Multiculturalism is defined as how a
society deals with cultural diversity, both at the national and the community
level according to many sociologists. It is a heterogeneous society in which
people coexist but retain at least some of the unique characteristics of their
traditional culture. It is the key to achieving a high degree of cultural
diversity. Diversity occurs when people of different races, nationalities,
religions, ethnicities, and philosophies come together to form a community. A
truly diverse society is one that recognizes and values the cultural
differences in its people. I live in a flat with other 4 volunteers from
Azerbaijan, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia. I would like to define us as a mixed
salad bowl with different cultures and unique characteristics.
The diversity of cultures and having
a chance to live in an international flat broaden my horizons more and more
every day. Even body language and signs change from country to a country. For
instance, when you bring your fingers together and shake it little forward and
backward, it has a bad meaning in Italian culture. However, it means
‘delicious’ in Turkish and ‘wait for me’ in Tunisian culture. We have different
dinner time schedules in the flat, when 6 pm is dinner time for me, my Spanish friend
gets surprised whereas in his country dinner time is after 10 pm. In that or
another way, having multicultural environment is something that a person should
discover in her/his life at least once.
I learned so many things in this 5
months from my international friends here. From their cultures, perspective of
live and characteristics. I learned have a dinner at late time like a Spanish,
eat more spicy food like a Tunisian, be super patient and tolerant like a
Portuguese and be motivated all the time like an Azerbaijani and more other
things. I still have 5 more months to share, give, have and receive like Joey
said in F.R.I.E.N.D.S.!
Gul Ecem Cam – volunteer in the project BCV - Building communities
through volunteering - funded by ERASMUS +
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