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Sneezing in Southern Chinese culture means that someone is speaking ill behind your back. "A great fortunate occurrence" or "A good one" 唔好意思 (m4 hou2 ji3 si1) "Excuse me" Chechen: Dukha vekhil for a male Dukha yekhil for a female "Live for a long time" Dela reze hiyla "Thank you"; literally means "I wish God will bless you" Croatian
Finland is also packed with saunas and has a strong welfare state. Several unusual traditions and social norms contribute to the country's culture. Here are seven surprising facts about the ...
Finnish culture is built upon the relatively ascetic environmental realities, traditional livelihoods, and heritage of egalitarianism (e.g. Everyman's right, universal suffrage) and the traditionally widespread ideal of self-sufficiency (e.g. predominantly rural lifestyles and modern summer cottages).
There exists a Finnish minority in Norway, the Kvens. Speaking a Finnish dialect or a closely related Finnic language (their form of speech is now called Kven) was forbidden in Norway, and they experienced discrimination. [2] Before WW2, Norway feared mass immigration and invasion from Finland. This was used as an excuse to discriminate against ...
Image credits: childofhydrasteeth #5. Canadians are nice. We are not nice. We are polite. That means we say “ excuse me”, please” and “thank you” appropriately.
Folklore is not new, commercial or foreign contemporary culture, or the so-called "high culture". In particular, rural traditions have been considered in Finland as folklore . According to a well-known essay by Alan Dundes folklore includes at least the folk stories and other verbal tradition, music, traditional objects and buildings, religion ...
To appease the oppressive climate, Finnish culture fosters a sense of community. We are all getting rained on together, at least! There is also a unique trust in the media, governmental agencies ...
Sports culture in Finland (1 C) Surnames of Finnish origin (1 C, 100 P) W. Works about Finland (4 C) Y. Finnish youth culture (2 C) Pages in category "Culture of Finland"