Culture is a way of life spend by a specific group of people. Every culture is amalgamation of the following elements, norms, values, beliefs and language.
Language
To live together in a group the most important part is communication amongst the individuals of the group. For the prime purpose of communication every group has its own language. Language contains set of symbols, gestures and sounds which vary in different culture. Learning language is of vital importance for an individual to become a part of society, indeed it is the first and fundamental thing that a child learn. Moreover, it is important for a child to learn language of a given culture to acquire social skills. A child learn social skills via interacting with the members of society and language is the fundamental element for interaction. If an individual wants to become a part of new group or society he has have to learn the language of that group to interact with the other members of group. For example if a person want to join a law firm, first he has to get a law degree, because lawyers have their own terminologies and sentence structure, which could not be understood without having a law degree.
Norms
Norms are another element of culture. Social norms are the expectations of a culture from an individual to how to behave in a society in a specific situation. For example if there is a line in fast food restaurant, for joining the line you have to stand behind the last person in the line, if you barge in middle or in front it will be against the norms. Furthermore, norms are divided in to two components, mores and folkways. Folkways are the general standard behaviors followed by, individuals in a group. For example way of dressing, way of greeting guests and the way of preparing food. Mores are the ethical and moral behaviors followed by individuals in a group. For example intrusion in someone home is unethical, steeling is not a moral behavior and in some cultures committing adultery is considered immoral behavior. Therefore, not following mores leads to punishment in a society, whereas, there is not any strict restriction on following folkways.
Beliefs
Beliefs are the collectively shared ideas of individual in a society about what is true. Shared ideas bind individual with one another in a society. Most of norms and values of a given culture originate from beliefs. For example, in a country where people belief in higher power or God may find atheism intolerable.
Values
Values are deeply intervened with beliefs. Values are the ideal principles or abstract standards of a culture. Values determine, right and wrong, morally correct and morally incorrect and what is good and what is bad. Values might lead to cultural cohesion and can also become source of conflict between two cultures.
