And those who write dictionaries too:This thread is doomed by the two very different meanings of the word "culture". Posters are already comparing apples with oranges.
"Culture" to those from Europe popularly means things which are "cultured" like the items which Hiram listed in his OP.
"Culture" to sociologists and anthropologists means (more or less) the way people live, regardless of their social position or educational status.
Those from countries and classes which are seriously deficient in items from the first category tend to use the latter definition, either through unawareness or an inferiority complex.
Culture
a : the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations
b : the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time (popular culture, southern culture)
So in short, the OP would be wrong on both accounts.