Different Cultures between El Salvador and Japan.

  Culture is one of the most important aspects that people can find in order to know more about the way of the population of a determined country lives. However, that doesn't mean that the culture is the same in all the countries, that's the reason why, the purpose here is to compare and contrast the culture of El Salvador and Japan.

        First, a well-known aspect of a culture,the greeting. It's normal to know that the people in our country has a lot of ways to greet people, that depends on the situation in which people are. Althought the idea that people around the world may have about Japan, they share that aspect with our country. Nevertheless, in Japan people join their own hands and bow the head, while in El Salvador the most common greet is to give five or shake the hands. However, Japan has taken some aspects of occidental culture, so they use to shake the hands,too.

        Secondly, both countries have different feeding habits. Not only for what they eat but also for what they do at the moment of having dinner. In El Salvador when we eat, we use to do it anyway, by ourselves. Nonetheless, some families use to eat on the table. In contrast, at dinner time, in Japan they have to eat together on the table unless someone has another compromise. Moreover, in Japan, before eating and after eating they have some expressions in order to thank for the food, whereas in El Salvador some families pray before eating.

        As a conclusion, both cultures differ in a lot of aspects, here some of them were given, in spite of the differences between the two countries, there are some aspects that they have in common. That means that cultures can go beyond the frontiers and join people in any possible way.