Selasa, 23 Oktober 2012

LINTAS BUDAYA


Japanese cultural differences with Indonesia



Japan is famous for its discipline. That's why I was dreaming to be able to go there, either to work or to study or just on vacation. I really wanted to go to Japan! Back to Basic, the Japanese manners, from which it can be formed?? Please read the following article:
Moral education in Japanese is called 'Doutokukyouiku'. The word means doutoku kyouiku moral and meaningful education. The word 'Doutoku' consists of two words, namely 'dou', which means the road and said 'Toku' which means virtue or goodness. The use of the word 'dou' in Japanese terminology lot, for example judou, kendou, akidou (traditional Japanese sport), shodou (calligraphy), Sadou (tea drinking tradition) that the understanding of the Japanese people need perseverance to achieve the highest level. Similarly, moral or virtue, requires diligence to find a 'way' to achieve it.
Therefore, moral education in schools in Japan is not taught as a special subject, but is integrated in all subjects (if placed Indonesia clearly separated, such learning CIVICS / PMP).
In particular homeroom teacher is responsible for discussing class rules, rules to play along, or cooperative relationships among members within 35 hours of classes every year in elementary and junior high. In other subjects such as seikatsuka or education about daily life, elementary students are taught the procedures to cross the street, manners on the train, which not only the form of the theory, but the teachers are also invited them to train and practice together. Homeroom teacher also said cases of abuse, and invite students to discuss solutions. Moral education in the school next to civic education. Debriefing strong life principles in the basic education that makes discipline and order in Japanese society.
Here are some examples of manners in Japanese society:
1) manners when eating
Dining manners is a must. From a fixed set of cutlery for each person, the seating arrangements for the obvious (seating position each family member), and the most important phrase to say before and after eating
Japanese people always say "itadakimasu" before the meal is accompanied by clasped hands like praying. Although then sometimes just say "itadakimasu" without her hands. Couple of "itadakimasu" is "gochisosama", which is pronounced immediately after eating.
It shows the Japanese always be grateful for everything you've got. If Muslims usually read "Bismillah" before doing anything, including eating and "Alhamdulillah" after doing something included as gratitude.
                                                         
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 2) Conduct of business introduced in
The Japanese use a business card (Meishi /
), usually have two sides that displays the owner of the data themselves. The front side of the Japanese language while on the back side with the alphabet or English. These ordinances exchanging business cards in force in Japan:
• Exchange business cards made up.
• The handing a business card is the first guest, younger, or lower position.
• If there is an introduced, then the first handed a business card is introduced first.
• Handing one's own business card with your right hand. Receiving the card with both hands.
• Once you have memorized the name, position and company name of the person, keep his card in the card holder name (Meishi ire /
名刺 入れ).
• If you receive a business card from several people at once, should line up their cards on the table to memorize. But it should not be long. After that immediately save a business card in the card holder name called Meishi ire /
名刺 入れ. Saving another card directly into the pocket was not polite. Moreover, storing dikantong pants behind that is degrading.
• Take note of something on another card while the person is in front of us also not polite. Jikan want to record something, do it after the person is gone.
3. Adab in public places
The Japanese maintain decorum. They adhere to the norms, such as not calling, talking loudly, and some actions that disturb others. Neatness, order and discipline of the Japanese people indeed deserve thumbs. Even when the queue into the train. No one scramble, children stood patiently waiting for their turn (very different from where we are, and sometimes there are fathers face smoking beside us without sin)
4. Manners respect others
Despite bowing greetings dalah things we so often see in Japan. The attitude of the bending shows the degree of respect and honor one another.
5. Adab act and other general ethics which is excess Japan:
• GIFT:
In the social life of the Japanese people, giving and receiving gifts is an important part, sometimes as a token of gratitude. Gifts are not usually opened directly in front of the gift giver.
• HOW TO SIT:
In a tatami room, usually there are no chairs or benches. Japanese manners require that man / woman sitting with legs folded in a formal atmosphere. After a while, when we've felt tingling feet, she can sit sideways and he can sit cross-legged.
• MASK:
Use a mask when attacked by Flu, so as not to infect other people. So we often see Japanese people wearing masks
• INVITE TO COME HOME:
If you get an invitation to play to the home (asobini kite kudasai) for the first time, we should refuse to say thank you. Often the call is not an actual invitation. If the host does seriously want to invite, then he would repeat the invitation. For the third time, then we accept the invitation or the invitation to play by making an appointment.
• VISIT:
If the host only invite one person, then you should not invite a friend to visit. Bring just souvenirs, knock the door no more than 2 times, that does not sound repeat once again. Leave the shoes we wear neatly lined up in a state, and for service to guests, the hostess usually be smoothed our shoes outside the house facing so that we can immediately use it again when leaving the house.
• TOILET:
Any kind are not available dipper or bucket to flush in the toilet, Use a toilet paper available to clean myself, so it does not wet the toilet that always dry.









