Cultural Paragraphs

American culture is very unique and very different. Looking into the American culture it doesn’t have one specific culture it has many. American culture has Folk life it depends on the traditional songs we sing and the dance we do. When American kids were littler they would hear Fairy Tales from their mom or dads before they went to bed. Some examples would be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, James and the Giant Peach, Beauty and the Beast and may more. At camp fires people would tell ghost stories from the afterlife, some would be about the past and during the time of the wars, some about, stories that their grandparents or parents passed down to them. Our holidays in the American culture can be very different from other cultures. One holiday we celebrate is Martin Luther King Day January 15. Most schools have this day off to remember him in a way that other cultures do not. Another day is, Ground Hog day it is celebrated on Saturday January 13, 210 this year. Ground Hog day is the day when a ground hog is taken out of the hole and looks to see if it sees it shadow, if it does see his shadow we have six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow we don’t have six more weeks of winter. A religious holiday that most people celebrate is Easter. Easter is one of the Christian holidays remembering the day Jesus resurrection form the dead. Some things that people will do on Easter are, find Easter eggs, have a family dinner and go to church with family and friends.

My Culture is very different from other people. In my family, we celebrate religious holidays. For example, we celebrate Easter, Lent, Advent, Christmas and many more. One holiday that we celebrate is a Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo. We have all our long distance family and friends and local friends and family. On this day my dad makes homemade salsa, which is fantastic, very spicy though. My grandma would make some very delicious Mexican desert, and then my grandpa would go to Mexican town and buy some tortillas and with them, make enchiladas, very yummy. However, since my grandpa got very ill with cancer so he no longer able to make them so he passed his recipe down to me. For my everyday life, we go to Church every Sunday and make it our family day where no friends are allowed to come over, only family. Even though we are Mexican we do not speak Spanish thought our house, we speak English. My culture can be very different from others; I love my culture because I learn something new about myself every day.