Questions for You

1. Questions for you
• How did you feel watching the video? How
would you feel being part of this group?
• What did you see? Try to explain in an
objective way.
• Guess what the different actions could mean
in this culture.
• How does our own culture influence our
observations?
• How well do we observe?

2. What can you learn from the Albatross
Culture?
• In contrast to the first impression, the women
has a higher position than the men. The earth
is holy and women who give birth to children
are closer connected to the earth than men.
This is why only the women are allowed to
take off their shoes. That is also the
explanation for the women kneeling on the
earth and the Albatrosian woman serving the
food. Only her is allowed to touch it, since it is
sacres.

3. • When Bending the women’s head down this is
done to remind the women of her
responsibility in respect to the earth. When
eating, a man has to wash themselves first, he
drinks and eats first to make sure the food is
okay.

4. • The society of Albatrosians appreciate silence
and a certain degree of seriosity. They are
peaceful, open towards foreigners and
tolerant. They eat and drink what they like
and all their ceremonies stem from traditions
and are regarded as very normal.

5. You think that your behaviour is very normal and
expect your guests to behave the same way.