https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m American vs Gypsy Culture en-us 2017-09-27 14:45:29 UTC 2024-11-14 16:44:05 UTC hello@padlet.com rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700062 Weddings generally take three days. The first day is set aside for the church wedding. Marriages are customarily arranged by the parents, with the matchmaking usually initiated by the parents of the groom. Many couples marry in their mid-teens. Unmarried young men and women are not allowed to socialize alone together, as great value is placed on female chastity.]]> 2017-09-27 14:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700062 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700164 First you need to get a marriage license, after you have been issued your marriage license, you can be married by anyone who has been authorized by that state to perform weddings. American marriage consists of opposite and same sex marriage. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700164 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700239 Gypsies are also commonly known as travelers, they move around frequently. Although some live in small apartments, trailers are the most common for them because it is easier to travel in.  Gypsies place a lot of value on extended family so more times than not gypsies live with the extended family or near them in a different trailer. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700239 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700327 Four housing norms that are seen throughout American houses include, ownership of the house, is a single family detached dwelling place, has an outside space and has  been built in a conventional fashion. The average size of a house for Americans has gone up from about 1,000 square feet to 2.000 square feet. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700327 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700414 There are more than 100,000 nomadic Travellers and Gypsies in the UK, and 200,000 who live in permanent housing. Many never attend school, while others are illiterate because formal education is not a priority in our culture.]]> 2017-09-27 14:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700414 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700477 In the United States, education is compulsory for all students until ages sixteen to eighteen depending on the individual state. About 87.1% of people over the age of 25 were high school graduates and about 33.4 percent of Americans 25 or older said they had completed a bachelor’s degree or higher.

]]> 2017-09-27 14:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700477 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700583 Cleanliness to Gypsies and Travellers is not merely a question of comfort but of moral standards. They make a clear distinction between the inside and outside of the caravan as they do between the inside and outside of the body. They are very particular about cleanliness in the home. Women and girls spend a large part of the day washing and cleaning until the place ‘sparkles’. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700583 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700737 In a typical American household everything tends to be fairly organized and clean. It is a norm to keep a house looking presentable and clean on both the inside and the out. Although their are some exceptions to the rule many families choose to keep their house looking clean and presentable. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700737 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700797 Gypsies, although they do not believe in curses, are strong believers in luck and superstitions. They have a wide variety of beliefs including, certain days every mouth that are unlucky, seeing a white horse in the morning is good luck, the itching of the right eye meaning sadness and so many more. They are all followed on a daily basis and believed by all gypsies in that community. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700797 rebeccama6951 https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700850 On average every one in four Americans believes in luck or considers themselves to be superstitious. According to Forbes.com " around a quarter of us are superstitious about knocking on wood, 13% about a black cat crossing a path, 12% about walking under a ladder, 11% about breaking a mirror, 9% about the number 13–and 9% of respondents believed that speaking ill of a person makes it come true." Although not all Americans are superstitious everyone has heard of at least one good or bad superstition. ]]> 2017-09-27 14:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccama6951/v83uvnx70i5m/wish/191700850