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I had a similar problem with my book, since it was aimed mainly for Portuguese speakers but the two main Portuguese speaking countries - Brazil and Portugal - have really different cultural scenes and even the language is somewhat different.
In some cases, I had to use footnotes and explain outside of the narrative what somethings were. At other points, my ...
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If these are insignificant details, footnotes or mentions by characters are okay.
If these are more central to the story but not likely to be widely known, a cabbagehead may ask for detailed information.
If it's central to the story, the culture and all characters, something quite a bit too common for a cabbagehead to ask, or too broad to answer, write a ...
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If you want to appeal to an universal audience, you should talk about universal problems. You can use footnotes and very detailed descriptions but if the readers don't relate to them (because they don't identify with your culture) then it's probable that they won't find any appeal in your story.
Regarding your case, I think the concept of dreams as ...
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