What is culture

What is culture? What is the difference between the culture and the community we grew up in? why do cultures vary so greatly? I think that culture is the traditions, religion, customs and food that helped shape you into the person you are today. Sure these are all a part of a community, but a community may be made up of several different cultures. I think that culture goes beyond heritage, and where your family originated, but uses the things learned from the past combined with where you are today. As the entire world progresses in terms of technology, and the ability to travel around the globe, our cultures are changing. They are being more and more influenced by the cultures of people around the world, as well as things that were once non-existent. Cultures of the past and present are influenced by the natural geography, and the man made things all around us as well as technology and people. Each of these things changes the customs and traditions of different people groups around the world.