Different cultures

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DIFFERENT CULTURES
CULTURE, It is a combination of so many different things, different elements like history, art, cuisine, language and many other tangible and non-tangible aspects.

Thedifferences between different cultures, if we talk about body language, first of all, you might think body language is universal. After all, we're the same species, but basics like what is considered a politegreeting and definitions of "personal space" vary widely from culture to culture. Americans, for instance, are considered rather reserved in the way they greet, or meet friends, and they definepersonal space more broadly than most other cultures. Knowing how another culture's basic body language differs from yours may help you.

World cuisines and international food from countries around theworld, such as Italian, French, Mexican, Indian, American, Japanese, Chinese, continental and much more, it’s another thing that we need to think about if we talk about cultures.
In some countriesit’s typical to eat spicy food, sweet food, sea food, fast food, depends on the history of the country and the customs of it.
For example, The African cuisine is a beautiful combination of tropicalfruits and vegetables as well as the exotic seafood varieties.
The commonly used ingredients in American cooking are subject to change as you move from one region to the other. Some of the popularpreparations in the American cuisine are the American pie, Banana split, Brownies, Corndogs, Crab cakes, Hamburgers…

Another difference between cultures is the religion. There are two major religions inAfrica, Christianity or Islam. The majority of United States includes Protestant Christians. The percentage of Catholics is slightly less than the Protestants. In addition to this, USA being a secularstate, a number of people have also adopted other religions like Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism.

There are a lot of cultures in the world, American Pop Culture, Ancient Egyptian Culture,...
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