The Writing in Japan
Japanese language is one of the most complex languages in the world, ever for a Japanese born and raised in Japan it takes years to learn it, they have to take Japanese language classes even at high school.
The most difficult to learn is their way of writing. It’s funny to think that Japanese didn’t have a way of writing, until they opened their boards and started to coexist with Chinese people. That’s when they adopted the way of writing of Chinese people, but Japanese readapted their characters to create their own alphabet, named Hiragana

But Japanese People have a very strong feeling of belonging to their culture so the new alphabet is used only for words which a Japanese origin, so for foreign words they created a new alphabet called Katakana:
But those two alphabets are just the base of the language and just use them is unpractical because the sentences became too and there are a lot of synonyms so they use the third alphabet, with more elaborated characters and each character is unique to describe something (a word, an idea, an animal, etc.) this alphabet came from the Chinese alphabet (actually Kanji means “Chinese character”) but the way each symbol reads is different in China that it is in Japan. There is a List of the 1400 indispensable Kanji’s called the joyo Kanji. This is a new example of how by the pressure of foreigners the Japanese culture has been affected.

The correct way of writ Kanji’s is considered an art in Japan it’s called Shodo.

¡Extraaa Extraaaaaa: Vegemite!

¡¿Because we love our Vegemite?!

Hello classmates, I hope you remember something about the presentation made by my teammates and I today, which was by far the shortest in the history of CELE (LOL xD).

On another point, I discuss the topic of a typical Australian food called “Vegemite”, which is particularly salty and not appreciated by the rest of the world apart from the Australians.

But for you to give an idea about this particular product, I add a video which made me scream as soon as I saw it: ¡¡¡Because we love our Vegemite!!!

But now just take a look at the next video, this made me wonder ¿¿¿Why Australians love Vegemite??? ¿Are they nuts?.

Look at the reaction of this people that have tasted this strange jelly that is so popular in Australia.

My question is.. ¿Would you like to try it?

P.S. Let me know your answers.

Alberto

The influence in Japan
SONY

The Greatest example of how English Speaking Countries have influenced Japan and Eastern Cultures.
SONY Co, was founded on May 7th of 1946 (notice that the second world ward ended at 1945), under the name Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha or TOTSUKO for the main letters, which means Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, translated to English.
The founders were Ibuka Masaru (an engineer) and Morita Akio (a physicist); Sony had a very modest and humble beginning with little machinery and even less equipments and workers. By the year of 1958 TOTSUKO became leader of manufacturing of recorders and tapes and was an inspiration for Japanese people for the success even after the war. But that same year the Founders Ibuka and Morita decided to change the name of the company to SONY CORPORATION in order to achieve new markets they said that the new name was more friendly and easy to pronouns. Rumors says that Sony is a nickname for some people but more used in pets, that’s why Masaru and Akio thought that this will be a friendly name.
This way SONY was able to place products in western markets, now after 50 years SONY is the biggest company for electronics and a referring for quality.
This is one of the examples of how the Japanese culture has been affected for English speaking countries.
Other examples are LG (Korean) and CANNON (Japanese).

ENGLAND

Culture of England


The culture of England refers to the idiosyncratic cultural norms of England and the English people. Because of England's dominant position within the Inted Kindom in terms of population, English culture is often difficult to differentiate from the culture of the United Kindom as a whole. However, there are some cultural practices that are associated specifically with England.

Architecture and gardens

English architecture begins with the architecture of the Anglo-Saxons; at least fifty surviving English churches are of Anglo-Saxon origin, although in some cases the Anglo-Saxon part is small and much-altered. All except one timber church are built of stone or brick, and in some cases show evidence of reused Roman work. The architectural character of Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical buildings ranges from Copic-influenced architecture in the early period; Early Christian basilica influenced architecture; to, in the later Anglo-Saxon period, an architecture characterised by pilaster-strips, blank, arcading, baluster shafts and triangular-headed openings. Almost no secular work remains above ground.

Other buildings such as cathedrals and parish churches are associated with a sense of traditional Englishness, as is often the palatial 'stately home'. Many people are interested in the English country house and the rural lifestyle, as evidenced by visits to properties managed by English Heritage and the National Trust. 

Folklore

English folklore is the folk tradition that has evolved in England over the centuries. England abounds with folklore, in all forms, from such obvious manifestations as semi-historical Robin-Hood tales, to contemporary urban myths and facets of cryptozoology such as the Beast of Bodmir Moor. The famous Arthurian legends may not have originated in England, but variants of these tales are associated with locations in England, such as Glastonbury and Tintagel. 

