What a Culture Does
A repeated set of actions performed for a specific belief or value
What is a ritual?
The outlook of a culture on the way things are and how they should be
What is a worldview?
Marriage is an example of this
What are institutions?
The Cross in Chistianity, Swastika in Hinduism, The Moon in Islam are examples
What is a symbol?
Which Primary sources are material cultures?
What are artefacts, paintings, sculptures, houses
Investiture ceremony, Joy of Sharing and STEAMPHONY
What are SNS Chennai Traditions?
An Organized set of beliefs involving faith in a set of assumptions
What is a religion?
What are laws?
The symbols, patterns, and visual language of a culture is called
What are aesthetics?
An example of visible culture in SNS
Flags, Uniforms. etc
Touching elders feet is an example is an example of this
What is a Custom?
A belief about how the universe was formed
What is cosmology?
Rules that focus on day-to-day manners and ways of interacting
What are ettiquettes?
The religion whose aesthetic involves patterns, shapes, geometric designs, and non-human/non-animal motifs
What is Islam?
Mythology is material, non-material, visible or invisible?
A similar tradition in Spanish and Tamil Cultures
Bullfighting/Jallikattu
Integrity, Transparency, Compassion, Respect
What are SNS Values?
One mother, one father and two children are an example of this cultural institution
What is a nuclear family?
An example of a symbol from Jewish Culture
What is the star of David?
An example of non-material visible culture at SNS
Ritual (Saying Grace )
What is cremation, sky burial or funeral/burial?
a difference in value between wheat eating versus rice eating cultures
Independence v/s Interdepedence (or Individualism v/s collectivism)
The removal of status and membership of a person for breaking the norms of a culture
What is ostracization?
The variation of a language in a sub-culture is called
What is a dialect?
List 2 secondary sources that help us understand non-material cultures
What are history text books, documentaries?