The document discusses different cultural traditions from around the world. It provides examples of foods, clothing, religious practices, and customs from cultures including Ghanaian, Irish, Indian, Scottish, Punjabi Sikh, Turkish-Cypriot, British, Australian, Jamaican, and American. The document aims to showcase cultural diversity and some ways cultures are both similar and different in terms of traditions, values, and practices.

1. Cultural norms and differences that serve to create harmony

2. What Do We All Do?
Eat
Communicate
Sleep (Dream)
Wear Clothes

3. How are we different?
What can we learn about each other?

4. My family is from Ghana
and we still practice our
customs.
We eat foods like
Fufu, Jell-Off rice,
Banco, Whatchey,
Plantain and much
more.

5. My aunt brought material ,
from Ghana, with this type
of pattern for my mum so
that she could sew a dress
for me. I may wear it to
church or family
celebrations.
The traditional cloth for Ghanaian people is bright and
colourful kente cloth.
A close family, being part of our
community and education are still
very important parts of our
Ghanaian culture.

6. My ancestors were Irish. Although we
don’t really practice a lot of the Irish
cultural traditions, my family likes to
play a game called ‘Slamdunk’. The
aim of the game: whoever puts a king
or queen down first and says
“Slamdunk” wins two cards.
St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,
was said to have brought Christianity to
Ireland. The national emblem of Ireland
is the Shamrock. St Patrick used the
three leaves to explain how the Trinity of
the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit
could exist as separate parts of the
whole being.
We celebrate St Patrick’s day by
decorating our house in green.

7. My ancestors are from India and my family practices Hinduism. It’s the
world’s oldest, existing religion. We just celebrated Diwali, the festival of
lights, which lasts for five days. Our house was lit up with small oil lamps.
We exchanged gifts like Indian sweets, snacks or candles.
On ordinary days, my mum cooks the traditional food of curries, with
bread, chappatis or rice.
We go to the Mandir; a place of worship for Hindus. I wear clothing
appropriate for it so that means NO JEANS!
As a family, we watch Bollywood movies (Traditional Indian movies) and
listen to Bollywood songs.

8. Although we don’t really practice a lot of the Scottish
traditions, every Sunday all of my family help my mum to
cook a roast dinner then we sit down together round the
dinner table and eat it and each week we have a different
type of meat.
St. Andrew was one of
Christ's twelve apostles.
The X-shaped saltire
cross upon which St.
Andrew was
supposedly crucified
has been the Scottish
national symbol.
My family celebrate St
Andrews day by putting
the Scottish flag in the
front window.

9. My ancestors were traditional Irish travellers. They were NOT
homeless people but a separate, distinct, proud culture with
their own language, standards and traditions. They had their
own language called Cant, Gammon or Shelta.
Even though we are not travellers, I would like to find out more
about my family.

10. I am half Turkish-Cypriot because
my dad is full Turkish-Cypriot and
my mum is full English.
Whenever we go to my
grandmother’s house for a BBQ,
we usually have lots of Turkish
food such as: rice wrapped in vine
leaves, Helim Cheese inside
some batter like wrap, and we
also have that with meat stuffed
inside. My favourite is called
Kofte which is basically a cooked
cold meat ball.

11. My culture is Punjabi and we practice Sikhism. We greet
each other by saying ‘"sat sri akal"
Showing respect for others is very important in our culture. I
respect my elders by always saying ‘Ji’ at the end of
someone's title, For example, I call my parents mummy Ji,
papa Ji and I call my grandparents mama Ji and baba Ji.
Family is also very important in our
culture so in my home there live
three generations: my grandparents,
my parents, my brother and I.
We celebrate birthdays,
anniversaries, holidays and all types
of occasions as one big family unit.

12. One of the customs I practice is
that I tie a Rakhri (String bracelet)
around my brother ‘s wrist. It
represents the bond between us as
brother and sister and also this
means that he has the
responsibility of protecting me.
We attend a lot of
functions and festivals
at the Gurdwara ( our
place of worship)
We just celebrated
Diwali ( The festival of
lights)
As a sign of respect, I
have to wear the
tradition clothing.

13. My grandmother and Chapattis ( Nan)
mum make traditional
foods such as: Daal ( Lentils)
Vegetable Curries
Samosas Pani Puris
Pakoras ( Onion
Bajis)

14. Britain is full of customs and traditions.
Traditional British food has been based on beef, lamb, pork,
chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one
other vegetable. Typical foods eaten in Britain include: fish
and chips, pork pies and cornish pasties and roasts dinners.
Some dishes have strange names like Bubble and Squeak and
Toad in the Hole.

15. Education is very important part of British culture. I attend
Danson Primary School. We all wear a uniform so that
means that we are all equal.
Children begin studying in primary education at the age of
five until they are eleven. Then they move to secondary
school, there they stay until they reach sixteen, seventeen or
eighteen years of age.

16. Britain is a country that is very reserved.
In England we like to form
orderly queues (standing
in line) and wait for our
turn e.g. boarding a bus.
'Queue jumping' is
frowned upon.
If someone is blocking my way and I
would like them to move, I just say
excuse me please.
I learnt from an early age that it is good
manners to say "please" and "thank
you". It is considered rude if you don't.
You will notice in England that we say
'thank you' a lot. We might use slang
words like ‘Ta’.

17. In Britain, we keep animals in our homes. We call them pets.
The animals that we usually keep are cats and dogs. I have
five cats. We look after them, give them food and water and
we care for them. Other pets that we keep are horses ( kept in
a stable on a farm), hamsters, fish, rabbits and guinea pigs.

18. I am part Australian.
Australia has no official
religion; there is an
atmosphere of religious
freedom. People chose a
religion which suits
them provided they
don’t break the law.
However, 60% of the
Australian population
choose to be Christian.
There are many people in Australia, but the most famous
are the Aborigines; of their pictures they make by putting
paint on edge of sticks and pushing the paint paper or
wood.

19. I had a lot of the same food that I
eat in Britain but the most
interesting things I tried were
Shark, Kangaroo and Crocodile
meat…… delicious!!!

20. Like football here, Aussie rules
football is the most popular sport
to play and watch.
The game, which you play on a
cricket pitch, is a bit like rugby.
However, when you tackle it has to
be between the waist and
shoulders. If the oval shaped ball is
kicked whoever catches it has
made a mark, which means they
can kick or run. If they chose to run
they can get tackled, but until
they’ve made up their mind they
cannot get tackled. A team is made
up of 18 players. When they could
score they can kick it over the posts
or score over the try line. To pass
they hit the ball out of their hand
with the other hand.

21. My Cultures
English , Jamaican and American
I practice ALL three cultures!

22. English people have different religions. It is also a very
popular place for tourists because of Big Ben and many
other buildings. It is very popular around the world
for it’s capital; London. The traditional food is pork
and turkey at Christmas (the birth of God’s son).
Britain’s population is over 55 million. A lot of
countries have followed the language of English and
many countries speak it.

23. Jamaica is very well known for it’s beaches and
sunshine. Jamaica has a population of over 2 million
people. Its capital is Kensington and has a whooping
population of over 800 thousand people. They speak
English and most are Christian. Their favourite food
is Jerk chicken and like to drink Ginger beer.

24. America’s current president is Barack Obama.
Although they practise a lot of different cultures, they ALL
pledge allegiance to one flag. It is a very popular place for
tourists for its famous buildings. They play different sports
to us like baseball, basketball and American football. The
talk and eat the same way as we do. Britain and America
have a lot in common.