Culture is the soul of human society. Culture makes human society alive. Culture keeps human society moving freely at all levels in human developments. Culture brings meanings of human society. Peoples understand themselves through their cultural heritages. Culture is the spirit of human society. Culture keeps individuals closer. Culture keeps groups of peoples closer. Culture keeps tribes closer. Culture keeps a nation closer and above all culture keeps the world together because there is an element of cultures in every nation that draws peoples together. What is culture then? Culture is the food peoples eat. The food of culture is satisfaction. Food brings satisfaction in the same manner culture brings peoples to the level of completeness in human society. Culture is dressing. Dressing reveals the beauty of human society as peoples of all colours of cultures are brought together in their dressings. Culture is the drum. The drum talks. The drum calls peoples from the fields to come home. The talking drum echoes in hearts. The talking drum echoes in valleys. The talking drum echoes on hills. The talking drum echoes on mountains. The talking drum is heard in all corners to awake the soul of human society. The talking drum awakes the spirit of human society. Culture is music. Music speaks to the mind. Whenever the mind understands the drums and the words in the music, the whole body starts to moves beautifully and freely according to the rhythm of the music to respond to what the drum and the words are saying and the meaning of the dancing to speak to peoples of cultures in a joyful way. Culture is the drama. Drama is the voice of cultures to speak to peoples. Drama makes voices of culture to be heard. Culture is the route of every nation to guide peoples to find their way back into their heritages. Culture is the sign that peoples can read to discover their identities. Culture is the head of human society, because right from the very beginning of human civilization, peoples began to learn what food to eat, peoples began to learn how to dress, peoples began to learn how to beat drums, peoples began to learn how to sing and peoples began to learn how to dance. These developments became part of human society. Culture is a seed because it germinates new cultures in every generation to bring new meanings into human society to keep the spirit of cultures alive. Culture is the root of every religion, because before all religions were born culture was and is a king in the home. All religions drew their religious beliefs through cultural norms, forms and ideas of cultural symbols to understand spirituality. Culture is the key that opens human understanding of nature. Every religion is an expression of a new cultural dimension. Culture is the painting of human society. As all peoples of cultures are brought together through food, dressing, dancing, music and drama it creates a beautiful festival of cultures of all colours of peoples in human society. To understand the dynamic nature of all cultures is the meaning of human society in painting the entire world with beautiful colours of peoples of every nation. Every culture is unique. Every culture is part of the painting to make human society looks so beautiful. The food of all cultures are being served to bring the satisfaction that human society needs. All cultures are being dressed with beautiful clothing for all peoples of every culture to be accepted everywhere. The talking drum is being sounded for all peoples to understand their cultural heritages. The music of all cultures are being played for all peoples to dance each other’s rhythm to create a joyful festival of all cultures. The drama of all cultures is being played for all peoples to understand the meaning of human society. The seed of all cultures are germinating with new cultural understanding of human society. The route of all cultures are widened for all peoples to find a space in human society and to enjoy human aspirations. The roots of all cultures are reaching the deepest understanding of spirituality. The door of all cultures are being opened with a key of opportunities for all peoples in every culture to enjoy their dignities and move freely in human society. This is the essence of human existence. Culture is the soul of human society. Culture is the spirit of human society. Culture is the beauty of human society.
Francis Asante-Boadu
