Selasa, 02 Desember 2008

We Are Fond Of America's Culture #2

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5. Movie
The biggest leading movie industry is in America. Hollywood is a centrepoint of world movie industry. Every great movie came from Hollywood. Hollywood Actresses and Actors such as Julia Robert, Brad Pitt, Jody Foster, Julianne Moore are well-known globally. The films that made by Hollywood are often nominated and won the Oscar, for example Titanic, American Beauty, and million title more.

One of the unique America’s movie producer is Tim Burton along with his gothic style. He was one of Walt Disney’s animator and now making movies with his own style. His works tend to be frightening but hilarious. His well-known major works are Vincent, Frankenweenie, Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas.

6. TV Shows
One of our favorite TV shows came from America. Both Reality shows or serial. One of the famous TV Shows in America is Friends starring Jeniffer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Le Blanc, David Schwimmer, and Matthew Perry. Friends is a comedy from the year 1994. It ended in 2004 on the tenth season. The other TV show we favor is America’s Next Top Model ( ANTM ) hosted by America’s Supermodel, Tyra Banks. American Idol is also one of the leading reality shows that translated globally and franchised all over the countries such as Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and many more.

7. Cuisine
You can find a lot of delicious cuisine in United States, below are the menu that become very popular in United States:

Common Ingredients used in American Food ( employed by Native American ): turkey, white-tailed deer venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup

American Style Cuisine:
Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies

Soul or Syncretic Food ( made popular by African slaves and African American ): Louisiana Creole, Cajun, and Tex Mex

Iconic American Dishes: apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants. So-called French fries, Mexican dishes such as burritos, fajitas, tacos, and pasta.

8. Mores and Celebration
We are fond of famous Celebration Day that we don’t celebrate locally. The Celebration and Mores are:

Thanksgiving:
History of Thanksgiving:
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. This harvest meal has become a symbol of cooperation and interaction between English colonists and Native Americans. Although this feast is considered by many to the very first Thanksgiving celebration, it was actually in keeping with a long tradition of celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for a successful bounty of crops. This day also means as a thanksgiving to God for health.
This legacy of thanks, and particularly of the feast tradition, have survived for centuries.

Tradition in Thanksgiving:
Today in USA, Thanksgiving is being celebrated as people throughout the United States gather family, friends, and enormous amounts of food for their yearly Thanksgiving meal. The common Thanksgiving meal is Turkey with cranberry sauce and Yam.

Halloween
The celebration of Halloween is designed to honor the dead who, it is believed, return to their earthly homes on Halloween. Many families construct an altar to the dead in their homes to honor deceased relatives and decorate it with candy, flowers, photographs, samples of the deceased's favorite foods and drinks, and fresh water. Often, a wash basin and towel are left out so that the spirit can wash before indulging in the feast.
Candles and incense are burned to help the deceased find the way home. Relatives also tidy the gravesites of their departed family members. This can include snipping weeds, making repairs, and painting. The grave is then decorated with flowers, wreaths, or paper streamers. On November 2, relatives gather at the gravesite to picnic and reminisce.

Tradition in Halloween:
Eating Barnback: Kind of fruitcake that can be bought in stores or baked at home. A muslin-wrapped treat is baked inside the cake that, it is said, can foretell the eater's future. If a ring is found, it means that the person will soon be wed; a piece of straw means that a prosperous year is on its way.

Children play tricks on their neighbors, such as "knock-a-dolly," a prank in which children knock on the doors of their neighbors, but run away before the door is opened.

Children play trick or treat which children knock on the doors of their neighbors and the neighbors ought to give them candies or chocolates.

Dress up in a costume party. Most teenage usually dressed up like witches, bunnies or even mummies. Halloween is also cheered up by pumpkin decorations.

Source:
www.history.com
www.americandance.org
www.angelfire.com
www.wikipedia.com
www.gather.com
www.esl.about.com
www.encarta.msn.com
some booklets and testimony from America's inhabitant

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