Italian+Culture

=Italian Culture =

by Andrew Conord
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 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Collage_cultura_Italia.jpg/300px-Collage_cultura_Italia.jpg width="424" height="514" align="center" caption="Italian art, painting and food" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Collage_cultura_Italia.jpg"]] ||
 * The Material Aspects of Italian Culture:**


 * Art: Italian art is very good, and includes lots of religious images
 * Music: Music is a very popular form of art, and Italy is the birthplace of opera music
 * Food: Italian food, especially pasta, pizza and tiramisu, is popular around the world
 * =====Holidays: There are many holidays, but the most important one is Christmas=====
 * =====Religion: Christianity (Roman Catholic)=====
 * =====Literature: The Italian literature is rich with many famous poets, writers, historians, and philosophers=====

**The Non-Material Aspects of Italian Culture:**

 * =====Ideas of modesty=====
 * =====Ideas of beauty=====
 * =====Child-raising=====
 * =====Relationship to animals=====
 * =====Ideas about justice=====
 * =====Ideas about sin=====
 * =====Ideas about diseases and illness=====
 * =====Roles based on gender, age, class, job, etc=====
 * =====How to handle emotions=====
 * =====Attitudes towards family=====
 * =====Conversational norms=====
 * =====Body language=====
 * =====Rites of passage=====