Cultures are not set in stone or inanimate. They evolve and change over time, as does one’s perception of them. Changing perspective can help you understand how one thing might seem like another. For instance, looking at a pile of earth from far away you can only see a dark, unmoving shape, and when looking at the pile more closely, you might see that it is a termite mount full of life. The same principle applies to a method of cultural understanding called ‘zooming’.
Considering culture, the closer you zoom into it, the more you notice interconnections, networks, and details. For instance, you will recognise that certain communities might have their own culture, e.g. ways of communicating, clothing style, or words/terminology in their everyday language. The more you zoom out, you will see that these communities, though different from one another in many ways, might still share many similarities, such as formal language, ethnicity, concept of time, etc.