When most people think about culture they think about a tradition or a ritual. I'm my book Take the Connoli, Sarah had a ritual of always going out of town and visiting places that she may or my not have every been. Do you consider going different places a ritual or a tradition? And also think back way back to when your "Culture" first began do you think you would be able to have lived in that generation of the beginning of your new founded culture? Explain! :)
I dont think traveling could be a tradition but it could be a ritual. if your family takes trips all of the time or once a year visit somewhere old or new it could be.
ReplyDeleteAnd if i could change one thing about my Culture it would probably be not meeting all of the people that started it. Like if i was alive when this all started i would of made sure that my family knew who everyone was and that we all stayed connected.
I do consider going on vacation a tradition. Ever since i was little me and my cousins always went on vacation together. We mainly go to California or Arizona but that's where most of my family lives. Being together with my family is part of my culture and when all get together unifies us together. Assyrians have been through a lot of stuff and we may live at all parts of the world but we come together united. Every year my family goes on vacation together. We go to Ohio on the 4th of July every year to visit my uncles family. We always go on vacation and it brings us closer to each other because we have these fun memories and experiences.
ReplyDeletei do consider traveling a tradition... i put this in my paper today because we know that Sarah travels a lot, well so does my family. i feel like its a tradition to some families that go once a year. my family takes a trip to Florida every year, and it used to be every Thanksgiving but now we cant really do that anymore because school limited thanksgiving break to only 4 days instead of a full week. but yes i think it is a tradition. my family still tries to take big vacations. i have personally been to a lot of places, and it has been a really fun tradition.
ReplyDeleteI dont think i would be able to love in my culture because knowing what i know about the way of life for my ancestors we're wouldn't be a good thing to live:) sorr i dont really know what to write!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteI consider visiting other places as a tradition. Rather then it being a ritual because usually on a cartoon show or even in our household the parents would tell their children lets go and camp outside its our family "tradition". Instead of them saying a family ritual...I actually don't believe that i could have lived back in the beginning generation. I'm way to modern now and elite for those people i would probably try to make all the inventions that i know of now and become rich off it and give everybody my knowledge of education.
ReplyDeleteTraveling could most definitely be a tradition. You could have a very versatile family that likes to experience things that don't fit their social norm. They go off and flood themselves with new traditions and food! :)
ReplyDelete@Mike I am pretty sure your dance knowledge that you have can really help them out and they can teach you things that you might of never seen! I think you would live back in that generation incredibly with your humor and your art in dance!
ReplyDeleteEver since I was a little girl, every year in December we would go to Mexico. During Christmas time, my family and I thought it was always a great idea to get out of the city and go back to our cultural place. I would kind of call that a tradition, only because we did it every year.
ReplyDeleteRecently, we changed that tradition up a bit. Now, for the past four years, we spend one Christmas either in Florida or New York. It's different to see how American culture differs from Mexican culture during Christmas time. Usually around Christmas time in Mexico, the neighborhood walks to each others houses and pray. We call these "Posadas." In American culture, you usually don't do this.
@Amanda- I agree with you 100%. You have valid reasons and examples. I love it!
ReplyDeleteps, What exactly have Assyrians gone through? Sorry, I'm not informed :(
Well the earliest I can go back in my generation starts with my great great grandma. My great grandma told me that she was a Caucasian women who moved from Canada to Louisiana. I'm not to sure of the year but I believe it was in 1906. Then years later she married and had children in 1922 and up. To be honest I wouldn't have made it during 1906 in Louisiana. I couldn't even imagine what she went through considering she was in a interracial relationship. Maybe if there wasn't so much hate going on during that time I would.
ReplyDelete@marylin I like how you go to Mexico and other places. Its good to keep your tradition and go to other places and see what its like over there. I love Mexico during christmas
ReplyDelete@Britney, think about it ... if you go to the same place every year around the exact same time, whether it's your family or friends, you normally would call this a tradition due to the fact that you do it all the time.
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ReplyDelete@Mike I agree with you. Our ancestors didn't have the best hand dealt to them back in the day. To many whips, chains, and hate come with their past. I much rather hear about it then experience it.
ReplyDelete@ Miguel, "They go off and flood themselves with new traditions and food! :) "
ReplyDeleteMexican food in the U.S DOES NOT compare to original MEXICAN food made in Mexico. (if that made any sense)
One of the reasons i love to travel to Mexico is for the delicious food! (:
@Miguel i most def agree now! like i didn't think about what you would be doing while your traveling i just thought about leaving to go out of town then what lol
ReplyDeleteAt least once a year my family would get together and buy basically a dead pig and we'd cook it, but not the whole pig like a luau. My grandma would cut up the pig by seperately like remove the head, feet and stuff. After all of that is prepared my grandpa would season the meat and place it in this big pot outside with a fire underneath and let it cook. We usually start in the morning around 9am because it takes around 5-6 hours to cook. When its done around 1pm-2pm we eat it into tacos, or by itself with rice and beans on the side, or other side dishes. We do this once a year before summer ends because its a long process, and we have to pick a day were everyone is off of work and school because in the imidate family there is around 50 of us. This would relate to how my grandparents grew up cooking their food fresh daily and even though its a long process I dont mind the wait.
ReplyDeleteBrandon-thanks that was nice of you.
ReplyDeleteAmanda. i agree with the vacations bring families together. they are a lot of fun to. all the family memories. it is a really cool fun experience.
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