Learning about other cultures

The newsgroup news.newusers.questions is not the place to learn about other cultures. However, there are many different newsgroups where you can learn about specific cultures and specific areas of the world.

The best place to look is in the soc hierarchy, among all of the soc.culture.* newsgroups. In these newsgroups, you can ask about cities, languages, history, cultural traditions, and the like. In many cases, these newsgroups will have discussions in two or three different languages.

The following is a list of the soc.culture.* newsgroups, current as of September 2007. If you want to see if there is a newsgroup or a mailing list for a culture not listed here, please ask the people in news.groups.questions for pointers to newsgroups and mailing lists about a specific culture.

soc.culture.afghanistan

Discussion of the Afghan society.

soc.culture.african

Discussions about Africa & things African.

soc.culture.african.american

Discussions about Afro-American issues.

soc.culture.african.american.moderated

African-American perspectives. (Moderated)

soc.culture.albanian

Albania and Albanians around the world.

soc.culture.algeria

From A to Z about Algeria.

soc.culture.arabic

Technological & cultural issues, not politics.

soc.culture.argentina

All about life in Argentina.

soc.culture.asean

Countries of the Assoc. of SE Asian Nations.

soc.culture.asian.american

Issues & discussion about Asian-Americans.

soc.culture.assyrian

Assyrian culture, history, language, current diaspora.

soc.culture.asturies

Asturian culture.

soc.culture.australian

Australian culture and society.

soc.culture.austria

Austria and its people.

soc.culture.baltics

People of the Baltic states.

soc.culture.bangladesh

Issues & discussion about Bangladesh.

soc.culture.basque

Basque culture and related issues. (Moderated)

soc.culture.belarus

All things about Belarus. (Moderated)

soc.culture.belgium

Belgian society, culture(s) and people.

soc.culture.bengali

Sociocultural identity of worldwide Bengali population.

soc.culture.berber

The berber language, history, and culture.

soc.culture.bolivia

Bolivian people and culture.

soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna

The independent state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

soc.culture.brazil

Talking about the people and country of Brazil.

soc.culture.breton

All about Breton culture and Brittany.

soc.culture.british

Issues about Britain & those of British descent.

soc.culture.bulgaria

Discussing Bulgarian society.

soc.culture.burma

Politics, culture, news, discussion about Burma.

soc.culture.cambodia

Cambodia and its people.

soc.culture.canada

Discussions of Canada and its people.

soc.culture.caribbean

Life in the Caribbean.

soc.culture.catalan

The Catalan language and the lands where it is spoken.

soc.culture.celtic

Irish, Scottish, Breton, Cornish, Manx & Welsh.

soc.culture.chile

All about Chile and its people.

soc.culture.china

About China and Chinese culture.

soc.culture.colombia

Colombian talk, social, politics, science.

soc.culture.cornish

All things Cornish and Cornwall, worldwide.

soc.culture.costa-rica

Topics about Costa Rica.

soc.culture.croatia

The lives of people of Croatia.

soc.culture.cuba

Cuban culture, society and politics.

soc.culture.czecho-slovak

Bohemian, Slovak, Moravian and Silesian life.

soc.culture.dominican-rep

The life and people of the Dominican Republic.

soc.culture.ecuador

The culture and people of Ecuador.

soc.culture.egyptian

Egypt, and its society, culture, heritage, etc.

soc.culture.el-salvador

Topics about El Salvador, Central America.

soc.culture.esperanto

The neutral international language Esperanto.

soc.culture.estonia

Estonian culture, language, news, politics. (Moderated)

soc.culture.ethiopia.misc

Unmoderated forum to discuss Ethiopian culture.

soc.culture.europe

Discussing all aspects of all-European society.

soc.culture.filipino

Group about the Filipino culture.

soc.culture.french

French culture, history, and related discussions.

soc.culture.galiza

Galicia, on the Iberian Peninsula.

soc.culture.german

Discussions about German culture and history.

soc.culture.greek

Group about Greeks.

soc.culture.guinea-conakry

Guinea (ne French Guinea, in West Africa).

soc.culture.haiti

Haiti specific development and cultural issues.

soc.culture.hawaii

Aloha kakou, E KOMO MAI! Eh, no forget hemo da shoes. (Moderated)

soc.culture.hmong

Discussion of Hmong people and its culture.

soc.culture.honduras

General topics regarding Honduras and Central-America.

soc.culture.hongkong

Discussions pertaining to Hong Kong.

soc.culture.hongkong.entertainment

Entertainment in Hong Kong.

soc.culture.indian

Group for discussion about India & things Indian.

soc.culture.indian.delhi

Information related to Delhi, capital of India.

soc.culture.indian.goa

About Goa, India's smallest state. (Moderated)

soc.culture.indian.gujarati

Gujarati cultural group.

soc.culture.indian.info

Info group for soc.culture.indian, etc. (Moderated)

soc.culture.indian.jammu-kashmir

The culture of Jammu & Kashmir.

soc.culture.indian.karnataka

Karnataka's culture, history, and present.

soc.culture.indian.kerala

Culture of the people of Keralite origin.

soc.culture.indian.marathi

Discussion related to Marathi Culture.

soc.culture.indian.telugu

The culture of the Telugu people of India. (Moderated)

soc.culture.indonesia

All about the Indonesian nation.

soc.culture.intercultural

People of mixed "culture", "ethnicity", "race".

