What do they mean by culture?
Is it the way in which one is nurtured? Is it the food that we eat? The beliefs and values that make us complete? Is it the way we address our seniors? The norms that shape our demeanor? Is it the language in which we talk? That’s all culture according to Murdock Shaking hands or bowing? Japan prefers the second Personal space in Argentina? Close to none, I reckon Welcome to China, feel like you want to multiply? The rule says one child and you must comply Milk with tea? China disagrees But the English? Yes, please! Love in the West? Love at first sight But in India? It’s what the parents think is right Yet culture isn’t just all that’s near It’s a globalized world; some things spread over the hemisphere You watched Disney as a child? So did I That’s a part of popular culture, in Giddens’ eye People miles and miles away, having never met Are mere minutes away on the internet We celebrate our differences and come together as one And the long-standing barriers between us come undone What do they mean by culture? Is it the way in which one is nurtured? Is it the food that we eat? The beliefs and values that make us complete? Is it the way we address our seniors? The norms that shape our demeanor? Is it the language in which we talk? That’s all culture according to Murdock Shaking hands or bowing? Japan prefers the second Personal space in Argentina? Close to none, I reckon Welcome to China, feel like you want to multiply? The rule says one child and you must comply Milk with tea? China disagrees But the English? Yes, please! Love in the West? Love at first sight But in India? It’s what the parents think is right Yet culture isn’t just all that’s near It’s a globalized world; some things spread over the hemisphere You watched Disney as a child? So did I That’s a part of popular culture, in Giddens’ eye People miles and miles away, having never met Are mere minutes away on the internet We celebrate our differences and come together as one And the long-standing barriers between us come undone What do they mean by culture? Is it the way in which one is nurtured? Is it the food that we eat? The beliefs and values that make us complete? Is it the way we address our seniors? The norms that shape our demeanor? Is it the language in which we talk? That’s all culture according to Murdock Shaking hands or bowing? Japan prefers the second Personal space in Argentina? Close to none, I reckon Welcome to China, feel like you want to multiply? The rule says one child and you must comply Milk with tea? China disagrees But the English? Yes, please! Love in the West? Love at first sight But in India? It’s what the parents think is right Yet culture isn’t just all that’s near It’s a globalized world; some things spread over the hemisphere You watched Disney as a child? So did I That’s a part of popular culture, in Giddens’ eye People miles and miles away, having never met Are mere minutes away on the internet We celebrate our differences and come together as one And the long-standing barriers between us come undone Poem by - Aaiza, Allana, Maha, Tooba, Wingsee
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