Essays on Tradition

All humans are genetically similar regarding the fact that we are all Homo sapiens sapiens. However, it is argued that humans are ‘blank slates’ at birth, with no instinctual inheritance. Therefore, our characteristics are established through culture, which is the composite system of behavior and...

Tradition and culture, two aspects that make a person unique, what would happen to that person if they stopped believing their own tradition and culture? Chinua Achebe the author of Things Fall Apart (1953), is a very traditional man who feels that his roots and...

We were up before the sun was even set high up in the sky it was pitch black, hearing the roosters say, “Cock-a-doodle-do” as I feel the cold breeze hitting the back of my neck sending a chill up my spine. Mom, dad, Lj and...

In the Ethnography: Wisdom from a Rainforest, by Stuart A. Schlegel, he described a large number of cultural practices. He went from describing the time when the whole Figel community got together to plant rice seeds to giving a short speech to the spirits when...

Parenting is becoming challenging in the age of globalization, where there is an onslaught of cultural and social content from all over the world thanks to mass media. The problem here is that this is too often in conflict with our indigenous cultural values and...

Growing up in Nigeria, I have had the pleasure of attending quite few wedding during my time there and the multi-tribal nature of Nigeria makes weddings more interesting and unique. Nigeria, a nation blessed with different cultural groups, but the Igbo, Hausa and the Yoruba...

Tradition can be understood as the handing down of local knowledge, statements, practices, beliefs, legends, customs, information, from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice, or something that is handed down, a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting. It...

Spanish carnivals take place in every city, town and village throughout Spain at some point during the year and for many travelers is one of the top reasons for visiting Spain. Traditionally, most holidays in Spain have been religious in origin. At the national level...

We chose breakfast as our aspect of culture for this project because it may not seem like an interesting topic from the surface, but becomes one as your research increases. It’s known as the most important meal of the day, after all. Every breakfast has...

‘The God of Small Things’ is a semi-autobiographical novel, a debut novel and only novel written the by the popular Indian author- activists, Arundhati Roy. The novel is centered on the twins Rahel and Esthappen, who part in their youth and united later in their...