soc.culture.iranian

Discussions about Iran and things Iranian/Persian.

soc.culture.iraq

Iraq, its society, culture and heritage.

soc.culture.irish

Ireland and Irish culture.

soc.culture.israel

Israel and Israelis.

soc.culture.italian

The Italian people and their culture.

soc.culture.japan

Everything Japanese, except the Japanese language.

soc.culture.japan.moderated

Anything Japanese. (Moderated)

soc.culture.jewish

Jewish culture & religion (cf. talk.politics.mideast).

soc.culture.jewish.holocaust

The Shoah. (Moderated)

soc.culture.jewish.moderated

Discussion of Jewish culture and religion. (Moderated)

soc.culture.jewish.parenting

Issues about raising Jewish children. (Moderated)

soc.culture.jordan

All topics concerning The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

soc.culture.kenya

Kenyan peoples, politics, culture, and affairs.

soc.culture.korean

Discussions about Korea & things Korean.

soc.culture.kurdish

People from Kurdistan and Kurds around the world.

soc.culture.kuwait

Kuwaiti culture, society, and history.

soc.culture.kuwait.moderated

Kuwaiti culture, society, and history. (Moderated)

soc.culture.laos

Cultural and Social Aspects of Laos.

soc.culture.latin-america

Topics about Latin-America.

soc.culture.lebanon

Discussion about things Lebanese.

soc.culture.liberia

The culture of Liberia.

soc.culture.maghreb

North African society and culture.

soc.culture.magyar

The Hungarian people & their culture.

soc.culture.malagasy

Madagascar and the Malagasy culture.

soc.culture.malaysia

All about Malaysian society.

soc.culture.mexican

Discussion of Mexico's society.

soc.culture.mexican.american

Mexican-American/Chicano culture and issues.

soc.culture.misc

Group for discussion about other cultures.

soc.culture.mongolian

Everything related to Mongols and Mongolia.

soc.culture.native

Aboriginal people around the world.

soc.culture.nepal

Discussion of people and things in & from Nepal.

soc.culture.netherlands

People from the Netherlands and Belgium.

soc.culture.new-zealand

Discussion of topics related to New Zealand.

soc.culture.nicaragua

Topics related to the country of Nicaragua in general.

soc.culture.nigeria

Nigerian affairs, society, cultures, and peoples.

soc.culture.nordic

Discussion about culture up north.

soc.culture.occitan

Speakers of Provencal/Occitan/Langue d'Oc.

soc.culture.pacific-island

Culture of the pacific islands (except Hawaii).

soc.culture.pakistan

Topics of discussion about Pakistan.

soc.culture.pakistan.politics

Political discussions on Pakistan.

soc.culture.pakistan.religion

Religious discussions related to Pakistan.

soc.culture.pakistan.sports

Sports in Pakistan.

soc.culture.palestine

Palestinian people, culture and politics.

soc.culture.peru

All about the people of Peru.

soc.culture.polish

Polish culture, Polish past, and Polish politics.

soc.culture.portuguese

Discussion of the people of Portugal.

soc.culture.puerto-rico

Puerto Rican culture, society and politics.

soc.culture.punjab

Punjab and Punjabi culture.

soc.culture.quebec

Quebec society and culture.

soc.culture.rep-of-georgia

The Caucasian Republic of Georgia and Georgians.

soc.culture.romanian

Discussion of Romanian and Moldavian people.

soc.culture.russian

All things Russian in the broadest sense.

soc.culture.russian.moderated

Moderated discussion of Russian culture. (Moderated)

soc.culture.scientists

Cultural issues about scientists & scientific projects.

soc.culture.scottish

Anything regarding Scotland or things Scots.

soc.culture.sierra-leone

The culture of Sierra Leone.

soc.culture.singapore

The past, present and future of Singapore.

soc.culture.singapore.moderated

Singapore & Singaporeans. (Moderated)

soc.culture.slovenia

Slovenia and Slovenian people.

soc.culture.somalia

Somalian affairs, society, and culture.

soc.culture.south-africa

South African society, culture, & politics.

soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans

The Afrikaans language and speakers.

soc.culture.soviet

Topics relating to Russian or Soviet culture.

soc.culture.spain

Spain and the Spanish.

soc.culture.sri-lanka

Things & people from Sri Lanka.

soc.culture.swiss

Swiss culture.

soc.culture.syria

Syrian cultural matters and affairs.

soc.culture.taiwan

Discussion about things Taiwanese.

soc.culture.tamil

Tamil language, history and culture.

soc.culture.thai

Thai people and their culture.

soc.culture.turkish

Discussion about things Turkish.

soc.culture.turkish.moderated

Issues related to Turks/Turkey. (Moderated)

soc.culture.ukrainian

The lives and times of the Ukrainian people.

soc.culture.uruguay

Discussions of Uruguay for those at home and abroad.

soc.culture.usa

The culture of the United States of America.

soc.culture.venezuela

Discussion of topics related to Venezuela.

soc.culture.vietnamese

Issues and discussions of Vietnamese culture.

soc.culture.welsh

The people, language and history of Wales.

soc.culture.yugoslavia

Discussions of Yugoslavia and its people.

soc.culture.zimbabwe

Culture and other issues pertaining to Zimbabwe.

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This article is based on material authored by members of the news.newusers.questions Moderation Board and nnq-workers mailing list, particularly by Dennis D. Calhoun (until 2005) and Thor Kottelin (since 2007).

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