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In the last
weekend, I interviewed my mother via the phone (she lives in Chumphon) about
cultural changes. She said that there were many things changed but the most obvious
field is clothing- it isquite different from the past. Men, in general,wore
loincloth (pah-kah-mah), woven (pah-tor) and cotton shirts while women wore
wrap-around skirt (pah-sin), Sarong,and long cotton skirts. When she was young,
she wore round-necked sleeveless collar(Krachao shirt)with Panung. There were
no shirts, T-shirts, jeans, synthetic fiber, or shorts. Furthermore, people were
likely to wear in the dark tone, for instance, black, brown, and dark blue but
her closet now is teemed with the colorful clothes. People carried the Rattan
basket (ta-ka-wai) so as to go shopping at the local market but at the present
time people carry leather handbags instead. Moreover, women always wore silver
jewelry but they prefer to wear gold Ornamentsand diamond in the present day.
She also said that people in the old days are taught to preserve their purityand
it is not accepted to show your body – if you want to wear skirt, it must be
covered to your legs and there were, of course, no camisole or strapless dress.
She emphasizedthat the dress code changes followed the introduction of media,
especially television – after watchingthe modern clothes, girlstried to dress so
and it spread quickly around the village. Additionally, I asked her about did she
want to live like in the old day, she said that she desired society to keep
being nice when people are lovely and more kind but she cannot deny the
numerous convenience made by technology.
In
my standpoint of view, it is good to be modern and trendy after introducing of
technology. Needless to say, media influences us unintentionally. When we watch
television or video via Youtube about news or music, we are learning culture
through the dress code people wear, way of life people do and things people
interest.In addition, something unacceptable in the past may be attractive
nowadays and vice versa.As a new thing exposesto other people around the world,
it is interpreted differently. However, the word “Change” is not synonym of the
word “Good” because people may forget the fact that they have own cultural
heritage. Change takes time and time also causes change - culture cannot be
replaced by new one overnight. Thus, even though people nowadays are able to dress
like they want, it is still limited bynorm of each society. At my hometown, for
instance, if you dress like Madonna and walks in market with her boyfriend, you
will be stared by the other people and your parents will know about her
inappropriate behavior. This scenario will not take place in America or Japan.What
is accepted in one culture might be offensive in another culture. Eventually,
media is one of the important factors that influence culture but the process of
change takes time and be adopted differently depending on cultural flexibility
in each community around the world.
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