cultural experience

Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings, wide roads, newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA, it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my classes at the elementary level since all they spoke was English. Los Angeles is a city of great diversity, therefore it is believed to be the perfect place for any person arriving from another country to not feel like a foreign, such believe

My cultural immersion focus is on the religious war in Nigeria. One of the interesting things I found in my research was that, in Nigeria the Christian faith and the Muslim faith represents the greatest percentage of religions. I also learned that the Christians and Muslims pray every day several times a day. With that being said, I wondered if they believed in a higher entity prayed every day, who they are praying to? And what is their belief system based on? (question 1) Since their Christian faith seems to be divided into Catholic, Protestant or some other, I decided to attend a typical Catholic Church service and a Friday mid-day Muslim prayer service. Maybe I should not have used the

After my first cultural immersion experience interviewing Rabbi Tepper, I resolved to experience my second cultural immersion activity with the Jewish community. Ultimately, I wanted both of my encounters to be with one culture. I desired to achieve a deeper understanding of one culture, rather than gaining superficial understanding of two dissimilar cultures. Furthermore, I wanted my second immersion experience to consist of several activities. Rabbi Tepper was kind enough to invite me to attend Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath) and Torah study. These comprised a large portion of my overall experience. My hope was to include an activity that was more intimate as well, such as social time spent in the home or a shared meal. As luck would have it, I was able to share a meal with the congregation after Shabbat. This meal was a celebratory meal of the conversion of two individuals to Judaism. I was rather nervous leading up to attending the Shabbat service (my first activity), but I was also excited. The nervousness partially stemmed from not knowing what the proper etiquette for attending a Shabbat service and part of it was just a general anxiety about experiencing something new and different.

The music was so lively and the people were friendly. I really enjoyed that the concert was literally put on for veterans, and between almost every song the bands would thank the veterans and dedicate songs to them. For tribute to the veterans, we did the Pledge of Allegiance before the concert began. I thought this was a very nice touch to get the crowd involved and to show our support to our veterans. I originally only went to the concert for Three Days Grace, but I walked out with two new good bands to listen to. All three of the bands put on a good performance. I had expected Otherwise and Adelita’s Way to only play for about 30 minutes each since Three Days Grace was the headliner, but they both played for an hour each, leading up to Three Days Grace’s two-hour performance. I thought Three Days Grace would play more songs from their new album, but surprisingly they played a lot of their old songs and just a couple of the new ones. My favorite song was “Never Too Late,” because it’s always been one of my favorites and it was amazing to hear it live. All of the songs they played sounded better than on their CDs because you got to actually feel the music and experience it in real time. The stage lights were set up to where they blinked with the beats in every song, and it was really cool to see because it made the music even more lively. All of the bands worked well together and put on a great show. They all thanked

The Alphas were the first to perform. The Alphas started out good and then they went downhill from there. They looked sloppy and uncoordinated. My favorite performance came from the Sigma’s, AKA’s, and the Kappa’s. The Sigma’s theme was presidential and one acted as if he was President Obama and the others were his secret service members. The AKA’s were stepping in pumps, which was pretty impressive. The Kappa’s shimmied their way into our hearts with their candy canes and smooth moves. During the show my friend and I noticed that the whole BKSU (Black Kennesaw State University Students) was there. It was refreshing to see all of my educated brothers and sisters together. It felt like I was at a family reunion and it really warmed my heart. I also met someone from my hometown, Augusta, GA, at the show. We also met some cool upperclassmen girls. They were nice and kind of explained to us who was who (fraternities and

Even though the music being played was supposed to be the highlight of the night, I believe that the atmosphere it embodied was what transformed the experience from ordinary to unique. I was hesitant to attend this event because it was out of my comfort zone, but I ended up having a marvelous time. I derived pleasure in the vivacity of the music and the cheerful crowd that allowed themselves to be submerged into the tunes. My company and the Irish cuisine only enhanced the experience. The enjoyment I endured leads me to believe that I would probably attend another event that is similar. Despite the lack of knowledge I have about Irish culture, this event granted me the ability me to discover new values associated with Irish traditions and has expanded my cultural

