Delimitation of major cultural realims of world
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Major and Minor Cultural Realms of the World
The major cultural realms are:
1. Occidental Realm
2. Islamic Realm
3. Indian Realm
4. East Indian Realm
And the minor cultural realms are:
1. South-East Asian Realm
2. Meso-African or Negro African Realm. (Fig. 6.1).
Various Cultural RealmsOccidental Realm:
Occidental culture is the culture of the European society. It is influenced to a great extent by Christianity. It has regional modifications on the basis of varying levels of industrialisation, political and economic thought, colonisation, commercialisation, urbanisation, and development of transport system, land development of social, political and economic institutions.
In many parts of the occidental culture, the impact of non-religious factors, particularly the effect of modernisation, is so great that the religious values are sidelined. Post- industrial Europe is fast emerging as a society where traditional values are nearly abandoned. The occidental culture covers a vast area. It is further divided into six sub-regions considering the impact of regional environment.
(i) West European is the most industrialised and urbanised culture.
(ii) Continental European culture is influenced by different political and economic thoughts, while Christianity remains an important influence.
(iii) Mediterranean Europe includes countries lying to the south of the Alps. It is the region of dominance of Christianity. To many geographers, the deep-rooted traditional social system is the principal cause of limited economic development in countries like Spain, Portugal and southern Italy, compared to countries of northern and western Europe which adopted necessary changes in their social systems.
(iv) Anglo-American and
(v) Australian cultural realms are practically the offspring’s of west European culture. Both are inhabited by migrants from west Europe. There are only some regional differences.
(vi) Latin American culture is very similar to the Mediterranean culture. It is the only region of occidental culture which lies in the tropics and is underdeveloped. It became a part of the occidental culture as a result of conversion of tribes into Christianity. The colonial languages, Spanish and Portuguese, have become the state languages. Regional architecture has been influenced by the Spanish and Portuguese styles. Practically all countries maintain economic, cultural and social ties with the Mediterranean countries.
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