Evaluating Intercultural Behavior

Evaluating Intercultural Behavior

During the recess week, I went to the Bangladesh to visit the parliament building which is my 

favorite architect Louis Kahn’s posthumous work. I try to write story that I experience.

Roughly I introduce about Banglash, It is one of the most poor country.

 It is more poor than North Korea. More than 80% of people have religion Muslim.

The thing especial is Bangladesh is scored 1st at the survey of how much they feel 

hapiness(hapiness idex).

But it’s not truth.

Many people have no their house and go about begging.

 Many disabled man is there because their poor levels of hygiene.

That’s why my guest house host suggest I don’t eat local food.

Neverltheless why they scored 1^st at the survey?

Guest host say that is a problem of their strong self-respect.

 Unless they feel happy, they say Yes, I’m happy in case they have an interview.

That point is very shocking for me. But that is their culture.  

The other thing shocked is about the woman.

Our group is composed of 1 woman, 2 men. Woman’s name is Moon.

Moon went travel as casual cloth at first. But it have a problem. 

Whenever people encounter our group, all people look at Moon, they try to touch her.

That’s why moon exposed her skin. In the Muslim country, exposure of skin means everyone 

can touch me.

 That is one of the culture of Muslim, woman’s right is low than man’s that.

 Woman have to cover their all skin except for their face. When they is with husband, they can 

uncover the cloth. Also they can’t shake a hand in case of meeting woman including all things 

touch their body. Looking woman’s face for a long time, it also be an impoliteness. Man and 

woman’s role is absolutely different so they don’t go together when they go road.

So like proverb, “If you go to Rome follows the Roman law.” We are going to follow the 

Bangladesh culture. We bought the traditional their cloth. After we wear the tradition cloth, we 

feel they treat us more gently. That is why they feel we respect them?

One day, French criticized heavily the habit of Korean eat dog meat. It’s very controversial 

problem.

but I think French try to understand their culture first.

The definition of CULTURE is a particular society at a particular time and place.

‘Particular’ is important. It’s not common things.

When we try to understand “particular”, we can start understand each other.