Showing posts with label #Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Culture. Show all posts

Monday, 2 June 2025

BREAKFAST IDENTITIES

2 June 2025BREAKFAST IDENTITIES1. Introduction: Breakfast as Cultural ExpressionBreakfast is more than a functional start to the day; it is a social and cultural event. The way societies structure, value, and consume breakfast reflects broader ideas of time discipline, social structure, national identity, and globalisation. This paper examines four culturally significant breakfast traditions - English, Scottish, Continental, and Indonesian - to explore...

Friday, 30 May 2025

PEARL CULTURES

30 May 2025Comparing Japan's entrance ceremonies and equivalent Indonesian practices, especially around pearls, formality, and school traditions. 1. ENTRANCE CEREMONIES IN JAPAN – FORMALITY & PEARLSKnown as nyūgakushiki (入学式)Held in April for new students entering school, high school, or universityCeremony includes speeches, national anthem, formal clothingFor mothers and women attending:Pearl jewellery is common and symbolic: modest,...

Thursday, 29 May 2025

CAMPARI OR PASTIS

29 May 2025 CAMPARIWhat is Campari? Interesting question - and not so simple! Campari is more than a drink; it’s a cultural signal. The typical Campari drinker varies slightly by country and generation, but let’s build a reliable profile based on consumer studies, brand strategy, and lifestyle signals.1. Age and DemographicPrimarily aged 30–55Urban, educated, and relatively affluentBalanced gender appeal, though it skews slightly male...

Tuesday, 31 October 2023

LES ROUDOUDOUX

31 October 2023(Version française en bas)                                                   RoudoudouxStrange how the mind works, leading you along country roads ...Where does the word "Mistral" come from?What is "Le Mistral Gagnant"?My grandchildren to-be.Where does the word "Mistral" come from?"Mistral"...

Sunday, 23 July 2023

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WESTERN AND CHINESE CULTURES

23 July 2023What are the major differences between Chinese and Western cultures?Having lived in Thailand for about 10 years now and in Europe for longer and the Middle East too, I think I’m well qualified to compare Chinese and Western cultures.The biggest difference I discovered between the two, at a fundamental level, is their priorities. Chinese culture tends to prioritise the result or the end, whereas Western society prioritises the process or the means.China is Outcome-Driven To put it very bluntly, China cares more about money than...

Saturday, 27 May 2023

YESTERDAY, A STREAKER AT THE BALI DANSE

27 May 2023Bule Kesurupan Masuk Ke PUREhttps://coconuts.co/bali/news/naked-german-woman-crashes-balinese-dance-show-at-ubud-temple/mp4 uncensored available ... This unusual sighting occured at the Balinese danse near Ubud Palace (Puri Saraswati) on Monday 22 May . The danse was interrupted by a streaker  Was it drugs? Who knows? She was deported back to Germany, refused to get on the plane and is now in a home for mentally disturbed...

Saturday, 20 May 2023

BULLSZ BLOOD AND WHISKY

20 May 2023Strange tale of a village sacrificing a buffalo, drinking its blood (with a little whisky...) through bamboo pipes, in an animist rite to stay on friendly terms with the gods. Everyone happy. Quite dramatically shows what we were like before religion, culture, almost before language, certainly before history : that's what we were like then and that is what we are still like today, underneath the veneer. And by the...

Saturday, 24 December 2022

COMPARING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF TWO ENGLISH CULTURES

22 December 2022 A subject that fascinates me is how the way we think, and how we get motivated, changes over time and from culture to culture.You and I are different. I am different from my grandfather.But how to we think? What makes us tick? Why are we different?The West is still the dominant world culture, I would say. It's been this way for three hundred years now. Why is this? Why do western people seem to have so much vitality? Is...