Cultural clash

What's a cultural clash? A cultural clash is the result of a misunderstanding between two or more different cultures. This can be seen in practically every cultural aspect, from music to every day habits, and it's occasioned  when people are not accostumed to someone else's culture. There are lots of examples of this all around the world, but if I have to choose one, I'll choose the case of indigenous people here in Chile.

Mapuches are known not only for their different culture from the Spanish descendant culture, but also 'cause they keep their culture still alive. We can see this in names, typical foods, costumes, words, legends, etc. I think it must be shocking for both Spanish and Mapuches people when they first encounter. In one hand, Mapuches might have thought that Spanish people were some kind of beasts or in the best case, not human beings like them. On the other hand, Spanish surely thought that Mapuches were sub-humans very different from them, almost considerably slaves. This kind of cultural clash has happened all over the world though. It happens every time a culture meets another, and it could be devasting if one of the culture is stronger than the other.

I chose this example, because it's something that has happened through all the history, and what a better case that the one that happens in the country where we lived. There are still differences between Mapuche and Chilean cultures,

Personally, I don't recall to have presenced any kind of cultural crash. Not as severe as I stated though. When I travelled to Argentina three years ago, I experienced this cultural clash in misunderstandings with Argentinian people for the difference of our way to speak. Another difference were some daily habits or meals, but it wasn't a severe cultural crash.