Material culture is the physical or technological aspects of a culture in our daily lives. In laymen's terms, things that show our social class, and how we live, materially. "Do we place a lot of emphasis on our material possessions or not?" Examples of this would be our cars, houses, clothing, computers (or other technological gadgets) etc.
Non-material culture is the cultural adjustments to material conditions, or in laymen's terms our customs, beliefs, patterns of communication, and the ways we use material objects. Examples of this include, politics, economics, language, rules, customs, family, religion or beliefs, values, and knowledge.
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In general terms, any given culture to be found around the world will have both 'material' and 'non-material' dimensions or sides.
Culture is defined as the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviours, and material objects passed from one generation to the next.
Cultural Interaction is when two or more different, native or non-native cultures or tribes interact or interfere with each other in a positive or negative way
If you are very attached to your culture, especially if you come from an immigrant family and still celebrate that culture alongside your new culture. If you know a lot about your culture going back many years. If you only celebrate parts of your culture it no longer is a rich culture.
Culture influences the people in the society and society follows culture.
They were both like mother cultures for civilizations that came after them.