My culture was half inspired by the traditional/cultural dresses (ao dai) from Vietnam and the US flag from the USA. The bamboo pattern was inspired by a simple ao dai dress pattern to which I used for my pattern because in Vietnam, there's a lot of things like hats, mats, furniture based products made out of bamboo. The American part of my cultural pattern was inspired from a very special and annual celebration on the 4th of July. The 4th of July is whenever citizens/individuals come together and celebrate the day America was free from the British colony. And on that dat, there's a lot of fireworks, parties, red, white, and blue, and especially a lot of flags form the USA. Stars and stripes are important to the USA flag, so since I'm half vietnamese and half American, I used a little bit of both in my pattern design.