7 patterns of culture in Switzerland

1. 7 patterns of culture in Switzerland

2. Swiss Economics • Switzerland is a very economic healthy country. They have a GDP of $324,500,000,000 (USD). • Population below poverty line is 6%, and a unemployment rate of 3.90%. • The biggest industries are machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, and precision instruments. • The agriculture products include grains, fruits, vegetables, meat, and eggs.

3. Swiss Politics • The politics of Switzerland take place in the framework of a multi-party federal parliamentary democratic republic, whereby the Federal Council of Switzerland is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government and the federal administration and is not concentrated in any one person. Switzerland has a stable government. Most voters support the current government in its philosophy of armed neutrality underlying its foreign and defence policies. • The governing party in Switzerland for 2011 are the Swiss People's Party, They won with 26% of the votes followed by the Social Democratic party at 18.7%.

4. Swiss Religion • Switzerland is a Christian country. The preamble to the Constitution ends with the words, “In the name of Almighty God.” Church spires are landmarks in towns and villages across the country. • Many Swiss holidays and celebrations have religious origins. • Switzerland has a large population of Amish people. Amish people believe in simple living, and dress very plainly as if they are still living in the 1800s

5. Swiss Kinship • In Switzerland the families are small, usually 2-3 kids. The parents in the families assist their kids financially until they finish their studies. • When a child looses a tooth the parent tell them to put the tooth under their pillow and a little mouse comes takes their tooth and leaves a coin for the child.

6. Swiss Recreation • In Switzerland one of the main leisure activities is hiking, not to mention they have over 50,000 kilometres of paths to hike on. • Schwingen is a type of Swiss wrestling. The wrestlers wear special pants. Each wrestler grabs the waistband of his opponent with his right hand and a band on his opponent's leg with his left hand. Then he tries to lift his opponent, throw him down and hold his back to the ground. When a wrestler loses both hand holds and when his shoulder blades touch the ground, he is defeated.

7. Swiss Artistics • Religious and folk music dominated the country until the 17th century, with growth in production of other kinds of music occurring slowly. Now in modern times many Swiss teens enjoy listening to “celtic metal”. • The Lion, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution.

8. Swiss Education • The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons. • The minimum age for primary school is about six years in all cantons but Obwalden, where it is five years and three months. After primary schools, the pupils split up according their abilities and intentions of career paths. Roughly 20% of all students attend secondary schools, normally after 12 school years in total to the federal recognized mature which grants access to all universities. The other students split in two or more school-types (depends on the canton) differing in the balance of theoretical and practical education. It is obligatory for all children to visit school for at least 9 years.