Question

Describe an element of your culture that appears to be environmentally determined (caused by the natural environment). Can you now provide evidence that this cultural element is only one of many possibilities in the given environment?

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Ans

To answer this question, I am considering the culture of India.

There are many elements in the culture of India which are determined by the environment and some of them are as following _

1. Culture of eating rice - since India is a tropical climate country with high rainfall and high temperature, rice is a staple crop in many of its regions and is also important in many religious rituals. Rice is often taken with vermilion for making mark on forehead in Indian rituals

2. Culture of wearing turban - this culture is common in the region because the region has to go through harsh summers and head is the most sensitive area while working in fields and thus to save themselves from heat and sandy sandy dunes, they used to wear turban and now it has become a culture

3. Culture of wearing fully covered clothes - it is often seen that Indian men and women wear long clothes made up of cotton especially because cotton is produced in large amount here due to climatic conditions and also large number of clothes save them from frequent heat waves.

4. Similarly the people in US living near coastal areas have a culture of eating sea food due to environment in that region (especially in the North eastern parts where cold labrador meets warm gulf stream making the region rich in fishing).

Yes it can be said there could have been many other possibilities but they chose this only.

Example is that since India is a hot weather country (or more precisely a country with extreme weather) hence people could have found the ways to make ducting, air conditioners or coolers but it is often seen that these are all foreign inventions

Also people in India could have invented goggles to save themselves from sand but it didn't happen