cultural differences between western and easten

Cultural diff erences between
Eastern and Western peoples .


Which countries are Eastern countries?


Western
Western countries
countries are:
are:
Europe
Europe
The
The United
United States
States
Canada
Canada
Australia
Australia
and
and New
New Zealand
Zealand


Identify Western and Eastern Countries

United
States

of
All
Americ
a
Europe
an
countri
Australi
es
a

Southeast
Asia
Malaysia
Vietnam

New
Zealan
d

Russia

Eastern Asia
China
South
Korea

Brunei
Cambodia

Hong Kong

Thailand
Laos

Japan

Philippines
Singapore

Canada

Northern Asia

Myanmar
East Timor
Indonesia

And
many
more..

Macau

Mongolia
North
Korea


W h ic h

of
economy
economy
language
clothing
religion
shelter
language
clothing
religion
shelter

food

art

t h in g s d o
a c u lt u r e

p e o p le o f
share?

life
style

social

values/
values/
laws/

laws/
climate
climate
communica
education
communica
education
entertaining
entertaining
government
government
tion
tion


What means
‘culture’?
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The customs,
traditions,
beliefs, and values
that a group of people
share with each other.

Customs
Something that you
do often;
sometimes without
knowing that you
are doing it.
Every culture has
it’s typical
customs.


Customs

It’s
It’s a
a Thai
Thai custom
custom to
to
smile
smile a
a lot.
lot.

It’s a Thai
custom that
children
show
respect to
the elder

generation
such as their
parents and
teachers.

It’s
a
Thai
cust
om
to
wai
peo
ple.


People
People of
of other
other
cultures
cultures have
have
other
other customs
customs

Shaking
hands.

Western
customs
Possessing or
wearing guns;
only in USA.
Arriving
at time.

Eating warm food
one time per day.

Church wedding
in a
white dress.


Values:

Things that are
eally important
in your life.
Security
Freedom
Health and
Fairness
happiness
Family


Traditions:

A way of living
which people in a
cultural group
have followed
already for a long
time.

Wedding
ceremonies

Songkran
Waterfestival

Loi Krathong
Funeral
traditions


Belief:
The belief that something
exists or is true, like the
belief in a the Lord Buddha
or the belief in Allah or a
God.


Visible and invisible cultural
aspects
Arts

Appearance

Behavior
Customs Language

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Race/gender Food
Cloth
Politics es
Products
Actions

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Values

90
90 %
%

World views

Feelings like ange
fear, liking, despa
Beliefs


Ethics
(morals
)…
what is
good
and wh
at is
wrong.
.


Aesthetics:
What is beautiful and
what isn’t..


Importance of
culture in a
society..

Culture
Culture teaches
teaches
it’s
it’s children

children

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Culture
Culture teaches
teaches
about
about other
other
cultures
cultures

Culture
Culture says
says
what
what we
we want
want
to
to be
be


Culture
Culture is
is learned.
learned.
Culture:
many
We
definitions..
We are

are not
not

born
born with
with a
a
culture,
culture, we
we are
are born
born into
into
a
a culture.
culture.

Material culture:
tools,
tools, roads,
roads, TV
TV
programming,
programming,
architecture
architecture and
and other
other
physical
physical artifacts.

artifacts.

Non material
(physic) culture:
culture:
Norms,
Norms, values,
values, ideas,
ideas,
customs
customs etc.
etc.


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military

government

poor people

rich people

fully abled
people

disabled people

educated

illiterate (noneducated)

Islam

Catholicism


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‘ Cultural relativism’ is the

principle of understanding
other cultures on their own
terms , rather than judging
according to one’s own culture


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Culture

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west

East


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streets
on
Sunday..

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East


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Appointment
12 o’clock..

West

East


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PARTY

Culture