CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background
Cultural backgrounds is characteristic of a group of a particular person , determined based on
different things such as language , religious , food , social customs , music , and the arts .Now
,culture formed over the influence of a group of people inhabiting or inhabiting a country
.Culture are modern concept derived from a term first used by the roman empire orator cicero
namely cultura animi , which means processing of the soul .The term were back in the
days of european modern , namely in the 17th century to refer on improving individual ,
especially through education .Of the century to 18th and 19th , the term is become more
frequent used to refer to a group of people and often associated with the discussion of the
aspirations of the national or idea .The development of the use of the term culture make
academics distinguish an idea or aspirations community groups in two a form of .A form of
looked , or a form of physical , created by community cooperation also known as the cultural
material `

B. Problem Formulation

1. What is the western culture ?

2 . What is the eastern culture?
3 . What is the differences Indonesia cultural and french ?
C. Destination
1 . Knowing sense of western culture
2 . Aware of cultural understanding east
3 . Know the location of the cultural divide indonesia and French

CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL REVIEW

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A. Western culture

Western culture of western culture is a culture that held at european countries with other
countries affected european immigrants, such as the united states, canada and
australia.Rooted in the culture of classical antiquity greco-roman attended by the
development of a culture of christian entrenched until the 14th century.A form of culture,
such as latin celtic, germanic, and the hellenic.At this moment, the influence of western
culture has grown up nearly all countries in the world.

Western culture has many relic artistic work , philosophical , literature , the law , and
tradition .The values offered from western culture that spread to various countries in various
forms of rational arguments as , enforcement of human rights ,equality , and democracy
.Western culture not only developing but the era of christianize , the development of science
and technology as well as western cultural imperialism european countries make develop and
can say that as the most dominant culture in the world .

the difference between western culture and eastern can first sighted of moral ethics , customs
and the way the resolution of problems .Western culture know moral ethics more
discretionary ,where people not ashamed kissing in public .Customs not too strong , his
influence is very weak compared the laws of the country.The completion of a problem in
western culture directly to the core main , not complicated and faster problems been
resolved .

Noted with freedom of western culture , both in style of dress or promiscuity .Everyone has
the right to express manner of dress , whether it is open or closed .They never will a garment
worn shame .Restrictions in terms of intercommunication not so tight , free sex as if not a
taboo . However, the community is known for are individualism, more self-serving.

The difference between Western and Eastern cultures also lies in the provision of facilities,
use of technology and utilization of time. Public facilities available in adequate quantities,
reach out to all elements of society. Technological advances greatly felt in some sectors.
Adherents of Western culture have principles, time is money, where time is truly appreciated.

B. Eastern culture

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Eastern culture usually refers to the social norms that apply in countries such as China, Japan,
Korea, Viet Nam, including Indonesia. Some cultural observers also enter the culture of India
as part of the Eastern culture. Eastern culture is highly influenced by religion on the
development of the first. The concept of the culture of the East until now is still in debate.
Many of the Asian community who tend to classify cultures by country than by continent or
region. According to expert opinion, the cultural separation between cultural term East and
West is actually a result of the cultural history of Europe. Along with colonialism is applied
to European countries, emerging ideas for making the entire culture of State possessions in
Asia as culturally East or oriental

East culture have moral ethics and customs more strict, but little more complicated in solving
problems .Various customs are still upheld by people even high along with state law .An
adherent of East culture a little complicated in resolving problems and closed .Was clear of
promiscuity and style of dress .An adherent of people still upholds the problem of East
cultural civility in a dress , more closed and not too open .An adherent of East culture not
fond of intercommunication too free and destructive of morale , but they belong to groups
and friendly love to work together .An adherent of East culture often absorbed by the time ,
not used well .Technological progress are a bit slow and less evenly , so also the availability
of public facilities are still limited to some of the course .

C. The Location of the cultural divide indonesia and france

A. Vacation

when western tourists visit to indonesia they generally do it today for sake being fascinated
by ancient history of the country and a lot of experience a culture that will wait them.But it
seems that the difference between tourists the east and the west more demonstrate the attitude
of the presence of us to tourism and expectations against a holiday.Tourists now toward
indonesia foreign easier than before and, when doing that, some need to understood a
tendency to prevent the possibility of a misunderstanding.Five this example written
www.tourism-review.com show contrasts that are interesting in the desire and the level of
preparation a vacation between western tourists and indonesia as well as the style of travel
selected and habits shopping.

