The United States is a melting pot, a multitude of races all mixed together, which has created a nation of amazing people. People full of culture.
I'm one of those people: Hawaiian, Chinese, Irish, Norwegian, German, and some others I'm sure all mixed together.
My sister and I were raised heavily with Hawaiian tradition and food and the others sprinkled in every once in awhile. We took hula lessons, took our shoes off at the door, and obeyed all adults not just our own and knew that if we didn't any of them had the right to discipline us. We kissed and hugged everyone hello and goodbye and everyone older was called Uncle and Aunty, which made their kids your cousins. We ate food every place we went and were told never to turn it down. We heard stories of the Gods and ghosts who inhabited the islands and wondered if one day they would show up on our doors. We ate lefse and sushi at all holidays and Chinese on Christmas Eve. We celebrated Chinese New Year, Girls Day, and St. Patrick's Day.
I'm a multitude of races, full of culture, and ready to learn more.
3 comments:
Amusing how similar your culture is similar to mine. I was raised in India and I did most of the things you did in your childhood. A very interesting post :-) Thanks for stopping by my Blog and here's wishing you loads of luck for the A-Z blogging challenge.
Cheers,
Aarti's mom
www.doodlingwords.blogspot.com
Nice post. Amusing how your culture is so similar to mine. I grew up in India and reading your post made me experience a DeJavu ;-)
Here from A-Z blogging challenge. Thanks for stopping by my blog. God bless.
Aarti's mom
www.doodlingwords.blogspot.com
I am with you but man... I thought you would say RONDEE for R... Just kidding! LOL
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