The concept of national culture is highly complex and interesting, being able to relate not only to political but also social, cultural, historical and anthropological aspects of a community. The question of national culture has to do with the creation of an identity and a feeling of belonging that unites all the members of a society based on certain easily recognizable symbols or elements.
The question of the nation, national culture and national identity is a fairly recent phenomenon if we take into account that the concept of nation as we understand it today arose in the nineteenth century. In this sense, it would not be until after the French Revolution that the territories of the world began to have that notion of a superior entity to which all the members of the community are united and which is represented by endless symbols, formulas, traditions and ways of thinking.
The national culture is then the framework in which all these representations are present, whether they are concrete (such as a typical food of a region) or abstract (such as the will to defend the nation and the homeland in any circumstance) . The national culture of each territory is clearly particular and unique, not being able to find two types of equal national cultures, although some, for reasons of proximity or history, share certain elements in common. At the same time, the national cultures of some regions may be the result of a combination of different national identities that have overlapped over time and which then become even more unique and special (for example, the case of the American countries that had an important pre-Columbian culture that would later be combined with the European contribution and later with the American culture, as happens with Mexico).
In many aspects, national culture is organized in a clear and explicit way (as can happen with common and public celebrations, with educational systems, etc.), but it can also occur spontaneously and implicitly, without the specific intervention of any actor. act to shape it according to their interests.
