From lojban+bncCICntNPQBRCu5eviBBoENAc-Ew@googlegroups.com Thu Aug 05 10:20:14 2010 Received: from mail-gx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.161.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Oh46n-0001OO-89; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:20:13 -0700 Received: by gxk22 with SMTP id 22sf15050810gxk.16 for ; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:19:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:mime-version :received:received:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references:user-agent :x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help :list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=/rnm9OPWtlP9tvodKuHSQMuF2W/p/qKx1fPfFCk/DgY=; b=DclkQf3oigLW4gO0tnhn5NmTg+xhXcswi4BlxPWqlsoiZcYhtgM6pSsH/jNT+T/ZOw mrgILuzZKpFuGp3avGdeNLyFk5z3doSfwLRhiK3uHbj2HqagX38ZVd0wZ7MZWMpJQu5k yE2YwbrEtNQBW6/SSRctvXR2vMcj03uSwY81g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references :user-agent:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=wU0LZAnpx48TWO78lcggp2LX4eKU3uNlpu5sOvnLTl8017C8vTstsniVyHhP4a/rkN ONQ1aJ7xAhP367umQRp1nNpnKKCNz4RQJfO0OvVFV0OTPXbo2vJzUYVylqkzK991q1J4 QE+y6IOt1sdXyZ6CcJlSL70lV8xTd7l3oHi00= Received: by 10.100.29.32 with SMTP id c32mr1339812anc.77.1281028782279; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:19:42 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.100.86.11 with SMTP id j11ls973498anb.4.p; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:19:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.175.33 with SMTP id c33mr1347161anp.41.1281028781752; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:19:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by b4g2000pra.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:19:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:19:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2da8180a-51b0-4555-9ff7-1a1b7e6f5c77@a4g2000prm.googlegroups.com> X-IP: 166.135.63.212 References: <2da8180a-51b0-4555-9ff7-1a1b7e6f5c77@a4g2000prm.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <55527712-fd80-4cca-8743-6ef4203d82cc@b4g2000pra.googlegroups.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: Auditions From: Lindar To: lojban X-Original-Sender: lindarthebard@yahoo.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > As for the culture of Pakistan/India is concerned, here's what i have. > > People here are very focused on families. They considers families, big > families, as a blessing. Mostly there are atleast three generations > living together under one roof. This sounds absolutely horrifying by western standards, and this is one of the many culture-clashes that I've noticed in trying to piece together our culture-puzzle. In most 'western' cultures, independence is strongly emphasised. Some people will be 'family people' and spend a lot of time visiting relatives/parents, and some will not, but it's very strongly emphasised that children should leave home as soon as possible. > There is an extreme focus on traditions and symbolism. Almost all > stuff in Indian/Hindu Culture is symbolic. And so is most of Islamic/ > Pakistani culture. We were hoping to do this as well (numbers, symbols, colours, flowers, etc.), but it's very difficult to come up with something precise because so many cultures have conflicting views on things. The number 4 in Japan is considered bad luck because it is pronounced the same way as the word 'death'. In English-speaking places, the number 13 is considered bad luck, but 4 is not. I think it would be lovely to have symbology in everything, but that seems near possible to draw from other cultures, and we may have to start coming up with our own independent system of symbology. > They are very hospitable, and consider guests a blessing. THIS sounds like something fantastic that we definitely want to use. > The kids usually live with their parents almost all there life. Again, this sounds horrifying by my cultural standards. I love my mother, but I'd sooner strangle her to death than live with her my entire life, and I know for a fact she feels the same way. > I'm kinda at a loss at what other stuff i should write, so i'll answer > both questions, and update it when i can think of more stuff. :) What about foods, colours, numbers, letters, types of friendships, courting, relationships, clothing? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.