• A NEW NEIGHBOR:
When just occupy a new house or apartment, took time to introduce themselves to the neighbors. We recommend that if possible, to bring gifts such as towels or soap, carefully wrapped. Polar downstairs neighbor, then right and left neighbors. The reason, the neighbors below us are neighbors most likely disturbed by the sounds when we are setting things moving.
• BIKE RIDE AND FEET ROAD:
In Tokyo there is rarely a parking lot. If anything, they're expensive. And do not try to park haphazardly, or exceeds the maximum time allowed. I could have the car we attached a letter by the police. It is economical without gasoline, as well as the body to be healthy. It is common in many buildings there are bike parking. Ranging from the small to the large, they used to cycling. In Japan there is no term to show off the motor or a nice car.
• DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THAT is not right:
Japan Society has good habits, which reported to the police when finding artifacts or lost items. If someone lost his wallet in a public place, 90-100% chance that wallet will return to us. Especially when there is a business card or ID card.
• RESPECT HUMAN POWER:
In Japan, almost all workers paid handsomely and he said if you want it, someone may work parttime and paid a wage large enough to make a vacation to the island of Bali. And most interesting, different values ​​lower employee salaries or construction workers are not too far adrift of the top officials salaries. So very rare demo or demanding wage increases well-being in Japan for all labor needs are met.
• CULTURE OF SHAME:
In Japan, all have a high shame culture, for example, there are officials who failed to hold and carry out the mandate, they did not hesitate to resign because of shyness.
• APOLOGY AND THANK YOU:
The Japanese are also famous for their polite and friendly as a little nudge when in a spontaneous way they say "sumimasen" to apologize (though not their fault). Or guardian tickets after checking our tickets, they are always grateful with a bow.




 Loss of noble cultural values ​​in Indonesia

Indonesia has a wide range of arts and culture. From Sabang to Merauke has the uniqueness of each, should we should be proud of this diversity. Especially Indonesian culture has coraknya each according to their regions.
As with dance, song, traditional dresses and languages. However, with the development era, the cultural traditions of the region began to fade value and meaning. Young people today prefer to follow the trend. As if there is no more noble lost interest to preserve the culture.
They prefer modern dance such as break dancing instead of traditional dances such as lumping horse dance, dance Bedoyo and so on. In addition they are more than happy to sing the song with the flow of pop, rock, metal instead of traditional Indonesian songs or stream as keroncong, campursari, and so on.
The grounds are outdated and not njamani culture that makes Indonesia the fade value. The result is that some of our culture succeed in a claim by neighboring Malaysia as his own, such as Reog and Batik. Indonesia circumstances like these that caused a lot of elements that harnesses the indifferent children of the nation to its own culture.

