Lesson 4, February 5th, 2008

Hello from the classroom(or whatever you want to call it).

this is a little awkward as i do not blog.but never mind...

Today we learned about cultures.

More than often,culture is strongly associated with religion.

According to our classmates:

1.Muslim men are allowed to marry more than 1 wife while a woman is not allowed to because she would not know who the father of her baby is(a very interesting and wise way to see it).

We learned that in Islam,nobody is forced to obey the Quran,they all have a choice to make.

2.A few of our classmates mention that they do not wash their hair and cut their nails on certain days. They would not go out after 7p.m. at certain times.

3.During the hungry ghost festival,people are not encourage to go to the beach and eat the food offered to the "passed-on".

4.When we pass by a funeral,we are advised to turn our face the other way,as a mark of respect and as to not offend the deceased.

5.Kids are also advised not to attend funerals as according to a classmate,they have the same brain frequency as spirits and are able to see them.

6.During a baby's full moon,(when he reaches one month old),his parents will give a box of delicacies(containing yellow sticky rice,2 red eggs,chicken curry,ang ku(a red sticky kuih)..... other young children are not encouarge to take it as they are believed to become stubborn.

7.Litle indian boys will pierced thier ears after turning one month old.This is believed to bring a certain imperfection so that they will look less appealing to the spirits.

to be continued.......

Homework :

1.Ethnic Identity

2.Enculturation

3.Acculturation