Japanese-American cultural assessment

Buddhist believes that their religious salvation is attained through faithfully chanting to Buddha Amitabha . The Japanese-American population have also incorporated most of the Buddhists festivals into their day to day lives as there is evidence of Buddhist centers and institution where the festivals are held for instance the Obon festival that is annually held to help the younger generation learn the cultural practices and religious beliefs of their community in South California and Hawaii , the Cherry Blossom festival and Tanabata festival among others . However there is a part of the Japan-American

community that practices Christianity and has embedded Christianity values and beliefs into their lifestyle . Churches that they have begun in California and Washington are acceptable to the standards that the white Christians have outlined (Spickard , 2009

The Japanese-American population has cultural values , practices and norms that are very different from the rest of the world even their communication mode perplexes many visitors in their areas of residence The Japanese-Americans believe that their community should be united harmoniously and therefore take steps to ensure their neighbors are not suffering from any constraint unlike the community of the white Protestants who rely on themselves to improve their survival tactics This explains their notion of believing everything they do or touch has their rights and any actions that would affect the existing harmony is eliminated . This is in contrast to the white Protestants who would rather start a war to ensure their desires are fulfilled . The context of harmony is also included into the education curriculum offered to the off springs of the alienated community . The white Protestants engage in revolutions to establish their freedom disregarding the needs of the society while the Japanese-American community values the needs of their society as they believe freedom is achieved through respecting the society 's...