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CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE
1. CULTURE IS LEARNED
- Culture is that it is not innate; it is learned.
 Learning culture through proverbs- even before a very young child can read,
he or she is hearing “lessons about life” transmitted through proverbs.
 Learning culture through, Folktales, and Myths- they all deal with narratives
that intended to transmit the important messages each culture seeks to teach its
members. The customs tradition, and beliefs expressed in folktales link people
to their history and root them to their past.
 Learning culture through Art- historians and anthropologists would agree that
art is a powerful influence on all cultures. Through the cross-cultural study of
art-myths, songs, dances, paintings, carvings, we may discover much about
different worldviews and religion beliefs, as well as political ideas, social
values, kinship structures, economic relations, and historical memory.
 Learning culture through mass media.

2. CULTURE IS TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

- “Culture is a social inheritance; it consists of ideas that may have develop long before
we were born.” According to Charon.

3. CULTURE IS BASED ON SYMBOLS

- The portability of symbols allows people to packages, store, and transmit them.

4. CULTURE IS DYNAMIC
5. CULTURE IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM

EXERCISE
DIRECTION: Answer the following intelligently and concisely. (15 POINTS EACH)
1. Describe your own culture using a symbol. And explain it briefly.
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2. In your own experience, describe the culture you learned from the other culture.
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PREPARED BY:

LARA TESSA S. CATAM

INSTRUCTOR

NOTE: (IF YOU WANT A GOOD SCORE STOP COPYING OR RELAYING YOUR ANSWER IN GOOGLE,
DON’T COPY YOUR CLASSMATES ANSWER)

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