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Although I was originally born in the United States I have been raised by parents of a Nigerian culture. Since birth I have been accustom to this culture. Eating the food, wearing the cultural attire, speaking the language, etc are strong customs that I like within the culture. On the other hand there are many customs from the Nigerian culture I dislike.

As Nigerian parents raise their families, they teach them each norm according. Customs are tradition to Nigerians, its sometime they take a great amount of pride inn. They also do this so the tradition lives on ass the family continues to grow. The customs that I dislike is first that your family must approve his or hers relationship partner before dating. This tradition is one that I really dislike, because for one the relationship he or she has should have nothing to do with the family, and also that

Meaning to marry a to start with its customs the first and foremost which is t o be followed and adopted by people from other country is, respect elderly people what so ever, because they are the guides of our life and they are the one who are experienced than us and has seen life more than us. The elders of our home always show us the right path to do any work.

Second custom which is that people here are very helpful and they treat their guests as gods. This way they welcome their guests with their entire honor. Even a stranger at the doorstep will be treated as god, and will be helped by the host like anything. The vibrancy in the customs of this country is need of the hour, particularly in view of the present globalization and liberalization across the globe, and is required to be adopted by the people of other country.

Third custom of this country is to respect all the religions equally be it Hinduism, Muslim, Christian, Buddhism etc. People of India believe in Unity in Diversity. People from all religion live here peacefully and with all fraternity and brotherhood.

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