ENCULTURATION VS ACCULTUARTION

🌍 Enculturation vs Acculturation

Enculturation is the process of learning one's own culture through natural social interactions from birth.
Acculturation is the process of learning or adapting to a new or different culture due to exposure or migration.

🧾 Key Differences

Aspect	Enculturation	Acculturation
🔍 Meaning	Learning your own culture	Adapting to a new or foreign culture
🧠 How	Through family, school, media	Through migration, interaction with other cultures
⏳ When	Starts from childhood	Occurs after exposure to new culture
🎯 Purpose	To function in one’s own society	To adjust to a new environment
🌐 Result	Maintains cultural identity	May lead to blending or loss of culture

🎯 Real-Life Examples

A child in Odisha learns to touch elders' feet and speak Odia — Enculturation.

An Indian student moves to Canada and starts saying "Hi" instead of "Namaste" — Acculturation.

Celebrating Holi every year with family — Enculturation.

A foreigner starts celebrating Diwali after marrying into an Indian family — Acculturation.

🏫 In Education

Teachers help in Enculturation by promoting local values, customs, and traditions.

Acculturation is common in multicultural classrooms where students from different cultures adapt to one another’s customs.

🧠 Simple Summary:
✅ Enculturation: “I learn my culture because I was born into it.”
✅ Acculturation: “I learn a new culture because I moved or was exposed to it.”