Travel alone or in groups

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the cultural divide great between the two were who make the choice to go on vacation or not
tourism whether traveling flocking close friends and family or itself .Tourists indonesia still
considered pleasure on vacation abroad as the experience of being in other countries along
with a loved one so they can share what they learn ( which is the reason tourists indonesia
also interested in the ability to easily connected with the people in the house while it is the
hotel room ) .Western tourists on the other hand feel happier with travel alone , as personal
break in a city or backpacking tour having the character of introspective , they shall tell back
about his experiences .

Motivation

Major differences between tourists indonesia and west is an excuse for taking a vacation
.Western tourists feel it as one right , a holiday that is something they personally deserve it ,
for working so hard , tourists indonesia does not seem to feel a degree of stress of the same
or a desire to flee from everyday life and more motivated by the desire will be a different
experience who were just about to they celebrate on foreign soil .Thought as a fugitive from
the stress that negative versus positive approach indonesia for relaxation and looking for
experience may help explain the differences in culture traveling with my friends and family
and traveling alone: the difference between experience together and breaks personal self-
interested .

When indonesia prepare

tourists also seemed more relaxed when planning their vacation , generally have more
feelings pleased when at the airport and spent less time to read in places they visit than the
average person the west , is more likely to look for research and read thick books guidelines ,
about the history and culture .The casual approach this can partly because the idea that
tourists indonesia is only looking forward , culture relax with friends while more western
tourists to see it as , worthy go vacation .

A kind of travel and cultural experiences

another reason to traveled to foreign tourists for indonesia with a sense of relaxation and a
plan that limited is that while westerners quite often steeped in every aspect of travel and
prefer to fully immerse yourself in particular one city , tourists indonesia generally want to
undergo the experience of the more widely as part of a package tour planned by travel agents
.Several differences in the style of vacation is tourists west has been exploring own

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experience traveling abroad earlier while traveling abroad relatively new indonesian for
tourists .They want to learn as much as they can from the more widely through structured
program while the west to be planning more detail to break itself in something a city or
destination .

B .Laughs and humor

Humor is a gift from the creator that we ought to be thankful for. Because laugh is an activity
that can change all sense of sad and pissed into a sense of calm, relaxed and cheerful. As
quoted in Kompas (quoting Morreall) When you laugh, you intrude on the stages of relax.
Blood pressure and heart rate is down to normal, so that we feel more at ease. In addition to
this hormone also stimulates endorphin laugh, anti pain naturally produced by the brain.
Responding to this, laughing also can make us healthier. Because with a laugh we can restore
a mood or a mood. We can laugh because there is a thing that makes us funny. Humor is one
of the factors that can make us laugh.

Humor is an act which we wanna make a thing which is considered amusing by others , both
words and deeds .Humor in the form of words can be said as a joke .A joke by a person
can make himself and listeners to become more creative . Because of a joke can stimulate
work of the brain become more active . Humor will cut off mental obstacles .This will
encourage when we think in unusual see things , the statement quoted john morreall
( compass ) .The level of jocularity a joke of sorts and can be seen how high a person sense
of humor .

The Sense of Humor French

everyone certainly has a sense of humor. As well as the folks at Peracis. i believe that there
is nothing to separate them more of a sense of humor (Theodore Zeldin). From the
statement, it is evident that the French people have a sense of humor. According to Gruner
(2007) French value humour: emotional, affectionate, friendly, good natured. Therefore the
French sense of humor is more oriented towards others than on themselves. more berdifat
praise. However, sometimes in the form of ridicule and mockery. Never self-deprecating. A
form of humor that is inflating a statement. Because their language was very important to
them, they love puns. The most frequent is about as ethnic jokes about Belgium (considered
stupid), Or the people around southern france that berlogat or accented strange .So humor in
france acted more intellectual , criticize and be considered as a eulogist whizbang , because it
will be a thing great.

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The sense of humor indonesia

Different with people of indonesia . A joke in indonesia is more often to criticism .But the
sense of humor because of high , of indonesian people will always reply to the joke . As
stated soeharyo ( 2008) why am i proud to indonesia , because the people of indonesia
having the sense of humor is very high . therefore of indonesian people less respond a joke
even though it made him laugh .Because of the attitude of individualism that the current
increases .In terms of a joke people of indonesia make it , because creativity owned make
this nation is considered friendly by other nations .Because of the individualism that makes
the value of hospitality start faded .May be , foreigners feel stay in indonesia because of the
people of indonesia glad to entertain other people . Make more sense of humor in indonesia
and expanded .Because the covering a variety of things in life .Indonesians happy to discuss
issues made a joke .There is always something new about humor in indonesia .Although the
state of the nation was broke , of indonesian people always respond with laughter .

