Traditions are part of a culture and if the culture changes then the traditions changes as well as for whether they are destroyed that depends on what happens in time due to the change of the culture and the effect it has on the people. I think that tradition always crumbles away into nothingness due to the invasion by other cultures and world views that are not of the same culture. The Sawi were initially not cannibals but they took that view and added it to their culture and made it part of their culture.
If culture is not fixed and it is forever changing and merging is it still 
considered the culture because it is continuing on among people? 
I started reading the book that we were assigned to read over the Winter break 'Silence by Endo Shusaku' and I was reading the Translators preface in the middle on page xv he put in a translation of the speech made by Endo Shusaku and a part of that stood out and reminded me of this question that I was going to answer.
“Japan is a swamp because it sucks up all sorts of ideologies, transforming them into itself and distorting them in the process” is culture not that same. Taking parts from here and there are making it part of itself always changing (even though it should not) and somehow still remaining the same. For example: look at Christmas it was never celebrated all over the world now however it is celebrated almost all over the world in different ways and in some places it has become part of the culture and some people consider it a tradition to do certain things during that time. (http://members.tripod.com/~artworkinparis/ChristmasWorld.html)
I think that tradition is destroyed as when it spreads and changes its meaning changes along with it. Since it is the winter holidays here is another example: Christmas is all about the birth of the Christ the way, the truth and the life but somewhere along the way it merged in with the celebrating of Saint Nicholas and its true meaning has changed. Now wherever you go you will see Santa Clause along with a Christmas celebration but was he ever the main reason Christmas was celebrated in the first place? Obviously, the answer is no. I refer to the same interview with Endo Shusaku again and here is an extract that explains what I think “It is the spider’s web that destroys the butterfly, leaving only the ugly skeleton.”
Traditions are destroyed at least the original tradition is destroyed. As the tradition changes and the meaning changes along with that and that is the tradition being destroyed.
Just before I was planning to post this I decided I would go and get myself chocolate milk and as I was on the way back I saw this thing that my father was watching on the television. It was CNN and they were showing how the erosion in Alaska would affect the natives. One man said that he felt really bad as they would loose their village and it would be a loss of culture. They would be away from the snow and the place they used to live in dues to global warming. “These once-nomadic people can no longer pack up and go.”They loose their culture and after a while they will loose their traditions as well.
considered the culture because it is continuing on among people? 
I started reading the book that we were assigned to read over the Winter break 'Silence by Endo Shusaku' and I was reading the Translators preface in the middle on page xv he put in a translation of the speech made by Endo Shusaku and a part of that stood out and reminded me of this question that I was going to answer.
“Japan is a swamp because it sucks up all sorts of ideologies, transforming them into itself and distorting them in the process” is culture not that same. Taking parts from here and there are making it part of itself always changing (even though it should not) and somehow still remaining the same. For example: look at Christmas it was never celebrated all over the world now however it is celebrated almost all over the world in different ways and in some places it has become part of the culture and some people consider it a tradition to do certain things during that time. (http://members.tripod.com/~artworkinparis/ChristmasWorld.html)
I think that tradition is destroyed as when it spreads and changes its meaning changes along with it. Since it is the winter holidays here is another example: Christmas is all about the birth of the Christ the way, the truth and the life but somewhere along the way it merged in with the celebrating of Saint Nicholas and its true meaning has changed. Now wherever you go you will see Santa Clause along with a Christmas celebration but was he ever the main reason Christmas was celebrated in the first place? Obviously, the answer is no. I refer to the same interview with Endo Shusaku again and here is an extract that explains what I think “It is the spider’s web that destroys the butterfly, leaving only the ugly skeleton.”
Traditions are destroyed at least the original tradition is destroyed. As the tradition changes and the meaning changes along with that and that is the tradition being destroyed.
Just before I was planning to post this I decided I would go and get myself chocolate milk and as I was on the way back I saw this thing that my father was watching on the television. It was CNN and they were showing how the erosion in Alaska would affect the natives. One man said that he felt really bad as they would loose their village and it would be a loss of culture. They would be away from the snow and the place they used to live in dues to global warming. “These once-nomadic people can no longer pack up and go.”They loose their culture and after a while they will loose their traditions as well.
Another example:
“The Last Jews of Libya documents the final decades of a centuries-old Sephardic Jewish community through the lives of one remarkable family. At the end of WWII, 36,000 Jews lived in Libya, but not a single one remains today.”
“The Last Jews of Libya documents the final decades of a centuries-old Sephardic Jewish community through the lives of one remarkable family. At the end of WWII, 36,000 Jews lived in Libya, but not a single one remains today.”
Citations:
Last example :http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16658165
Alaska erosion : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR2006122901904.html
pictures from:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_sign_merging.svghttp://www.temple-emanuel.com/community/sisterhood/
1 comment:
Superb post. I really think you have developed a great voice. You command the readers attention and then keep them engaged. Well done. Mrs.Mc.
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