Difference Between Indian Culture And American Etiquette

Have you ever wondered how High Schools are in other countries? Despite sharing some minor similarities, the differences between Nicaraguan and American High School education are clear. Such as, note-taking methods, grading system, classroom environment.

God Grew Tired of Us What markers are representative of American culture? Markers that are representative of American culture are that the way we dress and we eat are totally different because some people might think a fork would be weird to use, like the way we saw them use there hands instead of forks. How do the values of the Lost Boys compare to your own?

It is no secret that Europeans and Native Americans have an intricate history of conflict and cooperation. Going all the way back to the 16th century, where it all started, their encounters were mostly unpleasant. Indians were the first ones to settle in the Americas, so they had to be creative when it came to living with all this new land. Each tribe had their own culture, beliefs, religions, ideas, and ways of living which for the most part, were not in agreement with European lifestyle. In my opinion, all of those differences are what lead the Europeans and Native Americans relationship to frequent destruction.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni highlights the differences between Indian and American culture in her collection of short stories, Arranged Marriage. Each tale utilizes a different narrator, whether it is first or third person narration, to highlight the struggles women face in all arranged marriages. Many of these women live in America, yet India’s strict moral code still burdens them. In “Doors”, Preeti struggles to balance her American beliefs with the Indian beliefs of her husband, similarly to Anju, who wonders if her life and pregnancy would be different if she lived in India throughout “The Ultrasound”. In “The Word Love”, a woman must confront her situation and push her boundaries. Divakaruni shows the highs and lows of arranged marriages, proving that I would not thrive in a commitment made without my input.

Domestic Manners of Americans is one of the most hard-hitting, successful novels written by Frances Trollope, displaying themes scattered throughout the book about the United States as seen from a different perspective, from the eyes of a tourist. Frances Trollope resides from England, and in 1827 she made the decision to embark on a journey to America, to see if it really was the land of opportunity. She left with her three children and set off leaving her normal life, and her husband, behind her. What she hoped to find in America was a new life, a new experience, and what she found was a country that was struggling to see the incredible number of problems it held. Slavery, social injustice toward women, and the misuse of religion are all addressed in the novel by Frances Trollope, and she refrains from censoring herself to make sure that it is evident that the United States is not the ‘Land of the Free’ that Americans think it is.

As Europeans began to settle into the Americas in 1565, peaceful coexistence between Native Americans and the Europeans appeared to be impossible. The cultural differences between these two colonizations would result in a clash of events that would spark a chain of conflict and fighting. Along with these differences, with both sides looking for an advantage over each other to better their own status, working together would only last so long. Possibly the biggest cultural difference that would make coexistence between these two groups appear to be impossible, was their religion.

There are many similarities and differences between the American wedding tradition and an Indian wedding tradition. Indian weddings have different attire, the groom doesn’t wait at the altar, and there isn’t a priest to facilitate the marriage. Though they have differences, they also have some of the same activities involved in the wedding. Both traditions have a get together at the end, both have pre-wedding ceremonies, and during the wedding someone has to give the bride away.

I grew up here in the U.S.A and my parents from the U.S also. I live in an ethnically diverse community that the residents show a deeper understanding of their ancestry’s culture. The term of senses that I witness is sight and audio. Since on the daily basis I hear, people speak other languages such as Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, French, and Japanese. In the term of sight, I see who are from Asian background bow to each, African American nod at each other when walking pass, and people just slight smiling at each other. From my culture since I am African American we really do not that many of greeting each other. We would slight nod or smile and make eye contact or for the males who do a doing the handshake and shoulder bump maneuver.

Initially, in this country Americans have been raised with strong morals. Sit up straight, get your elbows off the table, act like a human being! In the American society most people are raised on proper etiquette. Follow the rules you will get far, break them no one will care who you are, where you came from, let alone what you're doing with your life. In the American society

American greetings are generally informal. Men and women greet each other with a smile and a firm handshake (United States). Close friends and relatives will welcome each other with a hug or a

They viewed the world different because they both were selfish and didn’t know how to get alone and work together. Native Americans viewed land as something that was only suppose to be used communally by all the members of their tribe and no one else. The Indians felt they didn’t have to share with anyone unless it was someone in their tribe. They felt like the other people should have to get their own since they had too. So since the Indians did that the Europeans felt the same way. So if both of them felt like that they could never had got along or worked anything out. Europeans saw it as a resource that could and should be owned by individuals who could keep it as their own and didn’t have to share. Everyone was so selfish when it came down

There are many different types of cultures, languages, and religion out in this enormous planet we call earth. It was quite hard to decide on what cultural group to study, since there are a wide range of interesting cultures. The one group of individuals that has always interested me was the Native American culture. Though there is a wide range of Native American cultural groups as well. The one group that I wanted to pinpoint and what interested me the most was, the Cheyenne Native American Tribe. Not only were they so close to home but they were different from most of the other tribes.

Everybody has their own definition of Culture – and when this word is used generally, most audiences have a rough idea of its meaning. Culture usually refers to the beliefs, ideas, languages, rituals and traditions by certain communities, that are passed from generation to generations continuously over the past many centuries. In society, two cultures cannot be same if one is located on the west coast and the other one is all the way to the East. As we compare, the American and Indian cultures have very vast differentiation between them. While the culture of America is a mixture of different cultures since each immigrant internally packed his or her previously

The biggest difference seen between these two cultures, and the most controversial, is the arranged marriages. As stated before, arranged marriages in India are the norm and are very popular today. In American culture, arranged marriages almost seem strange. Generally in American culture, marriages are not arranged and the decision is more on the potential bride and groom rather than the two families. Also, in India generally you really get to know your significant other and build the relationship up after the wedding. In American culture is it just the opposite in most cases. It is more common to see a couple together for a few years before deciding to get married. Overall, when comparing weddings in the two cultures it seems that Indian weddings are generally a bigger event. There is no doubt that there is a great emphasis of importance on weddings in both India and America, but the expensive multi day weddings decorated in gold seem to be a more complex process than the traditional one day wedding seen in America. These differences are very interesting to look at especially looking at the divorce rates in both countries. In America, which usually sees unarranged marriages, about 40 to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce according to apa.org. While in India, the divorce rate is generally lower, but has been rising some. Although a study from 2012 by Statistic Brain found that only six percent of arranged marriages end in

“Sometimes it is impossible to know where you are headed without reflecting on where you came from. Understanding your heritage, your roots and your ancestry is an important part of carving out your adventure.” When reading from Close Range and A Radiant Curve the reader gets the feeling that both of these women have strong ties to their heritage, their roots. It is evident in Luci Tapahonso’s poem “The warp is even: taut vertical loops”. Tapahonso wants the reader to feel close to her family as she feels. “Suddenly I miss my father to. How he savored such mornings (Tapahonso 3).”