Hi everyone,

I learnt in this unit, that there are multiple different aspects of culture. I mostly looked at music and sports.
First we looked at New Zealand icons and for our icon you had to choose 5 items like a time parcel, for 2 of the items they had to be related to New Zealand, and for the other 3 they had to be related to the icon. For my New Zealand icon I chose Lorde (the pop singer,) and for the items I chose: A NZ flag, a greenstone necklace, a microphone, a dress, and a disc.
When we looked at European cultures, I looked at the Spanish culture. Did you know that there is a Spanish sport called Basque Pelota. Which is kind of like squash, but instead of a racket it has like a claw type thing called a chistera and, there is only one chistera workshop in the world! Something like that is definitely not true for rugby balls, that’s for sure.
In Spanish culture, I also looked at Spanish traditional music like: flamengo, jota, and macarena. Another thing I looked at is traditional instruments for example: bongo, and castanets are both Spanish traditional instruments. If I were to compare kapa haka to Spanish music it would have some stuff in common, like both might use a form of guitar, and they both have a form of dance, but they are definitely different music, for example: The beat in Kapa Haka is very strong, while in a flamengo dance the beat blends into the music.
So basically I’m trying to say our cultures may be different, but no matter what our cultures make us who we are.
– Charlie Dorssers