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cultural understanding

What is cross cultural understanding?
It is very difficult to learn about another culture and not to think that is very strange. It is impossible to be totally objective. When we look at another culture, compare, and contrast it with Indonesian culture as a mean of discussion, and try not to judge the other culture but only become aware of the differences. In the course we will fight against the tendency towards stereotyping which happens all too easy when we talk about cultures. We will try not to make sweeping statements like ‘all Indonesian are friendly, all westerns are ‘sombong’, but instead look at why these stereotypes have occurred and how much they are founded on truth. We will look at subcultures and cultural variables within one culture. For example, there are cultural divisions in Indonesian within the different islands and the different sub-cultures.
Why is CCU important in learning English?
If language is just a set of grammar rules (as it is too often taught to be), there would be little place for CCU. But it is not. There is a lot in language learning that does not fit into a prescribed set of structural rules and it is the understanding of this element of language which is aided by cultural knowledge. Cultural Understanding can aid language learning to have a deeper understanding of the idiomatic use of language, by giving some background of cultural and linguistic features and by bringing the language to live so that students are motivated to the English language as means of communicating ideas.

Tolerance
The opposite of prejudice and discrimination is tolerance. These people know that other social groups are different, but they appreciate the differences in beliefs, opinions, behavior, etc.
Culture Shock
When people for one reason or another travel abroad, they are not prepared for the differences in the new culture. They don’t like the food, they can’t stand the cold or rain, they don’t understand they way the other culture behaves, socializes what they believe, etc. so, they become tense because everything is unfamiliar.

Funeral Custom In Indonesia

This is a story from my Indonesian friend. His name is santos, he tell me about funeral custom in Indonesia especially for Javanese. this is his writing. lets read it guys.

Among the Javanese people, funerals involve several activities called “selamatan”. The first selamatan is held on the day a member of a family dies, which is called “geblag”. The next selamatan is held on the third day, called nelung dina, on the seventh day, called mithung dina, on the fortieth day called matang puluh dina, on the hundreth day called nyatus, and on the thousandth day, called nyewu, which is the greatest of all the selamatan ceremonies. The Javanese believe that after the thousandth day, the spirit of the dead person is already in peace in the other world.
The Torajan people of South Sulawesi have an unique way of burying the dead. They believe that if somebody dies, they enter “puya”, a place for the dead. They also believe that how dead people go to puya must show his or her social status when he or she was alive. That’s why, the funeral ceremony for a person having a high position in the community may look like a big party or even a carnival to outsiders. in Tanah Toraja, a dead person is accepted as really dead only when a complete funeral has been held for him. Before that, the dead is considered to be a sick body and is kept in the chain of traditional houses called Tongkonan. This sick body is dressed and offered foods.
The Balinese of Trunyan have still a different funeral. After a mourning ceremony, the dead body is put under a tree. It is not buried or burned. It is not even covered with clothes or leaves. It is amazing that the body. Although it does rot, does not smell. The place where the dead is put is near a village not far from Batur Lake in Kintamani.
The Manggarai people of Flores believe that the spirit of the dead called “poti”, stay at the place where they used to stay when they were alive, especially near the bed. After some times, the poti live in wells, big trees, or crossroads near the house. These spirits don’t bother living people, but they are believed to be watching their grandchildren. When these children are in danger, the poti are there to help them. However, this is believed to last only five days, for the poti will leave for Mori Karaeng, a place for the dead.
The Manggarai people believe that everything in Mori Karaeng is the opposite of that in the world of living. So, people break dishes and glasses on the day of the dead are supposed to leave for Mori Karaeng, so that there they have the things in good condition.

o key, every country have something different and it make think be unique and interesting.

Thanks For God

Today in this woman diary I want to say thank for god because has keep my live, keep my body, keep my family, keep my friend and keep my world rotate. I also want to thanks my god because have created me in perfect body and be human..  So I hope I can to keep kind with other… Thanks my god you are everything for me. I hope you always give your guidance.

Plant, Mountain and all of your creation inspire me very much… it entertaint me when I sad, When I going down..  know that all of this are the shape of your kindness… ooh One more thanks my God… today in this woman diary I just want to thanks to My God….

Pure and Beautiful Fish

Do you like fish??

I like fish because they are beautiful and of course delicious haha… but I will not eat beautiful fish like this picture, because I love them very much.

this green fish look so exciting, its name is parrot fish but you can call it big green or elizabet, you can image how beautiful if this fish decorate your home. You can see it every day, you can see it actifity and what this fish do to spend it time… In polynesia this fish just eaten by the king, but in Us this fish is eaten by every one. It has 80 species, in size from 1 to 4 feet (30 to 120 centimeters).

How about this blue one, it is blue fish.. this fish so cute and sexy like Paris Hilton hahaha… you know my favorite model is her.

oh my god, this fish has strong character, it has perfect combination between blue and yellow also one pattern in it head, so beautiful. I hope I have this one…

The fish above is pure and free from sin different with human. They keep their beautiful every day for human. I love them very much…..

My nothing Expression in My Blank

Sometimes I feel lonely and fall down to my weakness, I can’t find who I am, What should I do in my live, and who are people around me, I can’t feel anything. Just blank and blind spot.. everything is white and suddenly black. I just scream and scream, try to call my deep soul.

this picture absolutely describe my condition at the moment, Do you feel same with me, when you are down, and realize that life is hard and difficult which is decorated with several kind of feeling that shaped from human thinking, emotion and their character. This painting was painted by an artist named Edvard Munch (Austrian?, maybe German). but I actually don’t know what this picture describe it is so mysterious and when I was looking this picture for few minute I feel something strange. lets solve the mystery of this picture guys.