Examples of surviving English folk traditions include the Morris dance and related practices such as the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance and the Mummers Plays. In many, usually rural places, people still gather for May Day festivals on the first of May to celebrate the beginning of summer. This traditionally involves local children skipping around a maypole each carrying a coloured ribbon, resulting in a multi-coloured plaited pattern. The festival traditionally features Morris dancing and various festivities, culminating in the crowning of a 'May Queen'. Many regional variations of the festivals exist; the oldest still practised today is the "Obby Oss festival of Padstow, which dates back to the 14th century.

Literature

Due to the expansion of English into a world language during the British Empire, literature is now written in English across the world. Writers often associated with England or for expressing Englishness include Shakespeare (who produced twotetralogies of history plays about the English kings), Jane Austen, Arnold Bennett, and Rupert Brooke (whose poem "Grantchester" is often considered quintessentially English). Other writers are associated with specific regions of England; these include Charles Dickens (London), Thomas Hardy (Wessex), A. E. Housman (Shropshire), and the Lake Poets (the Lake District). In the lighter vein, Agatha Christie's mystery novels are outsold only by Shakespeare and The Bible.

Music

England has a long and rich musical history. The United Kingdom has, like most European countries, undergone a roots revival in the last half of the 20th century. English music has been an instrumental and leading part of this phenomenon, which peaked at the end of the 1960s and into the 1970s.

The achievements of the Anglican choral tradition following on from 16th century composers such as Thomas Tallis, John Taverner and William Byrd have tended to overshadow instrumental composition. The semi-operatic innovations of Henry Purcell did not lead to a native operatic tradition, but George Frederick Handel found important royal patrons and enthusiastic public support in England. The rapturous receptions afforded by audiences to visiting musical celebrities such as Haydn often contrasted with the lack of recognition for home-grown talent. However, the emergence of figures such as Edward Elgar and Arthur Sullivan in the 19th century showed a new vitality in English music. In the 20th century, Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett emerged as internationally-recognised opera composers, and Ralph Vaughan Williams and others collected English folk tunes and adapted them to the concert hall. Cecil Sharp was a leading figure in the English folk revival.

Finally, a new trend emerged out of Liverpool in 1962. The Beatles became the most popular musicians of their time, and in the composing duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, popularized the concept of the self-contained music act. Before th

e Beatles, very few popular singers composed the tunes they performed. The "Fab Four" opened the doors for other English acts such as The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Who, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Genesis,Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd to the globe.

Some of England's leading contemporary artists include Eric Clapton, Elton John, George Michael, Blur, The Spice Girls, Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys, Robbie Williams, Oasis,The Smiths, Radiohead, David Bowie, Coldplay, Muse and Mumford and Sons.

Philosophy

English philosophers include Francis Bacon, Sir Thomas More, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Paine, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill and Bertrand Russell.

Religion

Christianity is the most widely practiced and declared religion in England. The Anglican Churc of England is the established church of England holding a special constitutional position for the United Kingdom. After Christianity, religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, the Bahá'í Faith, the Rastafari movement and Neopaganism. There are also organisations which promote irreligion, atheist humanism, and secularism.

ENGLAND

British cuisine 

Is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kindom. British cuisine has been described as "unfussy dishes made with quality local ingredients, matched with simple sauces to accentuate flavour, rather than disguise it. However, British cuisine has absorbed the cultural influence of those that have settled in Britain, producing hybrid dishes, such as the Anglo-Indian chicken tikka masala, which has been called "a true British national dish.

Vilified as "unimaginative and heavy", British cuisine has traditionally been limited in its international recognition to the full breakfast and the Christmas dinner. However, Celtic agriculture and animal breeding produced a wide variety of foodstuffs for indigenous Celts and Britons. Anglo-Saxon England developed meat and savoury herb stewing techniques before the practice became common in Europe. The British Empire  facilitated a knowledge of India´s elaborate food tradition of "strong, penetrating spices and herbs". Food rationing policies, put in place by the British government during wartime periods of the 20th century, are said to have been the stimulus for British cuisine's poor international reputation. Contrary to popular belief, the modern British now consume more garlic per capita than the French.

