Culture

This past week the class gave individual cultural autobiographies. From these autobiographies I easily gathered that what people define culture as greatly differs. Some people viewed culture as where their ancestors came from or what their religion is. Some thought it was what personality traits they have and where they got them from. In my opinion, all of those views are right, but I think culture is probably best defined as the combination of all of those. Ancestry affects people greatly but so do the friends and family around them. I also think knowing where you're from can help guide you where you want to go. After hearing all of these autobiographies and discussions on culture, I do wonder what the Mayan culture was like and what defines the Mayans. I think they were very religious and maybe their culture revolved around that. The big question is does their culture have a large affect on this Doom's Day 2012 thing? Maybe their culture doesn't have anything to do with it? The Doom's Day mystery seems to be centered on the Mayan calendar, but how important was this calendar to the Mayans and how does it fit into their culture? I guess I will have to wait and find out.