Essays on Tradition

Luksuhay and Bato – Lata, a term from Eastern Samar, It is commonly known as Luksong tinik (jump over the thorns) and Tumbang preso (knock down prisoner) which started during the Spanish Items somewhere in Tagalog regions and spread out all over the Philippines and...

Since the ancient times being a woman has never been an easy sailing thing smooth flowing task. Women are raised to be wives they are constantly told that they can have ambition but not too much. Traditional values and cultural practices work more for the...

Jamaican food has a distinctive genealogy. It is a mixture of African, European, Chinese, and Indian cuisines. The typical Jamaican diet is based on locally grown foods such as yams, sweet potatoes, bread fruit, bananas, coconuts, and pineapples. Common foods: Ackee and sal fish is...

According to Navas et al (2005), the acculturation concept started to be used by American social anthropologists towards the end of the 19th century. Its wide application to the study of social changes and cultural contacts between different communities (for example, peasants, native communities, etc....

From the announcement of the opening of the States General, the desire to change the Nation emanated from all walks of life and we were apprehensive with anxiety or enthusiasm for this moment. Already, a strong political impetus traversed the country, Louis XVI and Necker...

The longest month of the year is always a bittersweet time. The day I came into the world was so cold the pipes of the house froze and the air outside was chilled and thick. The winter frosting covered the trees and coated the grown...

Values are relatives to cultures. Different cultures have different values. It is provincial to deny this. Values are related to how different cultures act on the way they do. It became the basic norms that cultures depend on. If you possess values, automatically you own...