Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of the Sci-fi prompt, it's a wonderful topic presented to us for this week , sure I do have something to talk about on this so we dive in without further ado. So when people talk about culture, yeah, they usually start with “it is the people’s way of life.” but to me, culture is more than that regular definition it is not just the food or clothes or festivals , It is how we act, how we talk, how we relate with others, and even how we carry ourselves, it is what shapes us into who we are, whether we know it or not.
See ,I am from Akwa Ibom State, and if there is one thing our culture does not joke with, it is food, Like, we take food very seriously here o,you can not just talk about Akwa Ibom and not mention Afang soup, Atama, Editan or Ekpang Nkukwo , the taste of our food alone is culture talking through the tongue, lol ,even the way we prepare our meals using firewood and all that local touch is part of what makes it so special.
Our greetings are also a big part of our culture, When you are greeting an elder, you better do it well with respect, In fact, if you forget to greet someone older than you properly, do not be shocked when you hear, “you don’t have home training.” That’s how serious we take respect.
But outside my own tribe, I really admire the Yoruba culture a lot ,I love how they kneel or prostrate to greet their elders, it just shows a level of humility and respect that’s really beautiful to see, and have you seen their traditional weddings? All the aso ebi, the colors, the gele , it is giving full culture vibes, no lies.
There are also some cultures I see online that just amaze me, like the Japanese one where they remove their shoes before entering a house, I think it is a cool habit and it shows how clean and organized they are , And the Indian saree! That dress is too fine, I honestly wouldn’t mind wearing one for a photoshoot someday sha.
Now, the funny thing is, some of us just do not even realize how much of our daily habits are so rooted in culture, the way we kneel slightly to greet or the kind of names we bear, then folktales our parents used to tell us, those kind of traditional dances during festive seasons,you see, all of that is culture.
For me,I believe that culture gives us identity, It is what makes us different from each other, but it also brings us together in some kind of way, see we might have different ways of doing things, but then at the end of the day, it is all still beautiful.
So yeah.... , I might not just know how to recite every cultural proverb or even do all the traditional dances, but yet I am still proud of where I come from and what my culture do represents.
Culture is definitely who we are and I think that it is something worth holding on to.
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Akwa ibom dishes are out of this world, my love for afang soup knows no bounds.
I can't get enough of that particular soup. I love it so much
This was such a heartfelt and relatable reflection on culture.. I especially loved when you said, 'the taste of our food alone is culture talking through the tongue', that line says it all. It's amazing how eveyday things like food, greetings, and traditions shape who we are without us even realizing it
Culture helps craft people's identity, it is how we are able to identify people from similar town based on their behavioural pattern.
When I was serving, there was this Akwa Ibom lady among us, both make and female corpers will leave our lodge and queue in front of her room just to taste her meal, she won our hearts one by one with food 🤣
You're like a pearl right now owing where you came from....
There's no culture i admire more that the akwa-ibom ,the calabars
Their sense of food is exceptional especially with regards swallow .
Its on my to do list to spend a number of years to their tourist attractions and dietry
If your people Akwanga Ibon like food, I will like to visit such cultures thanks for sharing
yea our culture shows in our behaviour even though we might not be conscious of it.
Wow i never knew you are from akwa ibom indeed our culture define us.culture helps in shaping us