In India, Baruas have accepted local Indian culture, yet maintain their old traditional religion.
Apparently the sin of the parents was, as first-generation immigrant Jews, to accept American culture wholeheartedly.
"I mean there is just no doubt in my mind that the lifestyle here accepts culture much more readily than even southern California."
So while accepting new culture, Japanese people feel a sense of duty to keep such traditions alive.
On the closing night of the play, Wittman gives a monologue that establishes he has accepted his ancestry and culture.
The portraits, then, are apparently of people who accepted Roman rule, Greek culture and Egyptian religion.
For the majority of people, it is hard to accept Japanese popular culture.
Though America is a notoriously closed society when it comes to accepting pop culture rooted in other countries, the odds can be overcome.
Also, she made a lot of effort to accept advanced culture of ancient China by sending international students and monks.