Living Without Culture by Irfan Suryana (Cross Culture Understanding)

Living without Culture

Culture is an important thing in our life. By living with culture will make our life most beautiful. Because there are many aspects in culture in which we participate directly. Moreover we cannot be separated with culture. That is why culture exists in each our activity. We can feel how beautiful this life by using culture. However, we want to know if we live without culture in an imagination.
If I imagine about community in which there is no culture in each their activity I am sure that it will be boring. As we know all of activities can be called culture. For instance praying, going to the market, making conversation with the others and so on. Moreover thare are many aspects in our life which it can be called culture as well. For example food, drink, clothes, house, ceremonies, life style, religion, language, technology, society, art, music, dance, customs, values, rules, ideas, concepts, paintings, literature, and also celebrations. Those are incredible things what we have in this world. Those are like diamonds which it make our life more beautiful. If those disappear in our life of course life will be flat instead there is no life anymore. I think people in this situation will be individualistic. Because there is no communication with the others and they are maybe egostic person due to events which is often held in togetherness like celebrations disappears. Perhaps they will fulfill all of their needs by themselves like making clothes.
In addition, I can conclude that community dies. Because I make sure that there is no activity in that community. There are not also variations or something that uses to entertain our life. Maybe that community do not have a leader and also that community will be chaotic in each aspect of life. Probably there is no crime. For instance robbing and deceiving. Because people in that community do not have desire having luxurious things in their life. Also there is no creation of people like art or literature even ideas. Because they do not think about works which it can be useful in the future to be enjoyed by next generations.
            We can compare between two communities in which there is culture in the first community and there is no culture in the second community. People who live in the first community has dynamic life. Because they can develop the quality of their life by using culture. They can also create something new which is very useful to the others by using culture in their whole life as well. Moreover if the community dies it will make easier archaeologist to find out who the community itself due to there are archaeological remains there that can be used to identify. However, the second community is very strange. Because if the community dies there are no tools or some sort to identify their character.

            In brief, it so hard to live in community in which there is no culture. Because living without culture is like agony. Because there are no interesting things and variation of ilfe. 

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