Friendships from diffrent cultures

Life is like a journey.As we are going on our trip, we can meet thousands of travelers and they may come from different cultures or different values. For instance, Japanese people would like to bow to each other which means polite and friendly when Japanese people meet a first time. Likewise, Korean people must bow to their elders. Especially, when Koreans meet each other, they must say “hello” slowly and not too fast. As a Chinese like me, we definitely have different cultures and values from other countries. Specifically，I have a friend who’s name is Togrhol and he comes from Turkey. Even though we have different cultures and different values, we can share a good friendship. However, by showing respect, giving help and being modest so that Togrhol and I can have the ability to fit each other’s religions and different values of art, we can have a good friendship.To be respectful to my Turkish friend Togrhol is a wise way to make a contribution to our friendship. Despite the fact that the Turkish people are religious and most of them believe in Islam, most of the Chinese people are free. Togrhol is a Muslim so he celebrates Lesser Bairam which is a one-month-festival for Muslims. During the ceremony month, he only can eat at home when the sun goes down. Once upon a time, at school I asked him to eat together for lunch, however Togrhol rejected me and told me about the story of Lesser Bairam. At that time I was very shocked and felt awkward. Due to the fact that Chinese people always like to hang out with friends to go for lunch at school or at work, because we think we can enjoy our lunch with friends to develop our friendship.In order to respect Togrhol religion, I said ”Hey dude, I can understand you.We can still have a good meal when the sun goes down!” My friend smiled and said:”Thank you for your respect and I would like to share all my happiness with you because you understand me!”At last, we had a good dinner on that day after the sun went down.From now on, we respect each other more and communicate closely and it also helps us to develop our friendship because we feel familiar with each other and comfortable when we meet respectfully. In addition, it is important to show a respectful heart to the people who have different values from me such as my friend Togrhol has religions to believe , it will get a positive way to help my friendship grow.