The cultural heritage of British and American people
The cultural heritage of Great Britain is ranked 7 th out of 50 nations in terms of its cultural heritage and is most highly regarded in the USA, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Poland, Argentina, and Russia.
Cultural icons Over the centuries, Britain has had a huge amount of influence on world culture and many visitors have an interest in Britain’s icons and symbols they have heard so much about. However not all nations identify with modern British cultural icons. Research in the Middle East shows that some British celebrities are regarded as being morally incorrect and scruffy cultural representatives. Potential visitors from the Middle East don’t identity with them and they don’t do anything to inspire them to visit Britain.
Food and drinks FOOD: Although Britain doesn't have the best of reputations for its food, the people of Britain do in fact enjoy an enormously varied diet. Traditionally many Britons have started the day with something called a 'full English Breakfast'. This typically comprises of the following things: toasted bread, spread with butter, jam, marmalade or honey; followed by a 'fry-up' or cooked breakfast of fried bread, sausages, bacon, mushrooms, eggs and tomatoes. DRINKS: - Tea : Britain is a tea-drinking nation. Every day they drink 165 million cups of the stuff and each year around 144 thousand tons of tea are imported. Tea in Britain is traditionally brewed in a warmed china teapot, adding one spoonful of tea person and one for the pot. Most Britons like their tea strong and dark, but with a lot of milk. - Coffee: Coffee is now as popular in Britain as tea is. People either drink it with milk or have it black and either have freshly- made coffee or instant coffee. - Wine: Britain's wine industry is growing from strength to strength and now they have over 300 wine producers. A growing number of British vineyards are now producing sparkling white wine as well as full bodied red wine. There are over 100 vineyard in Kent.
Sport Britain is the birthplace of many sports. Many of the world's famous sports began in Britain, including cricket, football, lawn tennis, golf and rugby. Football and rugby are the most popular of them. - Football is the most popular game. Football, or soccer, is an example of a professional game. The game of football was first played in Britain, and later people began to play football in other countries. There are many amateur soccer players in Britain who play the game on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Amateur clubs often play against professionals. - Rugby is another popular British sport which is played in other countries. It is also called rugby football. The story is told that in 1823 boys at Rugby school in England were playing football in the normal way, when suddenly one boy picked the ball up and ran with it. That was how a new game was bom. There are two forms of rugby football: the amateur game and the professional game. This two games have different rules.
Study The UK is consistently seen as one of the best nations in the world for study. The main reasons foreign students come to study in Britain are for its excellent academic reputation and that people feel that it will improve their career prospects back in their home country. Although foreign nationals study a wide variety of courses here in Britain a large proportion of people that have studied in the UK had studied a language course. British English has a certain snob value over its competitors – the USA, Canada and Australia. Learning English in Britain is highly regarded as an activity in countries where English is not so widely spoken.
Buildings Westminster Abbey: This is one of Britain's finest Gothic buildings; a masterpiece of 13 th-16 th century architecture. Westminster Abbey is also the home to the shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, and countless memorials to the famous and the great. The abbey has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066 and for numerous other royal weddings and occasions. The church is open to tourists from Monday to Saturday with both audio tours and tours led by church officials. Saint Margaret's Church: Founded in the 12 th century, Saint Margaret's Church stands between Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament and is commonly called "the parish church of the House of Commons". You can enjoy numerous special services throughout the year and every Sunday the church welcomes people from around the world.
The cultural heritage of the USA American culture is rich, complex, and unique. Arts, architecture, music, literature, films, and poetry, America’s culture leads the world trends in many ways, and is highly freedom-oriented and cosmopolitan in nature. Americans are very enthusiastic people who have a great zest for life. As a result, their culture has a lot of color and variety and openness about it.
Food The United States has rich and productive land that has provided Americans with plentiful resources for a healthy diet. Despite this, Americans did not begin to pay close attention to the variety and quality of the food they ate until the 20 th century, when they became concerned about eating too much and becoming overweight. American food also grew more similar around the country as American malls and fast-food outlets tended to standardize eating patterns throughout the nation, especially among young people.
Dress American dress is distinctive because of its casualness. Levi Strauss is one of the most recognized names in the world for blue denim jeans that were developed in the United States. There are top designer labels in the U. S. that are famous among the elite classes all over the world. Blue jeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothing. American style in the 20 th century is recognizably more informal than in Europe, and for its fashion sources it is more dependent on what people on the streets are wearing. The fashion industry in the United States, along with its companion cosmetics industry, grew enormously in the second half of the 20 th century and became a major source of competition for French fashion. Especially notable during the late 20 th century was the incorporation of sports logos and styles, from athletic shoes to tennis shirts and baseball caps, into standard American wardrobes.
Sport Sports in the United States are an important part of American culture; however, the sporting culture is different from that of other nations, as Americans prefer a unique set of sports. For example, soccer, the most popular sport in the world, is not as popular in the U. S. compared to the four most popular team sports — namely baseball, American football, basketball, and ice hockey. Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the country. Competitions are held at two levels – minor league baseball and major league baseball ( MLB ). Basketball Baseball and American Football are closely followed by Basketball in terms of sports popularity in the United States. The NBA (National Basketball Association) competitions, like the MLB and NFL, are followed not only in the United States but throughout the world. Hockey Ice hockey is the next in the list of most popular sports in USA. Ice hockey originated in the neighbouring country - Canada and soon gained popularity in North America. National Hockey League (NHL), the oldest international Ice Hockey competetion, was founded in Northen America. In 1960, America obtained its first Gold Medal in Winters Olympics. With the introduction of artificial ice rinks, Ice-Hockey has today become a very popular passtime indoor sport.
Memorials and monuments • Monuments to national heroes are an important part of American culture. These range from the memorials to Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln on the National Mall in Washington, D. C. , to the larger-than-life faces of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt carved into Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Some national memorials also include monuments to ordinary citizens, such as the laborers, farmers, women, and African Americans who are part of the new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D. C. • Americans also commemorate popular culture with museums and monuments such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. These collections of popular culture as much a part of American heritage as are fine arts museums and statues of national heroes. As a result of this wide variety of institutions and monuments, more people know about the breadth of America’s past and its many cultural influences.
Literature Writers such as Edgar Poe, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway were born in America and have left a great wealth of original American literature. America has produced 11 Noble Laureates in the field of literature till date.
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