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A tradition can be the best thing ever or a horrible thing. People all over the world have tradition‚ even you. Nevertheless‚ in the Lottery‚ the village has a tradition that they do every year. Their tradition is killing one person per year. The village thinks that by killing one person would give them more corn to survive. The gathering starts on June 26th and finishes on the 27th.The village gathers by the square.The square is between the post office and the bank. When everyone is there‚ the
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rejected toy and forget about it? Today‚ the cultures and traditions of our people still play a big role in our society. Cultures and traditions are still important because they hold many history‚ defines our individuality‚ and it’s something for you and others to discover and enjoy. Cultures and traditions have a lot of history. They are passed down through generations; years of knowledge and beliefs are accumulated all into one culture or tradition. They originate and our developed by different kinds
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and my family. As a Hispanic‚ I get to carry out and pass down all the culture and traditions that come with it. Hispanic culture has been described as bright‚ vibrant‚ and exceptionally family-oriented. I didn’t grow up speaking Spanish‚ even though‚ majority of my family knows Spanish just as they do English. My experience with being Hispanic was never defined by the language. I undertake different traditions throughout the year. Whether it be setting up farolitos and
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cultural values of the past. However‚ for T.S. Eliot‚ modernity had ruptured its connection to a more vital past and was as a result impoverished. History is instead characterized by regression and ruptures. In his essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” his idea of tradition shows retrogression instead of progression. Eliot argues that “the whole literature of Europe from Homer” (49) is an archive of works affecting authors in the present moment and is in turn influenced by those authors in the
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Elements of Religious Tradition REL/134 World Religious Traditions II November 26‚ 2012 Elements of Religious Tradition There are hundreds of religions and belief systems around the world which have their own sets of traditions and practices. These traditions and practices are used by their followers to describe and encourage a relationship with the divine and also sacred time. Also depending on if the religion or belief system identifies with a deity or nature these traditions also describe their
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Family tradition and cultural legacies contribute to inhibit to an individual self-identity in many ways that would last a life time. A person’s way of living and how they present themselves‚ comes from the culture that was instill in the soul from youth. Even the choices of food we may eat or the beliefs we may have with religion all comes from our family tradition. An individual who comes from a respectable and strong background of their culture are more likely to want to past their cultural
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Literary Tradition and Chaucer. Geoffery Chaucer is known as the "Father of English literature" and is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s cornerof Westminister Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis‚ Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat‚ courtier
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Tradition is the collective wisdom and modes of behavior of the ancestor’s cherished and ritualistical iy observed by the present generations. Tradition is also belittled occasionally when it is seen to sanction or promote unscientific and superstitious conduct and beliefs. Modernity as opposed to tradition refers to an outlook that is generally future oriented and forward looking. Modernity rests on a rational interpretation of religious‚ social and economic institutions and phenomena. Modernity
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Elements of Religious Traditions There are many religious traditions through the world today. Many components make up these traditions. Religious traditions are made of what the tradition says in its teachings‚ texts‚ doctrine‚ stories‚ myths and many others. Religious traditions also include what the tradition does through worship‚ prayer‚ pilgrimage‚ and rituals. Each religion along with the traditions it has will also have a place to organize leadership and communicate relationships among members
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