Monday, April 2, 2012

Culture Clash

Evangelize the natives.
The mean of "Culture Clash" is: two or more culture is disagree about their believe or way of life. Is a conflict between the interaction of people with different culture, beliefs, customs, habits and values.

I can say that a big "Culture Clash" was the "Discovery of America". In 1492 Cristobal Colón arrived to America with his tribulation. They had 2 missions to do in that foreign continent, these are:

1.- To obtain gold and silver.
2.-
 
So..the Spanish came to a village and the read a letter called "Requirements" where it explain that the person who don’t accept the religion and didn’t obey the King of Spain, they will have a "Just War" (it means "fair" because they had been notified) but they didn’t understand because everything that the Spanish read was in Spanish, a language that the natives didn’t know.

Finally, the European imposed their culture, religion, economy, society and polity by force.

They destroyed cities, art, books and any cultural event and for that we can’t know who the natives lived in their years.

For me..this is a important account because thanks to this we are as we know it today.

I don’t remember a experience about a Culture Clash, but I will like to have an opportunity to know a new culture.

1 comment:

  1. I liked what you wrote, but you should try to give more your opinion instead of just history facts... I would like to read more about you.

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