DeMolay

Topic: Ritual

Source: My own personal experience being in DeMolay

Relation: Rituals are a strong base on which cultures are built.

Description: DeMolay is a youth group which is based off the Masons. In DeMolay there was a very specific ritual that was carried out every meeting. Every thing we did was very specific from the way we walked to the speeches/prayers we said. 

Commentary: Every thing we thing we did had deeper meaning to it from the number of candles and how they were placed to the way the chapter room was set up. It is all based off the Freemason from England. Many of the founding father of our nation were Freemason you can say that our nation was founded off the Freemasons beliefs.

Topic: Communication Technology

Source: Me and my family.

Relation: Technology has made communication over long distances easier.

Description: Me, my dad and my two brothers all played world of warcraft together. Once i went away to college we would still play together almost everyday. The main way for us to talk back then was to
log into the game and talk. I don't think i actually called my dad freshman year but we still talked though the game every day. Now that we both quit world of warcraft the amount that we talk has gone down drastically, we maybe talk once a week or once every two weeks.

Commentary: If it wasn't for talking though video games the amount me and my dad talk would be very little. It was also very convenient because if we forgot to tell the other something we would not have to call them again we would just have to type it to them.

Superbowl Sunday

Topic: Cultural text (football)

Source: Me and my group of friends watching the game at one of our houses.

Relation: Cultural texts are a way to analyze a culture based off an item or event.

Description: On the day of the superbowl me and my group of friends all went over to one of our houses to watch the game. We all brought stuff to eat like chips, hamburgers, and hotdogs. In order to watch the game we had to plug a laptop up to the T.V. because none of us had cable to watch the game. what i realized as we were watching the game that this was the only football game that I have watched all year and the same was true for all my friends.

Commentary: Even though none of my friends or me had watched any football we all for some reason watched the Superbowl. I think the main reason why we watched the game was just for the commercials. I also believe that we also had it engrained in us to watch the game since we were young because i remember always watching the game with my family when i was a kid.

Kimchi...YUM

Topic: Food

Source: My own kitchen

Relation: Food is a creation of culture and food can be away to connect to a culture.

Description: I am of Korean decent and my roommate is of Chinese decent, and when i look at the food in my kitchen almost all of it is either Korean food, Chinese food, or basic Asian food. We have the basic food for college student: ramen and rice, but our ramen is not the typical 8 cent ramen it is the nice ramen that was made in Korea. I also have the staple item for any Korean meal, kimchi.  My roommate has Chinese style cured ham and sausage as well as cans of some thing that i don't know what it is because it is written all in Chinese. We also have all kinds of drinks like Korean fruit punch and goji tea. We have very few food items that are not Asian like: bread, cereal, chicken breast, and fruit.


Commentary: Neither me or my roommate of grew up in our country of origin and yet we both really enjoy our native foods. Even though me and my roommate don't live or grew up in Korea or China we still have a connection to our culture through the food we eat. I know that for me given the choice between American food and Korean food i would take the Korean food every time. Kimchi and Korean barbeque are like my favorite foods.