When we got there, they had lights everywhere. With a ride that was so fast in high it made my stomach turn just looking at it. The bad was so loud and energetic, and although not the best put on an amazing show that made you want to have just as much fun as possible. The smell of funnel cake was in the air and I was had a smile on my face the whole time. We rode every ride possible, danced to the not so good music and laughed until our stomachs hurt. I never wanted the night to end. This was the first night in a long time that I could remember having that much fun. I was surrounded by people who I genuinely enjoyed. As it was approaching eleven and the carnival was shutting down, I didn't want to leave my new friends.

I went there because of the recommendation of my professor and I will never regret about it. It was in a small auditorium with a capacity of almost 150 seats and it was partially full. There was a small stage with a grand royal on the left-hand side and a drum set in the back. The concert started with an ensemble of jazz guitar playing old and new American style jazz music of famous and not very famous composers. There were 4 guitar players two of them were students and two of them were teachers. It was a big surprise for me that among them was also my professor Byron Delto. Although I knew before that that her wife is the director of that concert, presence of my professor as a performer was a good surprise for me. There was nothing special considering the interior of that place. The only thing that mattered were the performers themselves. As I found out later most of the performers were students and this concert was some kind of final exam for them to pass this class some kind of final project. For me was a great pleasure to participate in this big event in the very beginning of their career

We had never attended an event such as this, and had no idea of what to expect. The atmosphere was calming, and chic. The volunteers were fabulous and engaging. The lighting was faint and tranquil. The kids enjoyed the refreshments, and the way the volunteers were picking at them. The audience as a whole seemed much older than me and my family. My children were excited to see one child there who appeared younger than themselves.

The cultural group I identify with is Caribbean American. I was born in Brooklyn, New York and am first generation American. My parents were born in Trinidad, both my grandmothers were born in Trinidad and my grandfather was born in Tobago. Trinidad is a collective culture that put family first and America is an individualist culture that requires one to put their selves first. My parents raised me like a Trinidad would up bring their child in Trinidad. I am very familiar with Trinidad food, music, beliefs, family roles and gender roles. In spite of this, I identify as a black American as well. I embrace the American culture and the black race because I was born in America. Growing up in America, I learn to accept all cultures and races. America is extremely diverse and part of the American culture is exploring and learning about different

My general reaction to the concert was that it was very relaxing and enjoyable. I was impressed with the musicians and the way they performed. The musicians were rhythmically together and seemed very prepared for the concert. The visual setup was attracting because the musicians had a variety of instruments displayed, some of which I never seen before. The atmosphere was relaxed yet intense upon the performers, which made me more attentive. The performers seemed to have put a lot of energy into the concert. I

Of course everyone was trying to recover from the night before. No one is use to the cost of everything here and also the drinks here. I swear that their liquor here was stronger than the United States. So everyone was taking it pretty easy before the night comes again because of course we were going out. This time we decided to go to a much fancier hotel called 5 Sewor. It was jammed packed with people wearing all black of course. We sat next to two guys that were at the table already. They were super nice and loved to talk. They were telling us all of the best spots to go to. Which they ended up taking us to the best spot there was in Newcastle. This was a legit club. It cost $10 to get in and the bouncer process was crazy. First you give

On the first night, we went out to the karaoke bar where we met the first group of interesting people on our trip. The bar was relatively small, probably a little smaller than the size of a tennis court with a couple pool tables and dining tables on one side, a dance floor on the other, and the bar ran along the back wall. We met a couple of

When I got there, my ideas of festival-goers were completely blown out of the water. Since it was my first time at a festival, I went all in and bought a festival pass so that I could

It seemed that people mostly hung out with people they knew, however, people acted very kind towards each other regardless of background, race or social status. No one was mad at each other at all which I found very surprising in a clever way because normally in situations like this, where so many people are involved, there is normally a difference in some opinions, that did not seem to be the case here. For the most part people smiled at each other and were united in the common