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The role of clothing in culture

function of clothing is to protect us from a variety of situations and conditions example: to protect us from the bad weather, insect stings, the likelihood of injury when exercising. The main function is to hide certain parts of your body that should not be shown to others. Function outfit above is the general function of the clothing alone. Whereas the function and meaning of clothing not only that, as a communication tool of identity, customs and nature of the individual. Identity function clothing includes religious identity, social, cultural, and so forth. That is the reason why clothes have varied motives and models. The function and meaning of those who made the Eco, a communications specialist, uttered "I speak with my cloth".
Seen from the point of view of religion and decency functions, clothing can hide certain parts of our body (genitals) that should not be shown to others. Closing aurat is the command of God, taught by all religions, and has a certain criteria. This outfit reveals that we are educated and respectable. In addition, we can keep the law, do not invite passion, feel comfortable interacting with others, received an award from others. If not, then we will be snubbed, underestimated by others. In addition, the religion we profess will also tercitra of clothing worn. For example, Muslim clothing and gloves are certainly worn by Muslims, ladies shawl worn Buddhist and Hindu priest cassock worn Christian.
Clothing is often used to indicate social value, and people often make an assessment of the social value of others based on what people wear them. Social value is the result or the development of a variety of sources, from the office, family, sex, gender, age, or race. Collector, government officials, or teachers of the value of social position. Age of the children, adolescents, or adults from the age of social values.
In today's world, many women who dress like men, and vice versa. Ranging from hair styles, body gestures, clothing and accessories that are used, and lifestyle. Dress can be deceiving everyone's eyes, and guessed wrong gender. However, we will not be fooled if you see the clothes. By looking at the difference in clothing is characterized by the presence or absence of specific characteristics for each sex. Typically, the model casual clothing designed for men, while the feminine clothing designed for women. For example, the boss man's shoulder looks flat, straight left to the body, while the female part of his shoulders slightly inflate and the body slightly shaped to follow the hips. Bottoms usually shaped pants men and subordinate women shaped skirt. Motives and model women's clothes were usually more diverse than men, because women love beauty and beauty is considered one of the symbols of success, while men like simplicity.
Clothes can also reveal the identity of the group, because there is definitely a group of special clothing group (attributes) so that people know that the person is a part of the group. Moreover, it can minimize chaos in the group because of economic disparity and the infiltration of members of other groups. Attribute groups are usually shaped alma mater, uniforms, shirts, flags. If not homogenized group atmosphere will never compact. For example, gray-white uniform, who gives the message that the mengenakannnya a high school student, a yellow jacket into a unified party.
Clothes can reveal one's social role, since clothing is used to indicate social roles or define a person. Clothing taken as a sign for some people who run a specific role that is expected to behave in a certain way. It is argued that different clothes, different types of clothing, worn by different people allows for social interaction. Clothing that is used by doctors, nurses, visitors and patients at the hospital, for example, shows the role of the person wearing it. The doctor in a white coat who treat omen, nurses wear white clothing signifies job is to take care of, nightgowns indicating he was a patient.
Clothing can show individual economic status, the work carried. Decorate a person can reflect relationships with production systems that are characteristic of certain economic in which people live. Clothing reflects a form of economic organization where someone works in addition to reflect the status of the economy. Clothes show what kind of job a person and indicate the level of the economy where the person works. For example, differences in the level of work of doctors and nurses.
Still related to economic status, clothing can show one's economic level classification. As we know, in this world indirectly humans make economic limits of the style itself. There are three different levels of the economy, the low level of economic, economic upper middle (medium), and upper-class economic level. This can be seen when someone is attending a celebration or party. People with upper-class economic level usually wear clothing that is very neat, harmonious, branded, and of course luxurious compared to the level of the economy. But the behavior of the above does not apply when the person with the three circles is done refreshing (recreation). People with low levels and are more neatly dressed than when attending a party or work. While the upper class people wear less formal and simpler than ever to release fatigue.
As a function of culture, the underwear can show the culture of a nation or region, because each region or nation must have something seeded as a symbol or a characteristic of the area. The specificity of clothing can be seen from the motif or pattern. For example the batik misfortune that has images and motifs characteristic monument., Because they have their own characteristics, we can show the identity of the area without saying our hometown. For example, if you are taking batik abroad and supported by face wither, then people will know that we are the people of Indonesia.
In addition to the above functions, the clothes can also reflect one's personal. Someone who likes to look open (depending on the situation) is a flexible person, but if the dress is open in the sense that irreverent to say the person is the less personal attention and have a "naughty". Clothes neat and harmonious characteristic disciplined person, it can adjust the situation, polite, and a person who has the establishment.
The role of art in culture
ARTS, is a manifestation of human beauty that is expressed through the creation of a work of art. Art was born with a human birth. Both are closely related and can not be separated. Where there are people there is the art. How is the role of art as a necessity of art in human life.

