Essays on Tradition Page 2

Many contemporary foraging groups, including the !Kung and other Bushman tribes, are often seen as “primitive” and considered the last representatives of the Stone Age. However, while they do possess a culture similar to what we perceive as primitive, comparing them to people from the past is inaccurate due to various factors such as the…

The short story “Tanjong Rhu” by Minfong Ho, an ASEAN author, delves into the contrasting elements of traditional and modern Singaporean Chinese culture. Taking place in Tanjong Rhu, a well-known port in Singapore, the protagonist’s early life unfolds. The narrative primarily focuses on the juxtaposition between age-old customs like ancestor worship and contemporary modes of…

The architecture of a state acts like a mirror for understanding the manner of life and besides the developments of the topographic point that have led to the creative activity of the state as it looks today. The architecture of a state gives an penetration into a state ‘s developments over the old ages. Many…

The 1920s was a decade of tremendous tension between forces of tradition and modernity, and with it came a difficult struggle for Americans between modernization and “traditional” values. Women began moving up in the world, bad habits started to form, and a more organized sense of racism was building. Americans started to establish a constant…

It is difficult to hold on to traditions over time. Change in cultural traditions is inevitable. However, because traditions define a people at a given time and place, learning about them is both interesting and necessary. Since many Palestinian traditions may not be practiced anymore, it is important to remember them and record them for…

Courtship is still one being strictly practiced between Filipino families. Carry out by the male, who is the suitor, visiting the home of the female. But in these previews generation of today new ways are being brought up. Is it still ideal to practice this traditional long process of courtship? Or it is more preferable…

The short story “A Rose For Emily” written by William Faulkner is a tale about an old woman named Emily living in the town of Jefferson. “A Rose For Emily” illustrates the theme of decay in the town, the house, and in Miss Emily herself. Set in the early 1900’s, the story opens with the…

Like other aspects of human appearance, clothes have various cultural and sociological implications. Wearing specific kinds of clothing, or even the manner by which they are worn can convey a lot of things about its wearer—it can spell the differences between classes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes. In many parts of the world, traditional clothes declare…

This study is aimed at analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of following traditional soaking up costing or ABC in a chosen medium sized company of which I have been late appointed a junior helper direction place and supplies services to authorities organic structures. On this note I would be expected to place with account which…

The Mbaino tribe in Things Fall Apart practice many traditions that the Western culture would deem superstitious. The Western religion allows for the Christian ideals to prove many of the native traditions superfluous when infiltrating the native’s land during colonization. This disassembling of traditions is introduced by Christianity’s unshakeable stance that native deities have no…