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CULTURE

Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people, which is defined by everything from

language, religion, cuisine, music and arts. Culture exists in every society. Culture is obtained fromtraditions that have been passed from elders to the younger generation. Culture can also affect business

transactions.

Culture exists in every society. Every society has a different culture. For example Muslim, Hindu,

Buddhist or Catholic. They do have different cultures. We can identify through their custom and practices.

In Western culture, they seldom eat rice unlike the Asian people. Steak is a common dish of Western. While,

society in Middle East country have a strong belief in Islam. Religion is a very strong pillar of this society.

One of the uniqueness of the cultures of Middle East is Arabic language.

Besides that, culture is obtained from traditions that have been passed from elders to the younger

generation. It can be influenced by societies or religion. When culture makes contact with other cultures, a

cultural borrowing may happened. So that, they may have same language or custom. For example, Malay

society have a lot of customs and traditions which inherited from their ancestors. Their customs and

traditions can be seen in Malay wedding ceremony. There are few things such as Adat Merisik which

asking for the girls hand in marriage ceremony, engagement, and so on. While in Japan customs and

traditions, some elder Japanese people wear kimonos, arrange flowers in vases, and have tea ceremonies.

From the example, we can see that different countries have different cultures.

Other than that, culture not only influences daily life but it also affects business transactions. It is

because culture can vary from country to country. The culture of the country a company does a business can

affect many of the business decisions that the company has to make. The company should follow the culture

of that country. The business that operated in the country must be suitable with the culture of the country.

For example, the societies in India do not eat beef because their religion prohibited them to eat beef. So,McDonalds in India only provide their customers with meatless burger which is suitable with the culture of

the country.

In conclusion, every culture has their different belief that makes the world so diverse. Culture is

about a history and way of our life. Culture is also about the achievements made by the ancestors that was

inherited. As a young generation, we need to pass the trends to the next generation. Besides that, culture

helps us to understand how things are created, developed, managed, and changed. Each culture is unique.

People could not find any culture that is exactly like another culture.