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WEEK EIGHT
TOPIC: – Uniqueness of Nigeria Culture
Subtopic: – Meaning, types and characteristic of culture
Culture can be defined as the total way of life of a particular group of people in a society.
TYPES OF CULTURE
- Material culture
- Non-material culture
Material Culture:- This are tangible materials we can see physically produced by a society to meet people’s needs. Such include; cloth, cooking utensils, houses, food, art works and crafts, hoes, cutlass, knife, spoons, etc.
Non-material Culture:- This are non-physical aspects of a society culture. They are intangible things that can not been seen but feel. Examples are; belief, values, languages, music, religion etc.
Characteristics of culture
- It is dynamic – Nigerian culture is never static it changes as people living in the society changes. Our dressing, music, religion and so on are examples of dynamic culture.
- Culture is common to all societies – There is no society without culture this show the uniqueness of culture.
- Culture is learned – A child learns the culture of his society right from birth it could be through it observation, imitation, participation etc.
- It is adoptive in nature – An Hausa man who finds himself in Edo can eat Igbo dress and so on because he has the tendency to adjust and adopt to Igbos ways of life.
- It differs from society to society:- Each tribe has its own culture which makes them
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