Thursday, March 26, 2020

Dialogue on cultural assault

Dialogue on cultural assault

Raju
Hi, Rana. How are you doing?
Rana
Fine. Where are you going? Are you busy?
Raju
Not so much. Why?
Rana
I wanted to ask you something?
Raju
Yeah, sure.
Rana
Do you know anything about cultural assault [নিগ্রহের]?
Raju
Yes, I’ve some idea.
Rana
Please, tell me.
Raju
OK. First of all, as you may already know that Culture stands for the pre-determined notions, norms, values, beliefs, customs, conventions, music, language and ways of behaviour of persons living in a particular zone.
Rana
Yes, I know that.
Raju
Again, we have our own food habits like rice and fish as well as ways of eating. We have our traditional dress like longyi, dhuti, shirt and punjabi for the male and sharee and blouse for the female. Eid, puja, Buddha Purnima, Christmas Day, Victory Day, Pahela Baishakh, Nabanna and Halkhata are some of our distinguished [বিশিষ্ট] festivals. All these are our culture and cultural traits [বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলো].
Rana
Fine. But what do you really mean by cultural assault?
Raju
On the contrary, culture which is not known and practised in a society is called alien [ভিনদেশি] culture. All alien cultures are not detrimental [ক্ষতিকর] to a society. A native culture may be enriched and ameliorated [উন্নীত] enough with the influence of some alien cultures. But some cultures have profound [গভীর] impact [প্রভাব] on other cultures that might be harmful and then it will be a cultural assault.
Rana
Anything else?
Raju
Cultural assault means bad influence [প্রভাব] of foreign cultures on any native culture. In the present global world, it is quite tough to impede [প্রতিরোধ] this cultural aggression [আগ্রাসন]. With the development of hi-tech media, it has been very easy for a society to be infiltrated [অনুপ্রবেশ] by alien cultures. Many of the cultural elements may be influenced in this way.
Rana
I get it now. I was a bit confused. Now, its clear to me. Thank you.
Raju
Never mind.

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