Indonesian Cultural Differences With American Culture
Culture
is closely connected with the community. Culture contains the entire
understanding of social values, social norms, knowledge and overall
social structures, religious, and others, in addition all the
intellectual and artistic expression that characterizes a society.
Culture is something that will affect the level of knowledge and
includes a system of ideas or ideas contained in the human mind, so that
in everyday life, the culture is abstract. Each country must have had a
different culture each other. An example is the difference between
cultures in Indonesia and culture in America :1. Opinion
Indonesian people tend to be convoluted in arguing that the intention was not as complicated argument. Americans more to-the-point in arguing.
2. Time
Indonesia is famous for its rubber hours and less appreciate the time While the Americans, they tend to be on time
3. Lifestyle
Indonesian people would be more comfortable if kept close to relatives, especially the family. Unlike the Americans, they tend to be individualistic.
4.Relationship
Very sociable or more complex relationships, to social media becomes an application that is often used as a tool for socializing. In contrast to the West they are more individualistic / very rarely in a relationship with another person.
5. Celebration / Party
If there is a celebration or a party, many Indonesian people prefer to invite all relatives and friends. For example in the wedding, making the number of invitations pretty much a waste. In America, if they make an event, only relatives, family and a few close friends invited.
6. With regard to something new
In Indonesia, where there is new stuff, let's say: gadgets, because the Indonesian people tend consumptive then they will buy these goods to satisfy curiosity. Unlike the Americans if there is something new, do not necessarily want to know and want to have or wear it, just know.
7. Trendi
If the West is happy with something that smells of traditional and natural. In contrast, the Indonesian people have not called if not stylish trendy west-Westernized, eg more feel pride when eating at fast food places, but the country of origin of the food arguably mediocre food.
8. Transportation
Formerly America, the predominant use of the car. Now, more dominant use of bicycles, because of the importance of health In contrast to the East, if the first dominant use bicycles. Now, it must use the car, if it is able to use the services of a personal driver.
9. In place to eat
When in place to eat. Americans tend to be orderly if it were eating. Indonesian man, sometimes tend to eat with chatting up pretty rowdy as well as a waste of time. Other things among which the culture of food, if the west had 3 sessions during meals are appetizer-maincourse-dessert. In Indonesia, it is the third main meal. And also diverse traditions in Indonesia, such as 7 monthly event in Indonesia, while in America is a baby shower. The difference is, if in Indonesia, which makes the show is the prospective mother, while in America that makes the show is a close relative of the prospective mother.
But it depends on the character of each human being. As a citizen of Indonesia, we have to develop things of our culture into a positive thing and can help countries become developed countries, like the United.
