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09-08-07, 05:03 AM
How is a culture created?
That's such a massive question, it would take pages and pages to really nail its intricacies.
Individuals, leaders, wise men/women. geniuses, politians all have a direct inflence on culture.
Grouping, are the people tribal, or communal?
Enviroment plays a part. If your live in a cold climate a rocky hilly enviroment or a boggy flat enviromen all this go a long way to how your culture developes.
Neighbours, they tend to import some aspects of culture to other countries.
Cuisine,the variety of food and its nutritional properties has an effect on the populations size,virility energy, life span, inteligence...orientals eat alot of fish! health,ect.
Orientlal people didnt allways eat insects, due to the sudden increas in their population and the inablity of the country to sustain its people, bird nest soup and fried grasshoppers was born.
Fauna and flora, animal and plant life has a direct baring on culture, animals for food and 'emboding spirit' and plant like for health and healing.
Minerals, Is your enviroment 'top heavy' with these, vary good for forgeing weapons.
Attiturde, are the people warrior minded or passive? This will change the general outlook of it's peoples.
Religion, do the people worship a god, what kind. Is he peace loving, or vengeful and blood thristy? Again this will dictate the outlook of its peoples views of and each other their neighbours
Political climate, whats going on in the general population and what going on in the population of their neighbours.
This subject is so huge and there are thousands of things that contribute to a culture. I really could go on about it all day, but I think you get the gist of what I am saying.
What factors ensure its continuation/popularity?
Again another huge question.
This depends on the populations value of tradition. the practicality of the culture, and how sucessful the culture is.
If it {culture} is seen as 'backwards' it will die out, if it's able to addapt to the changing demands of today, it will thrive.
The japanese are vary traditional, yet their traditions can co-exist with their technology.
They manage to keep the the core beliefs and traditions and discard the rest so they retain thei heart of tradition and are still up to date.
How can we create a culture of Self-sufficiency in our communities?
A vary easy question.
By us wanting to do so and doing so!
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