come our way, and to have a responsibility to myself whenever I would make tamales.

Since 1970, United States of America has seen a considerable amount of immigration because of economic chaos and civil wars in Latin American countries. The fight between the government of El Salvador and leftist guerrillas in 1980 brought about 500,000 immigrants to United States. They settled primarily in California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. The civil war in Nicaragua in the year 1980 drove an estimated 800,000 Nicaraguan immigrants to the United States

Essentially, every culture has a specific basis, native language, religion and custom that reflects its history, values and beliefs. These conceptual constructs represents the total reality of life within the community of which is commonly known as “Culture”. Culture is not only a race, but is a way of life. In the United States, there are many different races that integrate with the American race and culture. However, these individuals often times may have difficulties adjusting, adapting or maintaining their heritage. How well they acculturate and adapt to the process can have an impact on how well the individual is able to integrate or engage to one or another culture.

Likewise the Andean society that unequivocally encountered its European set of relatives of a society of Caribbean which is a mix of Indian and African legacy; bases of African society with the pacific society and Orinoquia society and Amazon society which is essentially an Indian. This mind boggling mix of American and European set of relatives is not just explained in the custom of nation albeit likewise involves a few masterful ground, for example, crafted works, cooking styles, construction modeling, figure, painting, writing, film, photography, music, move, theater and some more. Colombian society is the summation of topographical destinations, its colonizers, religious groups and numerous different things. All these have noteworthy appearance in the way of life and religion of Colombian individuals. Alongside this, these things likewise impacted the dialect and different parts of Colombian life. But that hasn't stopped the country dwellers from living their festive lives,

Colombia is a country with many city, Bogota, being the capital of Colombia. Colombia has approximately 47.12 million people living there since 2013, with many more to come. Most population in Colombia are Latinos, we speak fluent Spanish, as there first leagues. There are other leagues but Spanish is the top one.

Colombian culture is a culture rich in traditions and beliefs that are a combination of the indigenous Indians native to Colombia, the Spanish who colonized Colombia in the 1400’s, as well as the influence of the land itself. It is a country rich in biodiversity with around 1,550 species of birds and more than 13,000 species of plants within a mostly temperate landscape covering around 440,000 square miles. Currently it boasts a population of about 42.3 million people(worldometers.info) of many mixed races, including numerous distinct subcultures. Around 75% of the population is mixed race with fifty-five percent being Mestizos (Intermarriage between whites and natives), sixteen percent being Mulattoes (Intermarriage between blacks and whites), and four percent Zambo (Intermarriage between blacks and Indians) The remaining twenty percent of the population consists of European, African, or Indian ancestry. Due to the Spanish invasion that began in 1499, there has been an enormous Spanish influence weaved into the Colombian culture (everyculture.com).

The word culture comes from the Latin “cultura” that means cultivation or improvement. It is the way that a person can improve through education, and ideals from other people. Nowadays, culture defines a group of people with the same interest and traditions. Mexican and college culture have many characteristics but the three more significant characteristics between the two cultures are values, beliefs, and important objects.

The point of entry into the world of Catholic ritual is the Mass, the main worship ceremony of the Church. Rituals such as Mass generally include singing, prayer and sermon. The seven sacraments are very important in the Catholic Church. They are ceremonies that point to what is sacred, significant and important for Catholics. They consist of three different categories, which are: the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist), the sacraments of healing (Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick), and the sacraments of vocation (Marriage, Holy

GLOBAL MULTI-PRODUCTS CHILE THE CHILEAN CULTURE The Chilean culture tends to be an individualistic society in the business environment. They are the most serious people in Latin America. However, they are professional in their behavior in terms of politeness and indirectness. They seem to be workaholics with their routine days of about 12 hours. Trust in the Chilean cultures among each other, remains on the edge. It is difficult for a Chilean to trust another individual despite their race, sex or origin. Teamwork remains a mission in process in Chile.