C U L T U R E

A. DEFINITION
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of
people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social
habits, music and arts.
The Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition goes a step
further, defining culture as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions,
cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by socialization.
Thus, it can be seen as the growth of a group identity fostered by social
patterns unique to the group.
The word "culture" derives from a French term, which in turn derives
from the Latin "colere," which means to tend to the earth and grow, or
cultivation and nurture. "It shares its etymology with a number of other words
related to actively fostering growth," Cristina De Rossi, an anthropologist at
Barnet and Southgate College in London, told Live Science.
Many countries are largely populated by immigrants, and the culture is
influenced by the many groups of people that now make up the country. This
is also a part of growth. As the countries grow, so does its cultural diversity.
Culture is "the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs,
of a particular group of people at a particular time.
Culture is a series of activities and worldviews that provide humans
with the basis for perceiving themselves as "person[s] of worth within the
world of meaning"raising themselves above the merely physical aspects of
existence, in order to deny the animal insignificance and death that Homo
Sapiens became aware of when they acquired a larger brain.
Explanation:
Culture is an identity to the people, islands and the country.
Culture is basically a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of
people and that when taken together constitute a design for living.
Culture - A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs,
values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and
that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the
next.
Culture is a characteristics & knowledge of a particular group of people that share
the same skills. Define by language. Music. Arts. fillings. Social habit.
culture is defined as the way of life for a community of people. In this sense, any
one person has several different kinds of culture that apply to him or her.
Culture is used in a special sense in anthropology and sociology. It refers to the sum
of human beings life ways, their behaviour, beliefs, feelings, thought; it connotes
everything that is acquired by them as social beings.

B. TYPES
Counterculture is a movement to actively defy one or more aspects of
dominant culture.
Subculture refers to a group of people who hold opposing beliefs or behave
differently than the majority of people in their community. Members of a
subculture also often create a language that is distinct from the majority.
Consequently, this smaller community establishes a culture that may
ostracize them from the rest of society.

C. CHARACTERISTICS
Culture is learned. It is not biological; we do not inherit it. Much of learning
culture is unconscious. We learn culture from families, peers, institutions, and
media. The process of learning culture is known as enculturation. While all
humans have basic biological needs such as food, sleep, and sex, the way we
fulfill those needs varies cross-culturally.
- Basically a creation of man. It is learned through process of interaction.
Culture is shared. Because we share culture with other members of our
group, we are able to act in socially appropriate ways as well as predict how
others will act. Despite the shared nature of culture, that doesnt mean that
culture is homogenous (the same).
- It must be commonly shared by some population or group of individuals.
Even if some behavior is not commonly appropriate, it is cultural if most
people think it is appropriate.
- No one person knows the entire culture.

Culture is based on symbols. A symbol is something that stands for

something else. Symbols vary cross-culturally and are arbitrary. They only
have meaning when people in a culture agree on their use. Language, money
and art are all symbols. Language is the most important symbolic component
of culture.
Culture is integrated. This is known as holism, or the various parts of a
culture being interconnected. All aspects of a culture are related to one
another and to truly understand a culture, one must learn about all of its
parts, not only a few.
Cumulative. Bec it has a tendency to grow and expand.
Culture is dynamic. This simply means that cultures interact and change.
Because most cultures are in contact with other cultures, they exchange
ideas and symbols. All cultures change, otherwise, they would have problems
adapting to changing environments. And because cultures are integrated, if
one component in the system changes, it is likely that the entire system must
adjust.
- No culture is ever in permanent state. It is constantly changing because
new ideas and new techniques are added and old ways are constantly

modified and disregarded. This is because of the rapid changes that occur
which may be introduced from within or without. Diffusion
- change in culture is continuous and no culture is totally fix or static.
Diverse. Means that culture varies and is different from one another.