среда, 8 апреля 2009 г.

There are many cultures within cultures in this world and we often assume that one subculture is different for the obvious reasons. Sure, many people who belong to one subculture might look a little different from those who exist in another culture. But this is where the obvious differences end. Many cultures within cultures have their own set of hierarchy and their own set of laws and rules. You can’t just walk into the culture and break these rules. You have to get to know them first and you must abide by them regardless of your own culture.
When one culture collides with another, there is usually a bit of tension and someone ends up either breaking through the tension or settling it with violence. In many ways, the culture who has been disturbed sets up the rules for how things are going to happen when they are disrupted. This is, in many cases, a large reason why there are so many cultures within cultures. This allows for some sort of reigning culture that can tell the others how and why they should respond to certain influences. The smaller cultures can create additional subcultures, and so on down the line to weed out the most dedicated and the most pinpointed, honed, culture expert within one community. It can be a little scary to enter a subculture you know nothing about, as mistakes are not always easily forgiven and there is no guarantee that you will understand the rules in the early part of your visit.

пятница, 27 марта 2009 г.

It wouldn’t seem

It wouldn’t seem like there would be much to something as simple as teen culture, but teenagers have an entire subculture that most parents are oblivious to. It is no longer the same world that we grew up in and teen culture applies a great deal of pressure on kids these days. When teenagers enter high school, they are given an invisible set of rules that they are supposed to live by whether they agree with them or not. How you enter ninth grade is usually how you leave the twelfth grade, socially standing. This means that kids are discouraged by their peers from changing too much. If you walk into high school as a jock you are most likely going to leave as a jock. For many kids trapped in teen culture, this is just the end of the story.Some kids can make transitions from one of the many teen subcultures but it is highly looked down upon. This means that kids are discouraged not only from changing but from growing as well. Their ability to experience life in many different facets is cut short by the basic rules of teen culture. Who your friends are, where you eat lunch, with whom you eat it, and how your classmates are going to view you is all decided on the first day of class. With all that pressure and the tension between social groups it is no wonder that many teen subject to such a culture feel stifled and over pressured.

пятница, 30 января 2009 г.

Culture and Art of Japan

Japanese people has created an unusual and diverse world of artistic images and forms, which, perhaps, to translate the whole story of his life, beliefs and opinions about the beautiful. The Japanese are highly characteristic of a special love for nature, or rather a sense of connection with human feelings and rhythms of the surrounding world, which is characteristic of Japanese culture.
The cultural tradition of Japan has maintained a unique theatrical genre - puppet (Dzeruri). Theater formed in the 16 century, and flowering occurs in 18 century. Traditions of the theater haven’t changed to this day. The history of dolls in Japan linked to the national religion - combining the cult of ancestors, primitive rites, the story goes back to ancient times. Perhaps the fear of nature, such a harsh, intermediaries to the gods and were «myco» - dolls, playing the role of priestess, prophetess. The rite was a magical one. The dolls in Japan, as we have seen, have cult origins. But not necessarily, as many puppet shows were devoted to myths, historical drama, the lives of ordinary Japanese people, as mentioned above.
Puppet Theater of Japan differed from the European view, saying that the dolls are not puppeteer, a storyteller, sitting on the sidelines and chant reads the text of all the existing characters to the accompaniment of samisen (ancient Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling remotely balalaika). Driving dolls through the system of «open-actor». Japanese theater genetically linked to the motherland puppetry of Asia - India, but the impact it was indirectly through China.
Japanese Puppet Theater presents a genuine work of art, which absorbed the rich traditions of the national art of Japan. That age 18 is considered the best period of flowering Japanese color woodcut, which particularly affected us prints with traditional Japanese aesthetics, from classical paintings and poetry. Japanese timetable as well as a poet, is seeking to say as little as possible, only a hint, make a memory.