Traditional cuisine

* The Sunday roast

* Afternoon tea

* Chip shops and other takeaways

* Fish and seafood

*Sausages

*Pies and pasties

* Pub food: 

Sandwiches

Pickles, preserves and condiments

Cheese

Pudding

Drinks

* Tea

* Coffee or milk

* Beer and cider

* Wine and mead

Soccer origins

History of soccer and rugby

ORIGIN: Carnival football match

It was also called the football crowd, it was actually a closer game of rugby, both the toughness as the ability to touch and carry the ball with your hands.
The first version of soccer was developed in the countries of the British Isles, and already there are reports of this in the eighth century AC The Anglo-Saxons people took the sport very quickly from the first visit by the Roman legionaries to England. They developed in an amazing way. For the first time in such a distant time, it had the concept of leagues in which participating teams representing towns and villages competed with each other.

They practiced a rudimentary form, was a "mass meeting", without limiting the number of participants. There were no strict rules and was much more violence, according to an ancient handbook from Workington in England, "everything was permitted to take the ball to the target with the exception of murder and manslaughter." (Source FIFA) The "Shrovetide Football", is still practiced today Mardi Gras traditionalists in some centers, such as Ashbourne, but in a much less abrupt and without the heavy casualties that occurred in past centuries

The game in England prospered greatly from the eighth century. It was incredibly popular among the working classes and had considerable regional variations across the country. The games were usually violent and disorganized affairs with any number of players, it was not uncommon for more than a hundred people participated in one game. By the eleventh century often played between rival villages and the court could be an incredibly large area. The playing field was not defined and included the streets, fields, village squares and any place where the ball was taken.

In the early twelfth century, during the reign of Edward II, the game was already very popular in London, but was manifested as a rude sport , sticking a bad conduct by its members, the level of violence was astonishing. Opponents were beaten with fists or feet and the players were injured regularly. In addition to any bodily injury occurred, were destroyed countless elements of the countryside in the course of a match. Fields and crops were ruined, like fences and hedges. The damage also reach the houses and businesses within the main streets of the village (or wherever the game continued on its course).

For people living in cities, the proto football was still a foreign concept and considered a "rural custom." But the second half of the twelfth century football was established in London. Prior to 1175 an annual competition was established in the calendar and every Shrove Tuesday game created huge interest and expectation.

The urban development of the game is not well known but some records cite the violent nature of play within cities, there is even a mention of a player who was stabbed to death by an opponent

The popularity and violence of this primitive soccer, played in streets, villages, fields and fields can be measured from the decrees and laws that attempted to ban it. Because of the way rough and brutal as it was played numerous complaints generated, especially the merchants whose stores were damaged by street players, and parents whose children were severely injured in the games. In 1314, reaching alarming proportions damage, prompted the mayor of London banned it completely with imprisonment. In 1331, King Edward III issued a decree energetic game trying to eliminate the cause public scandal.

There are credible accounts stating that the British soldiers played with the severed head of an enemy. In the Middle Ages there were many knights obsessed with ball games, including Richard the Lionheart, who came to propose to the Muslim leader Saladin, who resolve their issues on the ownership of Jerusalem with a ball game.

During the Hundred Years War against France (1338-1453), forbade the Saxon kings in order to prevent young people devote energy to this game directly instead of preparing for war. A famous decree of 1424 of James I, King of Scotland, states that "no man should play football."

In the early sixteenth century begins the domain of Puritanism in England, who frowns football and theater. Are imposed entertainment on Sundays without which there can be no theater or football. In Derby, the authorities should resort to counter-insurgency laws to prevent people continue playing the game. But nothing and nobody could stop the game spread like wildfire.

During the following century, the extraordinary popularity of the game among humble people kept him alive, even at the cost of camps and edicts issued by kings and queens who tried to stop it anyway. It was, without doubt, the most popular of all the games people practicing the people and soldiers during the seventeenth century.

In another view, the British lawyer Richard Mulcaster begins to ponder the game as a form of education, football touts the positive in schools, calling delete the violent part of it, to regulate the game laws and judges to include monitor compliance with the regulations. By joining schools start a regulatory process, since the duration of each game until the number of players per side as the restriction to aggression.


By the nineteenth century, the popularity of the game, yet genuinely could not call soccer, was so great that it could not be ignored and It began to practice in public schools. But it was still a hard game, full of violence, where players could hit the opponent's legs with no problems. In addition, a variant of the game for some time accepted that the player could take the ball with his hands. This variant is practiced especially in the Rugby School, from which derive the name of this sport that the hard shaved own forms of its history.

In 1863, at the University of Cambridge, a group of enthusiastic educators established the first rules of football, prohibiting the use of hands and trying to play down his primal violence. Thus was born the modern football and rugby finally separated. On 23 October the same year can be considered the birthday of football. It was in the Freemason's Tavern London, where he founded the "Association football in England." Then followed that of Scotland (1873), Wales (1875) and Ireland (1880)