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Dancgirl8
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I am doing an essay and i need to know why the worlds many different cultures are important?
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bettybcircusfreak
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So that we can better understand each other and not make uneducated judgements against people.
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LED
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It's important because you extend your knowledge. I think that taking information in our days, makes you up-to-date. You join the world, even virtually and you feel alive. The big knowledge, that comes from the other cultures, makes you judge better some fenomens, that unknowledgeable people may prejudge. Finally, you become a cosmopolitan citizen.
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Dreamstuff Entity
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Because otherwise, people are likely to just accept without thought everything related to their particular culture.
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anonymous
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sometimes when one culture finds another and remain peaceful, they learn from eachother, adapt new technologies, new agricultural techniques, and grow into stronger more complex societies.
1 example is how the native americans taught the british how to survive when they first arrived(this was before we became aggressive)
1 example is how the native americans taught the british how to survive when they first arrived(this was before we became aggressive)
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yumi_reiku
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so u wuldnt seem ignorent and judge ppl on wat u think u know
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priestessyemaya
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I think that you should ask yourself this question and do your own research.
Teachers don't view "yahoo answers" as a reliable academic source.
Teachers don't view "yahoo answers" as a reliable academic source.
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haysoos2
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It can hold a mirror up to our society, and help us to better understand how and why we do the things we do.
Without that knowledge of other cultures, there are many things we do that we don't even question - don't even really realize we're doing them, just because that's the way we've always done them.
Some of them are pretty fundamental things that no one ever really thinks about - like why do we generally eat three meals a day? Why do we typically eat sweet foods as snacks and rarely share, but meat meals we usually gather together as a family, and share? Why do we tend to prefer well mown lawns with a few trees on them - and if possible, with a view of water?
Why do we tend to work and go to school from morning until afternoon? Why not start at noon and go through the evening? Why do women generally wear make-up and dresses, while men have short hair and wear pants? Why do we eat shrimp and lobster, but avoid insects?
No one even questions these things, or how universal they are until they start looking at other cultures that may not share those same traits - and suddenly realizing that there may be different ways of doing things, and different ways of viewing the universe.
Without that knowledge of other cultures, there are many things we do that we don't even question - don't even really realize we're doing them, just because that's the way we've always done them.
Some of them are pretty fundamental things that no one ever really thinks about - like why do we generally eat three meals a day? Why do we typically eat sweet foods as snacks and rarely share, but meat meals we usually gather together as a family, and share? Why do we tend to prefer well mown lawns with a few trees on them - and if possible, with a view of water?
Why do we tend to work and go to school from morning until afternoon? Why not start at noon and go through the evening? Why do women generally wear make-up and dresses, while men have short hair and wear pants? Why do we eat shrimp and lobster, but avoid insects?
No one even questions these things, or how universal they are until they start looking at other cultures that may not share those same traits - and suddenly realizing that there may be different ways of doing things, and different ways of viewing the universe.