Exotics is what tourists look for whencome to another country. Vacation is a time when a person leaves the familiar surroundings and embarks on a quest for adventure, albeit not extreme, but everyday and completely ordinary. Today let's talk about the essence of the concept of "exotic".
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Dictionary does not leave us in the middlelinguistic sea alone and throws a life preserver. The source states the following definition: “Exotics are objects and phenomena characteristic of some locality and unusual for someone who perceives them.”
Thus, when Russian tourists go toTurkey, they are looking for new experiences and exotics, but Turkey and Egypt, it seems, have already become a summer house for all our vacationers, they already feel at home there. Another thing - Nepal or Tibet. The thirst for the unusual, the unknown, and the unknowable drives people beyond the ordinary.
Being a guest is good, but being at home is better
With all the love of outlandish people can notexist for a long time in an unfamiliar environment. For example, all Europeans are attracted to Asia, its traditions and foundations. But at that time not every Englishman, Frenchman, or even Russian could settle in Japan or China. Because there is a completely different way of life. And to go on vacation there is always a welcome.
As a response courtesy, the Japanese travel a lot around the world too, which tourist group rarely does without compatriots Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
In fact, exotic is not only a wayTo distract from familiar surroundings, to leave from relatives, friends away for some time, it is also a way to realize how good is at home, especially if the vacation was long (two weeks would be enough). If the reader was not in Japan or Nepal, then he can check the veracity of our words on a household example. When a person returns from a guest, he feels like a good home after all. And it doesn’t matter where the man or woman was: in the next house or in a foreign country on another continent, the feelings are always the same: it's nice to be back home and have a little rest from vacation and new impressions.
Russia is a hospitable country
In Soviet times, meet on the streets of RussianThe cities of Cameroonian or Nigerian were the whole event, especially true for the province. In general, foreigners for a long time in Russia were perceived as a curiosity. And they looked at the American, European or African equally surprised.
Everything has changed only recently.Foreigners in Russia have ceased to be exotic. This is not surprising, given the fact that we now have in Moscow and St. Petersburg the reception conditions for citizens of other states. We also become less fearful and get used to living in an international world. Especially since Russia has always been hospitable.
Still, for example, 20 years ago the word"Afro-Russian" would cause a smile, and now it is a reality. Many African students of noble and not very descent come to Russia in search of a better life. They cannot resist the magical-magnetic charm of Russian women and remain here forever. And the children from such marriages speak Russian better than French.
Jack London in Martin Iden wrote thatAmerica is a huge cauldron where cultural traditions, foundations, nationalities are melted. So, it can be said that Russia in this sense will not yield to America. Our country is also able to domesticate any unusual and unusual, which as a result will cease to be exotic. The meaning of the word mentioned last is not difficult for the reader, since we have already considered it. Our task is complete.
