What You Need to Know about Culture

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In the English terminology, the word culture can have various different meanings. When you mean culture, perhaps you think of art, ballet, or music. Perhaps you think of conventional costumes and crafts. Actually culture has a much wider meaning. It is the patterns of view and behavior that are collectively established in each society. It includes the way you automatically react to stories, events, other people, or situations that you face. In most cases, you are not aware of these formulas of culture because they are natural to you. When we think about culture in this way, we sometimes call it “deep culture” because it concerns knowledge that is rich in the mind, outside of a person’s consciousness.

Deep culture is learned by you as a child and includes everything you need to know to live, work, make friends, and be part of your cultural group. It consists of the unwritten rules that guide your behavior and the way you look at the world. It is the answer your culture provides for such questions as: