Friday, January 13, 2012

Material culture and Non-material culture.

Material  culture.

  • Material culture is man-made, refers to the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.
  • Material  culture  is the tangible part of the man made environment ,what one can see feel and use to accomplish the task of survival.
  • It includes parts of the natural environment which ma has modified and adapted to his use. Domesticated plants and animals are part of the material culture.

Non-material  culture.

  • The non-material culture  is the intangible web of man- made patterns  ,beliefs, approved   ways of behaving and rules which every people have in abundance.
  • Non- material culture consists of the words the people use or the language the speak , the belief they hold, values  the cherish,  habits  they follow and ceremonies they observe.


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