The Portuguese culture has always been an interest to me because as a little girl I have grown up with Portuguese neighbors. To get a better insight of the Portuguese culture, I asked my neighbor, Mrs Pinto, several questions about her Portuguese culture. Mrs. Pinto was in Lisbon, Portugal during the 1940's and then later moved to Angola, Africa as a little girl with her parents. During the late 1970's, she moved to the United States to start a new life with her husband and two daughters.
The Portuguese have some orientations that can be determined thought Kluckhohns and Strodtbeck's cultural orientations. Mrs. Pinto stated that in the Portuguese culture, like many cultures, use gossip as a source of entertainment. Everyone needed to know everybody's business and some people use that information for bad behavior. This relates to the first orientation, human nature, the Portuguese have some evil values and behaviors. With strong religious beliefs the Portuguese believe that through their action and decisions that they could be good or corrupt. They also believe they are perfect human beings and could be saved through religion. The second orientation, are classified as person to nature orientation due to historical and religious influences. Mrs. Pinto grew up in a catholic family and still practices the catholic religion and values. She stated the Portuguese believe " God is the most powerful and there are some things that is completely our of our control. Even if it's God or fate, people cannot overcome it and they must learn to accept it."
For time orientation, the Portuguese have a strong past orientation. Religion, traditions, and history guide the decision process and are very important in the Portuguese culture. In activit...
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Mrs. Pinto had given a list of tips on how to communicate or help understand people in the Portuguese culture. One tip that she gave was not to be afraid when the Portuguese come up and right away gives you a hug or go for a kiss on the cheek. They are very touchy individuals and they do tend to use a lot of hand gestures while communicating. Non-verbal cues are essential in their culture. Mrs. Pinto also said that the Portuguese are very loud when they are talking to someone. Usually the volume increase when they are in a group setting. The number one rule to follow is not to insult someone. Mrs. Pinto described the people in the Portuguese culture interact in packs. If someone had been insulted then the word will travel fast and the would "disown" or disapprove of that person actions.
In Samba, Alma Guillermoprieto describes the Carnival celebrated every year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and explores the black cultural roots from which it takes its traditions as well as its social, economic, and political context in the 1980s. From her firsthand experience and investigation into favela life and the role of samba schools, specifically of Manguiera, Guillermoprieto illustrates a complex image of race relations in Brazil. The hegemonic character of samba culture in Brazil stands as a prevalent theme in numerous facets of favela life, samba schools, and racial interactions like the increasing involvement of white Brazilians in Carnival preparation and the popularity of mulatas with white Brazilians and tourists. Rio de Janeiro’s early development as a city was largely segregated after the practice of slavery ended. The centralization of Afro-Brazilians in favelas in the hills of the city strengthened their ties to black
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.... D. and a member of the World History Association in addition to the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She also writes for national journals specialized in history and culture. The selected chapter in the source discusses the rise of Queen Nzinga to power and her relationship with the Portuguese, both of which I discuss in my paper.
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In the middle of the 15th century, Portuguese explorers began to establish trading outposts along the western coast of Africa, thus beginning the first steps toward imperialism by European nations. It is estimated that the first trading of Africans as slaves by the Portuguese began in 1444. The West African kingdom of Benin, however, still suc...
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In the first section, Monroy describes the Indian and the Iberian cultures and illustrates the role each played during missionization, as the Indians adapted ?to the demands of Iberian imperialism.?(5) He stresses the differen...
Russell-Wood, A. J. R. Portuguese empire, 1415-1808 a world on the move. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 1998. Print.
Cubans have a mixed heritage composing of 27 Percent of the population with 64 percent white Spanish and a 9 percent of African ancestry. The Cuban society is unique with the use of expressions and words that other Spanish-speaking countries do not use. Cubans are very friendly in nature; it is uncommon to meet any outgoing citizen without their communicative, enthusiastic and hospitable values despites their troubled country. In addition, they have a very strong patriotic value and they respect their national dignity. Even though Cuba is a relatively poor country, but thanks to the government’s strong emphasis on education, the literacy remains high. The English language is a mandatory course in schools and it has been very popular among people in the tourism industry. With the installment of the Socialist Government after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, most of the middle class population left the island migrating to the United States settling largely in Miami, Florida and other U.S
This essay deals with the nature of a cross cultural encounter between the Benin people and Portuguese traders in the 15th and 16th centuries, which resulted in the depiction of Portuguese figures in Benin brass plaques. It will propose that this contact between people with different cultures was on the basis of'mutual regard' (Woods, K. 2008, p. 16), and although the Portuguese had qualms about idolatry in Benin it will show that assumptions by Europeans up to the 20th century of the primitive nature of tribal African societies was inaccurate with regard to the Benin people, who had a society based on the succession of the King or 'Oba', a Royal Family and Nobility. The essay will finally suggest that Benin’s increase in wealth following the arrival of the Portuguese led to a resurgence in bronze sculptures and the introduction of a new form, the rectilinear plaque. The plaque under consideration, is of a forward facing man, with an aquiline nose, thin lips, neatly trimmed beard, wearing a sun hat with flaps and looking intently at the viewer. He is dressed in a typical 16th century Portuguese style, wearing a decorated tunic with padded shoulders and tight breeches with short boots.
The Role of Culture in Shaping us as Individuals Culture has a big impact on how we all fit in as individuals in today’s society, and since this assignment is about that I decided to include some of my own experiences to illustrate my point of view and compare it with those of my classmates and some of the readings. My family and I moved to United States in 1998 from Albania. My parents believed that I and my sister would get a better education here and also it would be useful and interesting to learn another language and its culture.
Culture is the social behavior and norms found in a particular group of people and society, defined by everything from language, religion, food, habits, music, and values. In one line, culture is the people's way of life. Culture is also the distinction between nature and nurture. The term nature means what we get biologically or naturally and the term nurture means how our surroundings shape our identities. People genetically get some ability and similarity just like their family members. But in some case, their culture may be similar or different. If a child born in an Indian society and raised in the European society, that child may follow European culture more effectively. Cultural sociologists study for how different cultural elements