These graphs and datas showed me that the life in Iceland was in medium level. People's income is above medium level. From the developing trail graph, I know that Iceland have never slowed down, it is always one of the developed country though it does not contain vast territories and a large amount of population.
Religious distribution in Iceland
Protestantism-
It is a movement that is widely seen as beginning in Germany by Martin Luther with The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 as a reaction against medieval doctrines and practices. And it promote personal life and charity events, so it brings postive affect to Icelands. And it shares with all other Christians core beliefs in the doctrines of the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus. The positve effect which protestantism brings to society makes the government compliment them.
Catholic-
Christianity began in the 1st century in Palestine because of the environment of Palestine Jewish’s life and faith. The center of Christianity is to advising people to repent and turn from evil. This dogma got great response from people. It once had been the religion which had the power like the government. Vatican is the sacred place of it.
Loss of cultural diversity in Iceland
Every country has their own cultural diversity, some are
unique and some are strange. But no matter how, I think it
represents the soul of a country; a country without its own
cultural diversity is like it does not have soul, just like a
walking dead.
The country I am going to talk about is Iceland. Today
people from all corners of the world call Iceland home.
Iceland’s foreign-born population numbers is around 25,000
nowadays, it is 7.6 percent of the country’s total
population.
Five years ago there was only 3.5% percent people are
foreign-born; and ten years ago just 2.4%. Compared to
some other countries, like Australia with 25 percent,
Canada with around 18 percent and Sweden with 14
percent, Icelandic society has, over the years, become
increasingly diverse.
Immigrants in Iceland represent no less than 130 nations.
The largest groups come from Poland, Lithuania, Denmark
and the Philippines. Last year, 900 of these foreign
citizens received Icelandic citizenship. Iceland truly is
becoming a multicultural nation.
The Intercultural Day in Reykjavík was held last weekend.
It represents a very important festival which connect
people from everywhere togethe. People joined together in
a parade for peace and non-violence and to celebrate
multiculturalism in Iceland.
unique and some are strange. But no matter how, I think it
represents the soul of a country; a country without its own
cultural diversity is like it does not have soul, just like a
walking dead.
The country I am going to talk about is Iceland. Today
people from all corners of the world call Iceland home.
Iceland’s foreign-born population numbers is around 25,000
nowadays, it is 7.6 percent of the country’s total
population.
Five years ago there was only 3.5% percent people are
foreign-born; and ten years ago just 2.4%. Compared to
some other countries, like Australia with 25 percent,
Canada with around 18 percent and Sweden with 14
percent, Icelandic society has, over the years, become
increasingly diverse.
Immigrants in Iceland represent no less than 130 nations.
The largest groups come from Poland, Lithuania, Denmark
and the Philippines. Last year, 900 of these foreign
citizens received Icelandic citizenship. Iceland truly is
becoming a multicultural nation.
The Intercultural Day in Reykjavík was held last weekend.
It represents a very important festival which connect
people from everywhere togethe. People joined together in
a parade for peace and non-violence and to celebrate
multiculturalism in Iceland.
Intercultural Day --
This is a picture of
Intercultural Day in
Iceland in 2009. The city
centre was crowded with
people enjoying the warm
weather. Some joined the parade of dancers, musicians and
other participants as it made its way from Hallgrímskirkja
church towards the Reykjavík pond.
Nowadays, it is not just consider a simple festival, I think
it is a festival to improve the cohesion of the country.
This is a picture of
Intercultural Day in
Iceland in 2009. The city
centre was crowded with
people enjoying the warm
weather. Some joined the parade of dancers, musicians and
other participants as it made its way from Hallgrímskirkja
church towards the Reykjavík pond.
Nowadays, it is not just consider a simple festival, I think
it is a festival to improve the cohesion of the country.
Now comes to another topic: Icelanders are very accepting
Icelandic society is very accepting and holds very
progressive views on gender equality and gay rights. There
are many women in leadership positions in government and
the country has been at the forefront of gay rights
legislation. The prime minister is a lesbian and married her
partner in 2010, after Icelandic legislators made same-sex
unions legal. Every August, Reykjavik hosts a gay pride
festival that sees over 80,000 attendees.