CHAPTER III
DISCUSSION

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On tuesday afternoon we went to temple pawon to search for foreign tourists ( caucasians to
be we spoke to about why he chose to indonesia as a place traveled .I 'm at a temple pawon
about 11 hours gmt , we saw around the temple pawon and at that time we see no blank who
was walking in front of a souvenir shop .Then we are planning to close to caucasians can we
spoke to .When until a souvenir shop in caucasians was stopped and asked people who are in
front of the store asked about the price of a statue .When he has been completed buy a statue
we do an interview . .

Me :Whats your name?

Frosche : my name is Frosche
Me : Where do you come from?
Frosche : i Come from france.
Me : What is your job? Can you tell me what it is like?
Frosche :Ok, so my job, i am a Photographer, I often moved into place the one to
another place because i am a photographer . I usually often shoot the scenery
Me : Did you came to Indonesia with your family or your friend?
Frosche :I came with my wife,
Me :Where did you hear about Indonesia tourism board?
Frosche :Em... really mh... i was know that Indonesia is a beautiful Country i saw a lot
of documentary on youtube, the book guides the streets and friends.
Me :Could you explain why did you chose to visit Indonesia?
Frosche : I chose indonesia because indonesia has a lot of tourist nature and culture do
not lose a very good of western countries . In indonesia the guy also make
more friendly friendly so we do well to stay herethe weather is nice.. mmm
thats why actually
Me :What do you think about Indonesia?
Frosche :Mh.. i say its beautiful and look like yeah.
Me :What do you think about Indonesian people?
Frosche :Besides those friendly in indonesia the guy also funny . They are very happy
kidding , it makes me tasteless so their own family . Here we can all get so
funny material very pleasing be here
Me :What about food, the people?
Frosche :Yeah.. the foods are really like thats often its really spicy, but i can choose
with it, its OK. So I try not to complain and eat even i crying sometimes.

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Me :What do not you like to do here?
Frosche : People here is kind of annoying sometimes because you know.. if youre
white people its like everybody wants to have some money from you, so its
like always asking where you go now, you have to go there and do that and
you know.. i like travel a lot like this and i if not to be all the time its a kind
of touring sometimes because a lot of people pretend be your friend and than
expecting some demand its not i dont the way of kindnes its not separated
from friendship its like kind meet together, you never know when you have to
pay the people, and people always nice but then behind the may be have other
also, This one i dont really like it.
Me :Do you have some advise to tourism board or our goverment ?
Frosche :i have one, in karimun jawa, its still of such a beautiful place because not a
lot of tourist, start from me,and it for like its starting to do more and more
tourist comming but i guest, i think the goverment should prevent for the
behavior of the tourist because some of just standing on tour... doing very bad
to put the rubish somewhere, so i guest the goverment has to do more
prevention for keeping the richness which is the natural rich has because if
you go to bali some of the place, you know.... all this like Indonesia now,
puttting the trash. And this is bad for tourism because when you see beach
there a plastic sheet everywhere you dont want to go back, you know... and i
know that its may be because cultural or something but the goverment want to
keep this people forming for the beautifulness of the country you have may be
to prevent and to make more money to taking back the trash and like keeping
the country side beautiful and take care of the natural because it is the first
richness of Indonesia.
Me : i think so ..
Me : okay, this is the end of our interview , before we parted lets take some
picture of usthank you very much Frosche for your time
Frosche : its oke. Goodbye

Me : have a nice day.goodbye

CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSSION

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Frosche find information on indonesia from youtube and other media, the book guides the
streets and friends, Indonesia is very famous for its natural wealth. frosche is indeed planning
on exploring asia, asia because he likes the inhabitants are friendly, very welcome/receive
tourists and not hard to travel here. frosche to Indonesia both with his wife. The thing he did
not like when in indonesia is only expect only money , these people pretend to be friends but
behind itee still want something such as money for example , frosche said probably because
he a white person. Frosche providing advice to the government to consider environmental
especially for junk, because there was no travelers who will return if such wrap it
everywhere. The government shall prevent the travellers are littering by allocating more and
to clean the dirty and ensure that there is no more littering natural beauty of indonesia, is the
main assets. And Conclusion , a sense of humor everyone different .So it is with people from
indonesia and france that is different from all elements in .The french prefer praise , criticize
and mocking others .They are very very proud of his own language .Made them always
mambuat a joke outside the context of himself . But the country as a joke that is made is
always informed of various things .Ranging from daily life , political , peminpin performance
, and other one . Either while the state of sad or upset .The difference a sense of humor
among nations would not automatically we thought negative .However make us understand
will be a state of being or culture of the nation .

REFFERENCES
Soeharyo, A. 2008. 10 alasan mengapa saya bangga menjadi Indonesia. [online] tersedia
http:/http://www.antonsoeharyo.com [21 November 2008]

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http://www.uderstandfrance.org Apakah ada Humor Perancis?

kompas.co.id

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