Introduction In many fields of contemporary studies, be it anthropology, history, sociology or psychology, ''culture'' is a term that is very often used. The term had already been included in an English Dictionary during the 1920s (Kroeberg, 1949), but Taylor (1871), who had used it in the field of anthropology, defined it as, "that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, laws, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.'' This definition gave a more immaterial meaning to the word ''culture'' as compared to the previously utilitarian meaning which had been attached to it. The difference between material and the non-material aspect of culture has also been mentioned by sociologists Max Weber, MacIver and RK Merton, which has become more or less accepted as what differentiates culture from other concepts such as civilisation. Others have given alternate definitions of culture such as Linton''s (1936), which defines it ''th