Icelandic society is very accepting and holds very
progressive views on gender equality and gay rights. There
are many women in leadership positions in government and
the country has been at the forefront of gay rights
legislation. The prime minister is a lesbian and married her
partner in 2010, after Icelandic legislators made same-sex
unions legal. Every August, Reykjavik hosts a gay pride
festival that sees over 80,000 attendees.
I talked about the cultural diversity Iceland has now, but it is also experiencing the loss of cultural diversy.
As a fact, a country which wants to extend or to construct something for enjoying. It must be with the strong economics as foundation. As we know, Iceland did experience the financial crisis, this made it's power decrease rapidly. At the same time while this thing was happening, many entrepreneurs abandon Iceland as their camp to earn money. Becasue no matter how, Iceland was still not a totally "independent" country. Its economic actually is still rely to other countries. For example, the financial crisis happened because the America affect it.
And there was even rumors said that Iceland was almost went bankrupt. Although a large number of people misunderstood the bankruptcy of Iceland, but it has been hid hard by the financial crisis is an indisputable fact. Also, the loss of national human resources made Iceland became simple than before. The leaving of different entrepreneurs from different countries is not only a simple leaving, they also brought out the cultural resources they had, for example, collection of paintings from Iceland. Luckily, the government still kept the great welfares to all people and entrepreneurs although Iceland was lack of money at that time. This solvation kept some people down and made Iceland salvageable.
These are my personal ideas about the loss of cultrual lossed in Iceland.
As a fact, a country which wants to extend or to construct something for enjoying. It must be with the strong economics as foundation. As we know, Iceland did experience the financial crisis, this made it's power decrease rapidly. At the same time while this thing was happening, many entrepreneurs abandon Iceland as their camp to earn money. Becasue no matter how, Iceland was still not a totally "independent" country. Its economic actually is still rely to other countries. For example, the financial crisis happened because the America affect it.
And there was even rumors said that Iceland was almost went bankrupt. Although a large number of people misunderstood the bankruptcy of Iceland, but it has been hid hard by the financial crisis is an indisputable fact. Also, the loss of national human resources made Iceland became simple than before. The leaving of different entrepreneurs from different countries is not only a simple leaving, they also brought out the cultural resources they had, for example, collection of paintings from Iceland. Luckily, the government still kept the great welfares to all people and entrepreneurs although Iceland was lack of money at that time. This solvation kept some people down and made Iceland salvageable.
These are my personal ideas about the loss of cultrual lossed in Iceland.
Food Crisis
Actually, as a country in EU, Iceland does not have their local special food species. It is like most european countries, they have most high calories food from different countries in the world.
One of the most popular dish in Iceland
Lamb --
Lamb is the most commonly served meat in Iceland. The sheep thrive on the grassy hills and provide a ready source of meat as well as wool. Lamb and mutton are served in stews, sausages, pate and as roast. Singed sheep’s head and jam made from the sheep’s head, either fresh or pickled in whey, are traditional foods in Iceland.
Lamb is the most commonly served meat in Iceland. The sheep thrive on the grassy hills and provide a ready source of meat as well as wool. Lamb and mutton are served in stews, sausages, pate and as roast. Singed sheep’s head and jam made from the sheep’s head, either fresh or pickled in whey, are traditional foods in Iceland.
As we all know, lamb does not only serve in a few countries. Most places will eat it. So lamb can be decribe as a kind of popular food. It is grown in Iceland and almost any places.
As an insular country, Iceland has plenty resoures of kinds of fishes. And fish can be describe as one of the most usual food in Iceland.
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Cite from: http://www.whygoiceland.com/six-things-to-know-about-icelandic-culture.html
Author:Katie Hammel
Date: December 28th, 2010
Article named: Six Things to Know About Icelandic Culture
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Cite from: http://www.whygoiceland.com/six-things-to-know-about-icelandic-culture.html
Author:Katie Hammel
Date: December 28th, 2010
Article named: Six Things to Know About Icelandic Culture
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