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Secondly, the definition of cultural patterns by Strodtbeck and other anthropologists have
introduced five questions which determine value orientations with cultures.
For example,
answering the first question by Strodtbeck where he inquiries on the character of human nature,
Bengalis believe human is greedy, romantic, ego-centric, slanderer and traitor. Since we have the
history of infidelity during Mughal Empire and so the fall of the empire held in Bengal. The
second question was about human beings subject to nature. In the point of view of Bengalis,
nature is beyond the control of human being. As Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are the three
main religions in Bengal region, naturally the belief goes to birth, death and a life-cycle that is
controlled transcendentally (more exactly by the creator of nature). Bengalis also believe nature
is for human pleasure and protection from natural disasters. Furthermore, according to the third
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