If we listen to the past in human lives, the need for art to have a very important role to search beyond her strength is magical, sacred and religious, was so in the present role of art had penetrated into the various aspects of human life.

Although the art is as old as human life, but it is still very difficult to be able to provide an understanding of just a few sentences. Nevertheless the role of art in human life from age to age changes. This is the location of the subjectivity of art, the human mind remain powerless seek new development. Human culture change and individual tastes and changing times.

Throughout human life from the ice age to the present turns out symptoms that art already exists, so the idea was born that said, art is a old as mankind (age art as old as humans).

Surely there must be why, so that art can be accepted and survive so by and in the life of nations throughout the ages. This is where the art has a purpose and the role of perceived and realized by the nations who knew him.

Never are the nations who do not yet know (writing history), but has been able to produce the works of art of great value. There are nations that while science was still in a primitive level, already has a high level of art.

Human life can not be separated from art. Art arises because people always want a beautiful, by creating beautiful objects. Because beauty is always cause happiness and the nature, human beings want to be happy.

Since prehistoric times humans have known arts precede other forms of culture. Art as a layer of a special life first appeared. It looks at the paintings, masks and primitive statues, fairy-Dongen were not written in the tribe whose life is still simple and so on.

Thus terhiaslah terbahagialah human life and the art of painting, sculpture, sound art, art, literature and others.

In fact, the arts are part of human life are inseparable. Where there is art there is human

As Art Sculpting Human Civilization

The arts in people's lives and help educate people into civilized society, that human life became more harmonious. Art makes man virtuous.

History has recorded the achievements of art will in part shape the attitudes of the human mind.

Works of art in primitive times are instruments capable of inflicting whice magical and mysterious atmosphere in the worship and life at that time. Also the works of classical art poetically heroic and modern works, all of which provide great influence in human civilization.

Art For Life Needs

In other terms can be defined as the art of unused or applied art, or art used, worn or more correct as applied arts. This art applied to any purpose or object, according to its usefulness without releasing terms of beauty.

So besides having the meaning of beauty, also has a utility value meaning. Eg vases or jars of ancient China, intentions, and its surface is shaped and decorated so beautifully, without losing functionality vase. Humans want to release the beauty and the desire to devote his entire life.

Art for Art of Happiness

Impression to inspire art and the art of happiness, especially to artists. He was doing art because there is a happiness that is a requirement, although it plays to be enjoyed by the audience.

Overall the art is intended for human happiness, human happiness both materially and spiritually. Art created by man to supplement the happiness of all mankind.

Apparently the art of having a role in human life to meet the needs of the desire expressed or expressed personal feelings about the basic aspects of daily life about birth, love, marriage, jealousy, death and others.

In addition to meeting the needs of our social relations on the political, economic, belief, expressed a desire or goal together, make up the communication between individuals, societies and situations affecting others. Also meet the physical needs such as buildings, transportation equipment, storage, packing material.

