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A5.02.1 Behavior and Bias Assignment

A5.02.1 Behavior and Bias Assignment

Q 1. How do people greet one another in the culture you're researching? 2. What are the major holidays in the culture you're researching ? 3. How are the major holidays in this culture celebrated? 4. How would a visitor be welcomed in someone’s home? 5. What are the norms around weddings? births? deaths? 6. How important is family? Cultural Bias 7. Who in this culture is looked down upon? 8. Who is mistreated or ignored? 9. Who is glorified and/or celebrated? 10. How do the values of this culture's younger generation differ from the values of this culture's older generation?

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Greeting is seen to be very cordial and related to religious beliefs when it comes to Indian culture. At the time of meeting someone, Jai Sri Krishna, at the time of blessing someone, they say Ayushman Bhava which is a Sanskrit term means god bless you. They respect their language and they love to start their days with the names of their respected god or goddesses. 2. Major festivals are Diwali, Holi, Pongal and so on. These two are common for almost all the religion. However, the festivals of all religions are celebrated here. For example, Eid, Christmas, Good Friday all are declared holidays here. 3. Diwali is the festival of lights. All the streets are decorated with lights and children enjoy these days with crackers. Holi is the festival of color. It has to be noted that all the festival are related to some religious beliefs.