Work with a partner or group. Discuss the meaning and significance of the following quotations:
  • "No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive." Mahatma Gandhi
  • "Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides." John Burrows
  • "Culture is like wealth; it makes us more ourselves, it enables us to express ourselves." Philip Gilbert Hamerton
What do you think individuals can gain from...
  • participating in traditional celebrations?
  • listening to various types of music?
  • reading or attending theatre plays?
What are three benefits of each?
Discuss the following quotation:
"There is one way to understand another culture. Living it.  Move into it, ask to be tolerated as a guest; learn the language.  At some point understanding may come.  It will always be wordless.  The moment you grasp what is foreign, you will lose the urge to explain it."    
How would you rate your involvement in or knowledge of the following aspects of culture?
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Literature
  • Film
  • Socializing and Manners
  • Traditions
  • How are you involved in them?
  • Why are they important to you?
  • Do you take an active part in many of them?
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