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Cultural Trait AnalysisBy Zubair Magdum
Indonesia Dance
Reflects the country’s diversity of ethnicities and cultures
Dances are usually about stories and tales of fairy-tale characters
Balinese dances- which are usually about religion and religious ceremonies
Different from the US, because our dances are usually based upon the environment. For example at a wedding people will ballroom dance, but in a club environment people will dance chaotically.
In the US we do not have a meaning for our dances.
IndonesiaArchitecture
reflects the diversity of cultural, historical, and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia
They have much religious architecture different from the US, for example in Indonesia they have minarets on mosques.
Rumah adat are the distinctive style of traditional housing unique to each ethnic group in Indonesia. This is different from the US because here style of housing differs based on where people live, not their ethnicity.
Indonesia
http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/52289/273768/f/2298521-Typical-Indonesian-Architecture-1.jpg
http://www.sadiyyadance.com/92741822315_0_ALB.jpg
Indonesian Architecture
Indonesian Dancer
SwitzerlandRecreational Activities
The major activities there are skiing, hiking, cycling and rock climbing.
This is different than the US because here most of the population divulges themselves into the sports world for recreational activities. Switzerland does have major sports, such as soccer and ice hockey, however the citizens of Switzerland tend to do adventurous type activities rather than sports.
SwitzerlandLandscape
Switzerland measures only about 220 kilometers.
About 60% of the surface is covered by the Alps.
The other 40% consists of large rural areas, with plains and plateaus.
This is unnatural to us here because most of our landscape here consists of towns or cities. In both, there are many buildings. Rarely do we see rural areas around here.
Switzerland
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/wj1/Landscape%20-%20Altman%20Ebenalp,%20Switzerland.jpg
http://www.climbing.com/community/events/AK-climbing-in-the-Alps.jpg
Rural and Mountainous region of Switzerland
Man rock climbing Switzerland
AlgeriaCulture
Heavily influenced by history and religion, particularly Islam
Friday is the Muslim holy day, everything is closed. Many companies close on Thursday and make Thursday and Friday the weekend
Timings for the Islamic prayer services are listed in the local prayer every day
This is different because our culture is not influenced by religion at all. If prayer timings were published in our local newspaper there would be a huge uproar in our society
Also our weekend is Saturday and Sunday, so the fact that they have Thursday and Friday as holidays is unnatural to us.
AlgeriaEtiquette
Their greetings are very lengthy, and involve a person being obliged to ask about family, work, the house, the weather
Friends and family will exchange kisses at each greeting.When meeting women initially nod and wait to see if a hand
is extended also a person is supposed to avoid prolonged eye contact with women and not ask personal questions.
This is unnatural to our US culture, because we are taught to shake each others hands whether male or female. Also another important part of our greeting is eye contact. If there is no eye contact maintained it is seen as a sign of disrespect.
Although, men and women do give kisses on the each it is not as often as the Algerian people do it.
Algeria
http://www.caravanserai-tours.com/images/libya/mosque.jpg
Mosque in Algeria
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/xinsrc_0620305251100140163067.jpg
Algerian president meeting with a Chinese Official
Works Citedhttp://
www.fulnorthps.sa.edu.au/intranet/Indonesian%20Junior%20Webpages/indonesia_dance.htm
http://www.indonesialogue.com/destinations/debating-modern-indonesian-architecture.html
http://www.europe-cities.com/en/672/switzerland/sport/
http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/eur/vgbr/infoch/chgeog.html
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/algeria.html