Explainthe meaning of culture and describe its important features.

Theterm culture refers to the shared customs, beliefs, values,norms institutions and other products of a community which aretransmitted from one generation to another. It includes allmaterialistic, abstract and behavioural particulars that exist priorto the individual and consists of features that vary acrosssocieties. The important features of culture are as follows:

  • It contains values and language that can be expressed.

  • It contains a way of life that is followed by individuals who have grown in that context.

  • It is a historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols.

  • It has influence upon human behaviour.

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