Learning About Other Cultures

What are we learning today?

You will read about life in different countries. You will compare it with life in Kazakhstan.

Explanation

• In Australia, snake catchers take snakes away from homes in a box. They do not kill the snakes.
• In the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, people go into the forest to fish and look for honey. About 400 tigers live there.
• The tiger is part of the local culture. People sing songs and tell stories about it.
• In Kazakhstan, everyone sits at the dastarkhan, the low table, and enjoys the meal.
• Say what is the same and what is different.

Examples

1. In Australia, people call a snake catcher.
2. In Bangladesh, people look for honey in the forest.
3. In Kazakhstan, people sit at the dastarkhan.

Remember!

• Describe and compare. Do not say a culture is strange.
• Respect every tradition.

Check yourself

1. What do snake catchers do with the snakes?
2. How many tigers live in the Sundarbans?
3. What is the dastarkhan?