Columbia
A wonderful vacation place if your looking for warm weather
Resources:
www.encyclopedia.com/topic/colombia.aspx
www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquetle/columbia.html
www.traveltaboo.com/colombia-travel-tips-dos-and
gosustainable.blogspot.com/2011/01/10-foodie-subcultures.html
bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=63595
Weather: Rainy season from May to November ( cooler in the upland areas and cold in the mountains, in cooler time of the year nights can be freezing )
Climate Type: Very warm and tropical with 70 degrees and up ( Amazon region generally stays warm and wet year round )
How to fit in:
Languages: spanish
4 Folkways: Kids stay at home till married, men shake hands with direct eye contact, as friends become closer they are more hands on ( hug with each other hands on the others shoulder ) , always refer to people by the appropriate honorific title and their surname
Taboos: Do not nude at the beaches, Do not whistle to get someones attention, Do not ever say a bad word about the Catholic religion, Don't criticize anything about Columbia
Values: Roman Catholicism is 81%
Digging Deeper Into Culture:
2 Subcultures: Locavores-are foodies who strive to eat only foods grown locally
Adventurous eaters-aren't afraid to eat weird foods from around the world
Culture Landscape: air transportation for most passengers, roads and railways developing, river travel for cargo
Evidence of Cultural Diffusion: transporting goods with Americans and Europe gained new foods and animals that they have never seen before
Evidence of Culture Change: Changed diets as well as benefiting from the newly domesticated animals brought over