Infused Culture, Russia and Georgia

Russian and Georgian culture have been infused and intertwined in a mixing of languages, plays, literature and music. The recent war between them have stirred up trouble between Russians living in Georgia and Georgians living in Russia. While most people say they hate the Russian government not its people, there is still a growing generation of young people who strongly dislike any Russian Influence. But the influence is un-erasable, in an average Georgian city you can buy Russian Language fashion magazines, Russian foods and snacks and hear Russian pop songs blasting from a car radio. While the governments have officially cut off all diplomatic relations with each other it is nearly impossible to cut off the shared culture between these two nations. My response to this article is that America is very similar. American culture is distinctly different from any other in the world, yet we draw so many influences from around the world. Chinese restaurants, Spanish markets, European fashions and Japanese cars all draw influences from different cultures from around the world. Our 'melting pot' of cultures and peoples have given us what we think is a view into another culture, but in fact Chinese culture can not be all summed up in a single Americanized Chinese restaurant and Japanese cars look a lot like American and German cars. Like in Georgia and Russia we have all been molded together into an inseparable tangle that no matter if we go to war with all the world, we will still have many remnants of their culture here and our own culture spread everywhere as well.

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