So I'm new to the dollars, but I know that it has a lot of people from around the world, and being a random person I naturally became curious about what everyone here was like. I love learning about different cultures and traditions, so I was wondering if any body wanted to share something they liked about their culture or tradition, whether is country wide or a family tradition I'd love to heard about it! I love legends and myths too, so if your area has anything you like, say, a haunted house (cliche example really) I'd love to know about it! Basically I wanna learn something new from some one I don't really know, so simple as it maybe, I'd love to heard about it. Hoping someonw will reply! Arigato for your time!

Okay heres a legend for you its called "La Horona"

There once was a beutiful woman who everyone knew. She was a kind and gentle person; who was married and had 2 kids a boy and a girl. One day she saw her husband with another woman and begged him to end his affair. The husband did not and the wife told him, "If you do not I will kill myself". The husband did not believe her and continued the affair. The wife, filled with sadness took her two children and drowned them in the river. After she realized what she had done she too killed herself. Now everytime you pass through a river in Mexico you could hear the Wife callig out to her children "Ay Mis Hijos!!!"; if you hear her you better run before she takes you to the bottom of the river.

Well this is a story known very well around in Mexico. Hope you like it.

I'm pretty sure it's spelled "La Llorona"

When I was younger my grandma told me story a creepy story .
So the story goes: about 200 years ago there was this girl. She was the oldest of her family. And some witch told her, that in order to get married, she has to make some bread but instead of water she should put her own saliva and put the bread under her pillow and everynight for 2 weeks she should take small amounts of bread and say some creepy incantation. And she dd that. She had a few younger brothers and one of them found put the bread his sister had. And he took the other siblings and eat that bread. I found nothing scarry about this, bt funny and disgusting.

My culture is called Hmong and we're basically a dying culture. :C

Ohh I just checked out the Hmong culture on wiki, it seems very interesting!

>>5 it wouldn't happen to be the same one from Clint Eastwood's Gran Turino would it? because I'm sure Ive seen the Hmong people and culture before :) it is an amazing culture, lots of old tradition still being followed to this day.

Thought seeing the population of the Hmong culture in China, I don't think its a particularly dying culture. Ohh on a random thought, I once thought I'd seen Slender man. :p

>>3 My bad your right. Now I must go back to Mexico find her and apologies.

Well, my bro and I have a tradition we usually do whenever we have a new guest come over to our house (this only applies if we personally invite the guest). We usually start off with a couple shots of vodka and it quickly leads to us sitting out on the front porch smoking herb and staring up at the stars. We've been doing this for 3years. It doesn't matter who it is we invite we always stay out till the sun comes up and the stars are gone.

America pretty much speaks for itself and I want no part in it.

Not necessarily true, >>11! Even amid sections of America, one can find immense cultural diversity. For instance, I find myself privileged(?) to live in a rural cultural hub of ever-present change. My small town, in which I grew up, takes on more and more city-folk moving for cheaper abodes while still commuting back to the city for work as well as tourists in every season.

Meanwhile, locals like myself retain the values we grew up with, often coming into conflict with the city travelers. The younger among us especially find themselves in the minority, which is odd since this is where we're from. I'm at a weird age where I started off with the dot-on-the-map folks and grew with the area, graduating high school with most of my graduating class actually from surrounding areas.

Mind you, this serves as just one example, albeit a very specific one. Any culture has its pros and cons, and lumping one nation into a generalized mold neglects the richness of the diversity on which it was founded. Different regions are extremely dissimilar to where we create the stereotypes we find ourselves battling. Therefore, we should respect, recognize, and celebrate that which makes us different rather than getting rid of that wonderful difference. There are far more dangers in similarity and ignorance than people seem to be willing to notice...

I'm Australian, I visit Singapore VERY often, and I've absorbed a little Japanese through anime.

U.S. here. :P A family tradition I have with my grandparents is that every summer we go camping with my other 7 younger cousins. I've been to almost every state in the U.S.! These trips can last for about a month or longer. We go on nature hikes, roast marshmallows and hotdogs, and play card games in the camper at night. It's amazing and I'm so grateful to have a family like I do. :)

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Wow! All of this sounds so much fun!

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