The function of mythology in the culture

Culture as an abstraction of human experience is dynamic and tends to grow in line with the development of community supporters, on the other hand also reflects the cultural myths and tend to convey a message that is transformative, that is integrated into a myth, or could be realized in a new version of the same myth. The function of myth in social and cultural life of society supporters are: (1) to develop symbols full of meaning and explain the phenomena they encounter, (2) as a handbook for the supporters to foster social solidarity among its members so that it can distinguish each other between one community and another, and (3) as the most effective means of education especially to reinforce and inculcate cultural values​​, social norms and beliefs. In general myths developed to instill and reinforce cultural values​​, thinking and learning, which serves to stimulate the development of creativity in thinking.

The role of religion in culture

Religion and philosophy are often intertwined with each other on Asian culture. Religion and philosophy in Asia mostly from India and China, and spread throughout the Asian continent through cultural diffusion and migration.
Hinduism is the source of Buddhism, Mahayana branch spread along the northern and eastern India to Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea and southern China to Vietnam. Theravada Buddhism spread around Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, the northwestern part of China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.
Hinduism from India, teaches the importance of nonmaterial elements while an other Indian thought, Carvaka, emphasizes to find pleasure in the world.
Confucianism and Taoism, the two philosophies which originated in China, affecting both religious, artistic, political, or philosophical traditions throughout Asia.
In the 20th century, in the two most populous countries in Asia, two schools of political philosophy created. Mahatma Gandhi gave new meaning to Ahimsa, the core of Hindu and Jaina confidence, and provide a new definition of the concept of nonviolence and antiwar. In the same period, the philosophy of communism, Mao Zedong became secular belief systems are very strong in China.
Traditional religion, or sometimes referred to as "ancestral religion," followed by some tribesmen in Asia, Africa, and America. Their influence is quite large; may be deemed to have been absorbed into the culture or the religion of the state, such as the Shinto religion.
Like most other religions, traditional religions will respond spiritual needs of people peace of heart in troubled times, something bad happens, something bad happens and provide a ritual devoted to the happiness of man himself.

The role of writing in culture

Writing is part of the medium of expression. Someone wrote because I wanted to put the idea in his mind that had been piling up. Many people are interested in the field of writing one of them wanted to be someone who is known. Apart from that, writing is an activity that utilize positive words. Someone who can not pour ideas verbally to express through writing.
     
Given the many benefits of writing activities, writing culture certainly needs to be cultivated. But to cultivate the culture of the first things that must be owned that grow first love and our habits in reading. Because language requires the ability or intelligence to mengungkapakan thought that when writing, an author can easily in terms of the selection of the right words in his writings. And reading is the solution

Non-Verbal Communication

a.       When we are happy, we usually smile. In other words, smiling is typically an expression of pleasure. It can also show affection, convey politeness or even disguise true feelings. But, it  depends on the situations and relationships. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning when she smiles to a young child. In Asian cultures including Indonesia, smiling is also used to cover emotional pain or embarrassment. When the students are late to come to the class or they can’t answer the questions from the teacher, they are possible to smile to cover their embarrassment.
b.      Eye contact is important because it shows intimacy, attention, and influence. In general, Indonesian makes less eye contact with strangers in big cities than in small towns. In Indonesian small town, it usual for two strangers walking each other to make eye contact, smile and perhaps say “Hi !”, “Good Morning” or even “Where are you going”.   
c.       Posture also plays a role in communication efforts. A slumped posture shows that you have a low spirit, tired or that you feel inferior. Meanwhile, upright posture shows high spirits and confidence. If you lean forward it means that you are open and interested. Italics indicate disinterest or yourself that you are defensive. Maintaining a rigid posture is interpreted by many to mean that you are defensive, while the relaxed posture translates into openness. His arms and legs crossed showing the position, proactive defensive, while the arms and legs uncrossed show a willingness to listen.
d.      Body language is nonverbal communication, but not all nonverbal body language. nonverbal communication that convey messages through wall color, used uniforms or in the brand and type of car you select.


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