Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Cultures

Come to Arabia, where we will welcome you with open arms, bound to the rules set thousands of years ago. Wear our traditional clothes, see our dances. Visit our holy sites, learn of our history.

Come to Asia, where in China we observe our customs that we pride ourselves in. See Japan, with our myths, legends and enthralling history. Visit India, speak our many languages. Join us in our hard work and listen to our stories.

Come to Africa, where you will find a land of mysteries. Lose yourself in our forests, cross our deserts, climb our mountains!

Come to Australia, where you will find sanctuary in our homes. Discover what makes us unique and different. Here dwell creatures you will find nowhere else. Feel like you are on the tip of the world, far away from everyone else.

Come to Europe, where you will always be awed by our various traditions. Come to Italy, taste our food, see the works of art that will captivate you. Visit Russia, where we pride ourselves in our history and our patriotism. Come to Finland, smell our clean, cold air. Embrace life in our nature.

But what about you, America? What traditions have you got? What have you to show me that I have not seen before? Where does your pride lie? Is it in how you choked the traditions before you to death? Is it in your food, your obesity? Is it in your dominating nature, feeling the need to bully others? Is it in your clothes? You trampled on your history- what have you left? Money? Power? Ignorance?