FRANCE CULTURE

THE CULTURE OF FRANCE IS SHAPED BY GEOGRAPHY BY PROFOUND EVENTS.  PARIS HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE.  THEIR DECORATIVE ARTS ARE IN THE 17TH CENTURY.  FRENCH CULTURE IS MARKED BY BOTH GREAT REGIONAL DIFFERENCES.  THEY HAVE REGIONAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES BY STRONG UNIFYING TENDENCIES.  LATE 18TH CENTURY  FRANCE HAD A PATCHWORK OF CUSTOMS AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES WITH UNIFYING AIMS OF THE ANCIENT REGIME.  THE IMPORTANCE OF FRENCH CULTURE HAS WAXED  AND WANED OVER IMPORTANT ROLE OF DECORATIVE ARTS.  THEY HAVE HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE OVER THE CENTURIES,.

CULTURE CONSISTS OF EVERYTHING WE LEARN FROM YOUNG CHILDREN.  FRENCH CULTURE IS COMPLEX AND HAS BEGUN TO CHANGE.  IN RECENT TIMES THEY HAVE  PROMOTED MULTICULTURALISM.  THEY HAVE FOREIGN PRODUCTS.  THEIR FRENCH REVOLUTION  CLAIMED UNIVERSALISM FOR DEMOCRACY POPULATIONS FROM EUROPE AND THEY HAVE  A MELTING POT.  FRANCE HAS MANY LANGUAGES SUCH AS ROMAN, BASQUE, BRETON, AND ALSATAN.

FRANCE HAS FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND RELIGION.  THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH IS NO LONGER THE MOST POPULAR.   THEY ALSO HAVE ISLAMS AS WELL AS AS MUSLIMS AND JEWISH BUDDHIST'S.  THE NOTRE DAME DE RUMS IS A GREAT CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRENCH STATE HAS LED TO A LESSER EXTANT OF INDUSTRY AND ABOUT 50% OF FOLKS TODAY FARM THE LAND FOR A LIVING.  THEY HAD MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE.

THE FRENCH HAVE INTEGRATED THEIR PRESERVATION OF FRENCH CUISINE TRADITIONS AND MOVIES AND CULTURAL FASHIONS.  THEY VALUE EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES.  THEIR CULTURE CONSISTS OF EVERYTHING WE LEARN FROM YOUNG CHILDREN.  FRENCH CULTURE IS COMPLEX AND HAS BEGUN TO CHANGE.  IN RECENT TIMES THEY HAVE PROMOTED MULTICULTURALISM.  THEY BURNT BURNT FOREIGN PRODUCTS.  THEIR FRENCH  REVOLUTION CLAIMED UNIVERSALISM FOR DEMOCRACY.

TODAY THERE IS MUCH BLENDING OF POPULATIONS FROM EUROPE AND THEY HAVE A MELTING POT.  FRANCE HAS MANY LANGUAGES SUCH AS ROMAN, BOSQUE BRETON AND ALSATAN.

FRANCE HAS FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND RELIGION.  THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH IS NO LONGER THE MOST POPULAR.  THEY ALSO HAVE ISLAMS, AS WELL AS MUSLIMS. ANF JEWISH AND BUDDISTS.  THE NOTRE DAME DE RUMS IS A GREAT CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRENCH HAS LED TO A LESSER EXTANT OF INDUSTRY ANS ABOUT 50% OF FOLKS TODAY FARM THE LAND FOR A LIVING.  THEY HAD MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE.

THE FRENCH HAVE INTEGRATED THEIR PRESERVATION OF FRENCH CUISINE, TRADITIONS, AND MOVIES ANDS CULTURAL FASHIONS.  THEY VALUE EDUCATION AND INCLUDE PARTAKING IN SOCIETY VS BEING INDEPENDENT AS U.S. STRESSES.

THE GOVERNMENT MANAGES THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND VARIOUS CULTURAL PROGRAMS.  THEY TYPICALLY EAT A SIMPLE BREAKFAST THAT CONSISTS OF COFFEE OR TEA.  THEY EAT MANY CHEESES AND WINE AND HAVE DINNER AS A MAIN ROLE.  THEY HAVE 4 COURSE MEALS.  THEY FRENCH EAT MODERN FOOD AND HAVE GRAVITATED TOWARD FAST FOODS.  TEENS ARE EATTING MORE OF THESE  AND GETTING FATTER.  THEY PROMOTE  ORGANIC FARMING AND OPPOSE GMO'S.  THEY ARE THE OLDEST WINE PRODUCING REGIONS IN THE EUROPE.  TODAY THEY BAN SMOKING IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES. MANY OF THEIR DISHES HAVE BECOME REGIONALIZED AND HAVE A HIGH PRIORITY.  THEY HAVE VARIOUS REGIONAL DISHES SUCH AS BASQUE CUISINE.  THEY HAVE MANY CHEESE AND WINES.  THEY HAVE SPECIAL CATTLE.

BY 1860 FRANCE RENEWED ITS COMMAND OF THE HIGHER FASHION INDUSTRY IN 1860'S  THEY HAD GREAT FASHION SHOWS AND MANY NEW LOOKS.  BY 1900'S THE FRENCH YOUTH BECAME INTERESTED.

THEY HAVE CAVE PAINTINGS FROM LASCAUX DATING 10,000 YEARS AGO.  CLASSIC FRENCH PAINTERS BECAME ESTABLISHED IN THE 17TH CENTURY.  THEY BUUILT THE LOUVE IN PARIS AS A LARGE ART MUSEUM.  IT HAS SOME ANCIENT WORKS FROM GREEK AND EGYPT.

THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY WAS EXTENDED TO EVOLVE FROM AFTER WORLD WAR I.  THEY HAVE MANY EXTENDED FAMILIES .  SINCE THE 1960'S MARRIAGES HAVE DECREASED AND DIVORCES HAVE INCREASED.  LEGAL FAMILIES HAVE EVOLVED TO REFLECT SOCIAL CHANGES.  SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES HAVE INCREASED FROM 3 TO 7%.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN  FRENCH AND CULTURE IS AN OLD ONE.  DURING 14TH CENTURY JEAN BAPTIST BROUGHT LUXURY INDUSTRIES LIKE TEXTILES AND PORCELAIN, ARCHITECTURE, FASHION AND A MODEL OF NOBLE CULTURE IN FRANCE.

THE UNIFYING EFFECT BROUGHT THE FRENCH THIRD REPUBLIC AND SUPPORTED STRICT SEPARATION OF CHURCH FROM STATE AND PROMOTED NATIONAL IDENTITY.  THEY CONVERTED PEASANTS TO FRENCHMEN.  THEY HAVE A FEAR OF FRENCH IDENTITY IN THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM.

THEIR EDUCATION IS ORGANIZED.  THEY HAVE 3 STAGES.  PRIVATE SCHOOLS EXIST IN A STRONG STAGE OF NATIONWIDE NETWORKING.  OVER 84% OF THE FOLKS PASS THEIR EXAMS FOR A B.A.

THEY HAVE MANY TRENDS IN MATH AND SCIENCE BY 1995.  BY 1998 75% OF HEALTH CARE WAS PAID FOR HERE.

FRANCE HAS A LOT OF MUSIC INCLUDING INDIGENOUS FOLK MUSIC PLAYED BY IMMIGRANTS.  THEY ALSO PRODUCE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, HURDY GURDY, THAT CRANKS AND SOUNDS LIKE AN ACCORDIAN.  I HEARD ONE PLAYED AT  SMALL CONCERT.

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