Learning about other cultures

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The newsgroup news.newusers.questions news.newusers.questions on Google Groups 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 news.groups.questions on Google Groups 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.