Monday, April 1, 2013

FRANCE CULTURE

FRANCE HAS BEEN SHAPED BY GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORICAL EVENTS, AS WELL AS CENTER OF HIGH CULTURES.  FRENCH CULTURE POSES CERTAIN DIFFERENCES IN LANGUAGE.  AND RELIGION AND BELIEFS. THEY HAVE A MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE.

THE FRENCH ARE  GREAT COUNTRY THAT HAS CLAIMED UNIVERSAL UNIVERSALISM.  THE FRENCH CULTURE IS A BLEND OF ETHNICITIES AND ROSES.  THEIR GOVERNMENT HAS PROMOTED FRENCH LANGUAGE.   THEY HAVE SEVERAL OTHER LANGUAGES. ENGLISH IS TAUGHT AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

THE ARCHITECTURE FROM 1800'S IS GRAND AND THEIR ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ARE BEAUTIFUL. (61% ARE CATHOLIC).  SOME ARE AGNOSTIC, 1% IS BUDDIST.

FRANCE HAS HAD MANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN GROUPS AND SUBGROUPS AND BETWEEN RELIGIOUS SECTORS. ISLAM IS THE SECOND LARGEST FAITH IN FRANCE. SOME OF THEIR CHURCHES HAVE SERVED AS REFUGEES FOR JEWS AND OTHER SECTS.  CURRETLY THEY HAVE ABOUT 600,000 JEWS.  BUDDISM IS HERE WITH 200 MEDITATION CENTERS.

PARIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLECTUAL SUBCULTURES.  THESE MAY INCLUDE THE BOHEMIANS, IMPRESSIONISTS, SURREALISTS, GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY.

WIKIPEDIA.ORG  

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