Ukrainian Way Of Life And Ukrainian Traditions
UKRAINIAN WAY OF LIFE AND UKRAINIAN TRADITIONS. DISCUSS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE TRADITIONS OF YOUR MOTHERLAND.
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Garvey
Why the people in different corners of the Earth are so unlike to each other? What role does origin play in our life? And what is national mentality? The answer to all these questions is hidden deep in centuries of national history and culture and we will try to find it there.
To those people who are familiar with archeology it is a well-known fact that people produced their own unique features of every tribe in the early Paleolithic period. All primeval tribes differ according to territorial disposition, because this disposition predetermines their pace in all spheres of life. Their occupation defines the main activity of the tribe; husbandry or cattle-breeding, hunting or fishing – all these activities are caused by geographical position. The main activity of the tribe influenced their beliefs: the huntsman and fisherman tribes raised shamanic and totemic cults, drawing their own origin from animals; the cattleman and farmers developed the pantheons which personified the powers of nature, so-called cults of Mother-Nature. It is like different links of one chain, one feature generates the other with which it is closely connected. These examples could be continued ad infinitum. The main purpose of them is to show us how colossal the hierarchy of reasons is, that, like the snowball, rolled up during the centuries and transformed the tribes into the nations with the unique cultures different from each other.
On returning from the depth of ages to our days and our country, let us consider what makes the Ukrainians unlike
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Garvey
Why the people in different corners of the Earth are so unlike to each other? What role does origin play in our life? And what is national mentality? The answer to all these questions is hidden deep in centuries of national history and culture and we will try to find it there.
To those people who are familiar with archeology it is a well-known fact that people produced their own unique features of every tribe in the early Paleolithic period. All primeval tribes differ according to territorial disposition, because this disposition predetermines their pace in all spheres of life. Their occupation defines the main activity of the tribe; husbandry or cattle-breeding, hunting or fishing – all these activities are caused by geographical position. The main activity of the tribe influenced their beliefs: the huntsman and fisherman tribes raised shamanic and totemic cults, drawing their own origin from animals; the cattleman and farmers developed the pantheons which personified the powers of nature, so-called cults of Mother-Nature. It is like different links of one chain, one feature generates the other with which it is closely connected. These examples could be continued ad infinitum. The main purpose of them is to show us how colossal the hierarchy of reasons is, that, like the snowball, rolled up during the centuries and transformed the tribes into the nations with the unique cultures different from each other.
On returning from the depth of ages to our days and our country, let us consider what makes the Ukrainians unlike