Culture Immersion Project Name: FATIU Instructor: Professor. Date: June 20 2021 Culture refers to the way of life of a particular group. It can be divided into two; material and non-material culture. Material culture refers to resources, physical objects, and spaces that represent a certain group. Different cultures have different ways of designing and building their homes, houses, offices, and cities, weapons and hunting instruments, household articles, food, and drinks, as well as ornaments. Others use technology to gain a competitive advantage in the business world. On the other hand, non-material culture refers to beliefs, values, language, symbols, and rules that define a society. A symbol is a sign used to represent something. For instance, the United States flag represents democracy, freedom, and the values of the American people. Another common symbol is shaking hands which is evident in different communities. It is used to convey friendship or a sign of greetings. The culture I would love to focus on is the Asian culture. The growth and diversification of the Asian culture over the past decade has been phenomenal. Driven by immigration and refugee settlement during the ’70s and ’80s, Asians have emerged as the fastest-growing racial group (Kim, 2007). In the United States Asians are at least twelve point five million individuals and represent more than thirty different ethnic groups such as Lao, Filipinos, Bangladeshi, Japanese, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Hmong, Cambodian, Malay, Vietnamese, among others. Moreover, the Asian culture depicts differences in the local dialect, educational level, political perspectives, and religion. For instance, two Filipinos may communicate in English because one’s native language is Ilocano while the other’s is Tagalog. Another factor that contributes to the complexity of the Asian culture is the increasing number of interracial marriages. Thousands of Asian children have American roots where their parents are from other cultures. For instance, a Vietnamese teenager may have an African American father but a Korean mother, therefore learning English as his language of communication. The most common cultural customs in Asia include; first, the way of greeting. As different communities are used to shaking hands as a way of greeting people in Asia this is not the case. The most common method to greet a person is “Wai..” This is where an individual brings his hands together and give a slight bow of the head while saying hello. It is also a sigh of respect, especially in Japan and South Korea (Kim, 2007). There are different etiquette rules that accompany the bow, a deep depth is used for formal setting while such as funerals or religious events. Second, removing shoes before entering an Asian home is a sign of courtesy. Actually most homes have indoor slippers to make the person feel more comfortable. Third, a person’s feet and hands are regarded as an essential part of the body. A person is not allowed to b ...

1. Culture Immersion Project
Name: FATIU
Instructor: Professor.
Date: June 20 2021
Culture refers to the way of life of a particular group. It can be
divided into two; material and non-material culture. Material
culture refers to resources, physical objects, and spaces that
represent a certain group. Different cultures have different ways
of designing and building their homes, houses, offices, and
cities, weapons and hunting instruments, household articles,
food, and drinks, as well as ornaments. Others use technology to
gain a competitive advantage in the business world. On the
other hand, non-material culture refers to beliefs, values,
language, symbols, and rules that define a society. A symbol is
a sign used to represent something. For instance, the United
States flag represents democracy, freedom, and the values of the
American people. Another common symbol is shaking hands
which is evident in different communities. It is used to convey
friendship or a sign of greetings.
The culture I would love to focus on is the Asian culture. The
growth and diversification of the Asian culture over the past
decade has been phenomenal. Driven by immigration and
refugee settlement during the ’70s and ’80s, Asians have
emerged as the fastest-growing racial group (Kim, 2007). In the
United States Asians are at least twelve point five million
individuals and represent more than thirty different ethnic

2. groups such as Lao, Filipinos, Bangladeshi, Japanese, Chinese,
Sri Lankan, Hmong, Cambodian, Malay, Vietnamese, among
others. Moreover, the Asian culture depicts differences in the
local dialect, educational level, political perspectives, and
religion. For instance, two Filipinos may communicate in
English because one’s native language is Ilocano while the
other’s is Tagalog. Another factor that contributes to the
complexity of the Asian culture is the increasing number of
interracial marriages. Thousands of Asian children have
American roots where their parents are from other cultures. For
instance, a Vietnamese teenager may have an African American
father but a Korean mother, therefore learning English as his
language of communication.
The most common cultural customs in Asia include; first, the
way of greeting. As different communities are used to shaking
hands as a way of greeting people in Asia this is not the case.
The most common method to greet a person is “Wai..” This is
where an individual brings his hands together and give a slight
bow of the head while saying hello. It is also a sigh of respect,
especially in Japan and South Korea (Kim, 2007). There are
different etiquette rules that accompany the bow, a deep depth
is used for formal setting while such as funerals or religious
events. Second, removing shoes before entering an Asian home
is a sign of courtesy. Actually most homes have indoor slippers
to make the person feel more comfortable.
Third, a person’s feet and hands are regarded as an essential
part of the body. A person is not allowed to be touched their
head or feet. The feet are regarded as the dirtiest part of the
body. Considering, this culture loves sharing food among
themselves, hygiene is really maintained to avoid illness. Forth,
when served with a drink, a person is not allowed to pour it
since it shows disrespect to the host family. The host family
keeps refilling the guest glass as a form of etiquette. Lastly,
public display of affection is not allowed in the Asian culture. It
is rude when members of the opposite sex are seen kissing or
holding each other’s hand in public. This are regarded as

3. intimate acts and should be done in private. My current
perception of this culture is that they do not use spoons while
eating which is so different from other cultures and they do not
shake hands.
Reference
Kim, K. H. (2007). Exploring the interactions between Asian
culture (Confucianism) and creativity. The Journal of Creative
Behavior, 41(1), 28-53.