Factors Affecting the Cultural Beliefs of Tagakaulo Tribe in Southern Mindanao

Culture is one of the most relevant elements that can define not only a society but also a country’s cumulative beliefs and system. Often noted as the origins of a country, culture is definitive in the sense that it harbors all the elements that can provide justification on the traditions and norms set by the society for its members. More often than not, the society members follow norms in order to create a harmonious community, and the beliefs and the traditions serve as the poles or grounding rules for each member to follow. Culture is very dynamic in the way that it can change over a variety of foreign influences but what is permanent about it is that original elements about it often lingers with the influences, therefore making it multi-faceted and broad. More importantly, culture serves as an individual and unique trait each society has, and therefore sets it apart from other countries and other societies.

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Analysis – An analysis was carried to understand if there is a relationship between the

The foundation of the cultural differences between the Hmong and the Western people, begin with the

beliefs and values. Moreover, when they arrive in the Kilanga tribe they portray the tribe

c) What is the null and alternative hypothesis? Do the data results lead you to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?

1. Write a null and an alternative hypothesis for each of the following. Be sure to state

The Group of people that will be described in my paper is the Navajos of the Navajo Nation, located in the northeastern part of Arizona, and their religious beliefs. Another topic that will be discussed is the ceremonies that are held among the Navajo tribe. The reason this topic interest me is due to my wife and hearing stories about ways she was taught as a child. Also how much of an impact it has had in her life due to family members taking part in these ceremonies.

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Religion. This model is comprised of six different main ideas, theses key points are part of all cultural groups. The first point is communication. The features that influence communication are worldwide; these features differ between cultures regarding nonverbal communication, voice quality and articulation. The second factor is space, the views of space varies in each culture. Each culture has divers views on space regarding public, personal and intimate space. The third factor of Giger and Davidhizar’s Model is social orientation. Each culture has their own beliefs on social orientation in regards to work, religion, family role and friends. The fourth factor that plays into this model is time. Time is observed, measured and appreciated differently within different cultures. The fifth factor is environmental control. Environmental control entails procedures and methods that affect and are affected by persons or the culture as a whole. The sixth and last concept of the Giger and Davidhizar’s assessment model is biological variations. Each culture differs in biological variations, for example, metabolism, body weight, color of skin, certain diseases and different body structures.

Culture is one of the major influences on our lives and social interactions; culture is associated with our characteristics of religion, societal norms of behavior; moreover, culture is always changing and the influence increases. With every religion there are traditions and cultures that are a form of art as it involves many characteristics’ of individuals and their beliefs, values, and perspective, for this reason, there are various dynamics in terms of how culture is involved and the influence of our actions, such as media, peers, family, and socializations. Culture is a factor of social environment and what is modeled to us in our early years of development.

In this case, level of significance, α was not provided. Therefore, the analysis will be evaluated based on two α values which are:

It is not easy to define culture because culture is too broad a concept, can be both abstract and specific. However, what is agreed is culture covers all faces of our life as well as direct the way we behave, interact and communicate. (Liu et al., 2011). One popular definition is that “Culture is the total way of life of a group of people, comprising of the deposit of knowledge, experience, belief, values, traditions, religion, and notion of time, roles, spatial relations, worldviews, material objects and geographic territory”. (Liu et al., 2011, p.57). In this essay, I will analyse components and characteristics of culture, and based on that grounds, I will reflect on my own culture-being a Vietnamese. Dodd (1998) considered that culture is made up by three layers which consist of the core layer, the intermediate layer and the outer layer. I will examine what values and beliefs are considered important in my culture. Those are components of the inner core. Then, I will take some examples of the intermediate layer (expression of cultural activities by manifestation) such as communication patterns, customs and festivals.

For this paper, a comparison between my culture; the Indian culture; specifically the Hindu culture and the culture of the largest ethnic group in Malaysia; the Malay

The foundation of the Philippine culture is a mixture of a variety of other cultures that has a long standing history within the