Cultural Autobiography: Exploring the Differences and Similarities of Lithuania and South Africa

Cultural
Autobiography

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Culture of Lithuania...............................................................................................................3
Culture of South Africa..........................................................................................................4
Model of Culture and Behaviour............................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
A cultural autobiography is considered as the reflective or self-analytic story of the present and
past. The cultural autobiography is not comprehensive due to the complexity of the life
experiences. It gives the chance to explore and enhance the overall knowledge as every
individual is different from the country and tends to follow their own culture (Terleckaite, 2020).
Hence, it leads to show their upbringing through their words and actions. There are millions of
cities from which some are similar to each other and some are different in their own way. Here,
there is the overview of two cultures which are same at some point and different at another point.
MAIN BODY
Culture of Lithuania
The culture of Lithuania include the indigenous heritage which is being described by the
specific Lithuania language considering the Nordic ethical factors and Christian rituals that
results from the historical which binds up with Poland. Lithuania's are considered as a kind of
nature and also have the powerful idea regarding shared value of culture which starts with the
primary school, where the folk music, national traditions and holidays shows an essential role.
Lithuania is situated on the coast of Baltic Sea all over 40,500 square miles in the field, as this
leads to share the borders with Poland and Kaliningrad. The root of nation and its improvement
were strongly affected by the external job and as a result of the observed requirement of the
people to take care something of their own (Jones, 2019).
Further, the national sign is Vytis, the white knight, sitting across his horse and swinging
the sword as it symbolises the struggle of nation to preserve them from interlopers. The flag
undertakes the horizontal stripes in green, yellow and red as this colour is the symbol of nature.
Despite from these, food plays a vital role for the celebration and a lengthy table full of delicious
fare which is observed as the symbol of richness and hospitality. The Christmas Eve cuisine is
the most symbolical cuisine considering the twelve dishes without meat which are cooked
considering various types of fish, grain porridge that often pickled mushrooms.
The economy of Lithuania is based on agriculture but in the recent time the government
tends to attempted to allocate the profitable activity like metalworking, light industry and so on
which is the part of commercial profile. Lithuania is majorly depending on the other nations for
the raw materials and fuel as the major issue regarding the high unemployment, job security,