Cultural+Characteristics

= CULTURE: = Past:﻿ Previous to the discovery of the Americas, France was a melting pot of ethnicities because of the mass migration of people to there because it was the end of the known world. As a result many people fought for their individuality and respect because of the intense diversity. The problem in Paris now is the ethnic identy of other ethnicites like black peolpe, hispanic people and middle easten people. For example, many of the black people,hispanics,specifiaclly muslims are welcomed, but there isn't always peace,some of the people are ridiculed for not being native parisians. Arts and Fashion: Contemporary Art. Specifiaclly the fashion art and, actual art, like paintings and sulptures. Like Picasso, he made plenty of paintings that were condidered the epitome of contemporaty arts which is one of the biggest aspects of popular culture when pertaining to art. Picasso's contemporary art didn't start in Paris, in Africa is the hearth of contemporary arts, the many cultures of Africa have banded together which created the contemporary arts.

Fashion. Paris is the fashion central of the world. During the 1700's, and the introduction of popular culture. Paris was the Central Business District of the fashion world, everything pertaining to fashion, and any new ideas of fashion came from Paris. Now in modern day Paris, there are many fashion oriented events like fashion week which is similar to the one in the US. This shows the Hieracrical Diffusion that has taken place over the past 300 years.

Food. Parisian cusine is some of the most higgh quality, high standard food in the world it is percived to be the best tasting food. Parisians eat anything from steak and fish to grilled lamb, also there is a wide range of pasta and vegetables into their food as well, this is becasue of the diffusion of the many cultures and the fact that Paris in a popular area for trade so they develope new styles from theri exposure to other cultures.