There are nine universals of culture...

3/5/2018

The city of Sucre could be any large college town in the US...

There are Nine Universals of Culture which are the major areas that define one cultural group from the next. They are Material Culture; Arts, Play and Recreation; Social Organization; Language and Non-Verbal Communication; Social Control; Conflict and Warfare; Education; World View; and Economic Organization. Here are just a few examples in pictures of how differently, different cultures can do the same things.

Tarabuco 30 miles away has a completely different dress norm than your typical college town

...and cemeteries in Bolivia are not the green expanses of grass found in the States

Author

At 49, Kent and Christine Zimmerman quit their great jobs and headed out into the world to explore. After seven years of adventures in three different continents they continue to love living abroad in an ever expanding list of wonderful places that you too would love...but may not have heard of yet.

For the past five years they have shared their discoveries in a series of month-long programs that allow others to try fascinating and fulfilling lives abroad for a month at a time with the help of one-on-one language courses, beautiful apartments, and a caring network of local friends and supporters... Attracting nearly a thousand participants to date.

This year they are dividing their time between Mendoza, Argentina, Sucre, Bolivia, Tallinn, Estonia, Bolzano, Italy and Crested Butte, Colorado.

They are regular speakers and writers for International Living Magazine and other publications.