EXPLAIN SOME CHALLENGES FACED WHILE DEVELOPING & PROMOTING UNIVERSAL

CULTURE

1. Resistance to change
2. Lack of reinforcement
3.rasicm and ethnic tension
4- inequality
5- stereotyping

1. Resistance to change
- Shaping peoples’ mindsets and attitudes can be challenging. Often, people have their own, fixed ways of
seeing and doing things. While there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with that, those underlying beliefs and
assumptions can sometimes hinder the innovation of cultural being universal.
-When things have been done in a certain way for a long time, it becomes the norm. This easily leads to people
becoming blind to possible inefficiencies in their own cultures and commonly used practices.
Things that have worked well in the past aren’t necessarily guaranteed to work in the future, which is why it’s
important to constantly challenge your assumptions, be open to change and look for ways to improve the way
of living.

In addition to this, people can be resistant to change because they are afraid of their pre- existing cultural
identities Being threatened.

- LACK OF REINFORCEMENT: this can be a disrupt the development of universal culture as many may pose
as neutral or not acknowledge and support the promotion of universal culture.

-Racism and ethnic tensions: due to past historical events some people hold negative views of those from other
ethnic backgrounds. These views are too deep-rooted and prove to suspend any intentions of accepting
movements from the opposing ethnicities resulting in people rejecting progression towards universal culture.
-Inequality: this is the difference and arrogance of accepting another belief to be of the same standard hence
being a hurdle when promoting universal culture as some may believe that their beliefs are superior to what is
being proposed leading to arises in conflicts when these differences become too great.

-prejudice: due to their subjective beliefs people discriminate and have an unjustified intolerance towards other
beliefs making it extremely difficult to approach.

-Stereotyping, a very common practice also faces as a challenge for the development of universal culture as
pre-existing unfair assumptions or generalisation about a person based on an aspect of their cultural identity

B) Explore the effect of cultural assimilation of maintaining group dynamics.

Answer: Many cultures come together in the UAE from all over the world. As a result, cultural
assimilation occurs. We may adapt to the habits and characteristics of the majority of the group,
hence the term ‘assimilation’. An example is integrating into the behavior of the group and behaving
in ways that may not be usual in your culture, such as applying henna. It may not be common for
certain nationalities to apply and use henna, but it is not out of the ordinary to see citizens applying
and using henna in the UAE, especially on important festivals.
Language is also affected, as English and Arabic are the primary languages used in the UAE, and
citizens either learnt it here, or had to learn it before travelling to this country. In some places of the
world, the primary language might be Hindi, German, Malayalam etc., but we had to adapt and learn
in order to communicate with others and understand

Culture is that which shapes us; it shapes our identity and influences our behavior. Culture is our “way of
being,” more specifically, it refers to the shared language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and material
objects that are passed down from one generation to the next. There exists a cultural unity between the two
countries, Indian and Pakistan. Folk tales such as Heer Ranjha, Sheeri farhad and Mirza Sahiban are mutually
famous. Islamic Sufism, poetry and Sufi music is well known throughout Pakistan and India. Another
similarity is between the language, Hindi and Urdu have so many common words that it becomes difficult to
differentiate between them and usually are regarded as different dialects of the same language. But, there are
many dissimilarities as well. In Pakistani culture sacrificing a cow is common while Indians consider cow
sacred and it has religious importance.
Plus, In Pakistan most of the men and woman wear Shalwar Kameez while in India most of the girls wear
Saari and most men wear Kurta Dhoti. there are many similarities in the traditional food of the two countries
going back to the times of Mughal Empire. Dishes like Halwa Puri, Daal Chawal, Chicken Karahi, Biryani and
the drink of Lassi are not only famous in Pakistan they are equally liked in India as well. Sweet dish is
common with Kheer and Mithai the most famous sweet dishes. Conversely, most food dishes in Pakistan
consist of Beef and Mutton, while Indians avoid eating red meat and most of their food consists of Herbs and
Vegetables. In Pakistan curry and spice is a basic requirement while Indian food is a little less spicy than the
Pakistani food.