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Similarities between Persians and Germans

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Similarities between Persians and Germans

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Celebrating Christmas and having similar hobbies such as reading and writing. Kids starting education at a young age and continuing till college is the same as well.

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The education in germany is similar to European education and kids can start education can start at one years old and on.

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People are taught to neither be late nor on time and not to stare at people.

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Christmas and Easter are celebrated by mostly every family and German Unity day is also celebrated by most people that has become a tradition.

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Christianity is the main religion in Germany

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People wear everyday modern day clothes but germans do have their traditional ld day fashion that involves colorful clothes.

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The average family size is two children per household and parents.

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German house styles are called middle German classes and most people live in similar house styles or similar apartment style houses.

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Some hobbies a lot of people do is boating, writing, and dancing.

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German and firision are languages spoken in family households everyday.

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Islam is my religion and is the main religion in the middle east. I've grown up in a Muslim family. Muslims have to pray five times a day and fast in the month called Ramadan.

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Some family rules of mine and mainly good manners and always trying our personal best at everything  we do. Some expectations are to get good grades graduate from college.

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Overall Persians are always taught to be respectful to old and young people. If guest is over you always have to ask them if they want anything, always offer them food first before yourself and your own family. Overall, being respectful and kind  and thankful are things I've been told to do growing up.

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Some common things in family that we do quite often is that we always try to talk about our day and have good manners and be thankful for our blessings.

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I've lived in Tehran, Iran and Laguna/Irvine California

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Monopoly, Tik Tak Toe, Hide and Seek are some games I played as a child and some even now.

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I watch a lot of YouTube use popular products daily and wear modern clothes

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A persian desert recipe (Halva) has been past down in our family the way my family makes is different from everyone else.

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The meaning of my name

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My name meanings, sports I watch, TV shows I watch

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My name meanings, sports I watch, TV shows I watch

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My name Parastoo is a persian name for the bird Swallow. My whole family has always been a big fan of Soccer, it is also the top favorite sport of people in Iran. Millions tune in to watch the World Cup and other games. My favorite TV show of all time is Friends.

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And of course me and my family celebrate the New year and Christmas! We as a family have been taught to respect other traditions and many people in Iran also celebrate Christmas since their are some Christians in Iran as well, and even people that are not Christian celebrate it as well.

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We place seven different items of food, flower, etc. and our Holy book, and everyone of them symbolizes something and is meant to bring good luck, happy days and more.

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We celebrate persian new year, and american new year, and also "yalda" that is known to be the longest night of the year and families gather and eat certain fruits together and spend the whole night with each other.
The below picture is Yalda food people eat during the night.

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Middle eastern: Persian mixed with turkish

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Education is very important in my family, because it allows people to have more knowledge and became wiser.

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"Humanity is but a single brotherhood: so make peace with your brethren," (Quran)
This quote is one of my favorite quotes, because Muslims are said to be non-peace makers, but whoever follows the religion right it's otherwise.

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My style is pretty modern nothing too cultural. Everyday wear in the U.S

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I love all Persian food and all American food, I just don't eat meat.

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I live in a small family of three with my mom and dad.

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I live in an apartment that has a Bungalow style on the outside, and live in a city.

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Playing the Violin and reading are some of my hobbies.

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Since I'm only a teen, I'm a student and in Iranian culture young teens working is considered weird, but recently people have changed their thoughts on that just a little bit.

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I listen to Persian and American pop music.
Picture below is american/ persian singer.

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Farsi and English are languages I speak everyday