generally speaking, there are seven main elements of cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static: social organization, customs and traditions, religionbelief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe; a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship; a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader, languagea system of symbols that allow people to communicate with each other, also the MOST symbolic way that culture is passed down, arts and literature, forms of government and economic systems. Added to those elements may be familya family is group of people consisting of parents and children living together in a household; family members can also live away from parents or in a different household or clan structures, marital and sexual arrangements.
