Traditions

sides of life. One of the most important traits about Armenia is the culture. The many traditions and rituals that they have. Traditions are all over the world and have been around for many years. Everyone and everywhere do people celebrate their traditions differently but all of them include more than one person, all of them are supposed to be happy and joyful. Traditions are meant for people to reunite. The traditions I will be talking about that occur in Armenia have been around for quite a…

system, traditions, and rituals. Hindus believe in Brahman which is the ultimate truth in the universe. Everything in the universe including the deities are part of the manifestation of Brahman. Therefore, each devotional groups believe their deity as Brahman, the supreme…

paradoxical effect on the culture of a location or event, by promoting as well as undermining local differences, traditions and culture(Gotham, 2005). One effect of globalised tourism is the substitution of a real authenticity with a staged authenticity, in which a local culture or tradition become simulated for tourist consumption(MacCannel, 1973; 1992; Cohen, 1988). One such simulated tradition…

In our society today, when we think of the word “lottery”, we often associate it with the very slim chance of winning a large sum of money, but however slim that chance is, the “lottery” is associated with something good in our society today. However, in the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, that is not the case. The short story is about a small village that is preparing for an annual ritual. The short story begins with a group of children collecting and gathering stones into a…

pleasure of interviewing the woman who created the group and has kept it going for several years. Her name is Elizabeth Brown and she was in Girl Scouts for 15 years. While interviewing Ms. Brown I observed how the group communicated and shared their traditions, values, and beliefs with insiders and outsiders. I started my observation by staying in the background as much as I could. I made it known that I didn’t want them to act any differently because I was there. I wanted to be able to fully…

Laura Esquirel, wrote about how a girl named Tita. Tita is the youngest daughter of mama Elena, illicit by the family tradition from marrying Pedro in order to take care of her mother until the day she dies with no interference. Tita always strives for love, freedom, and individuality. Mama Elena is the leader of the De La Gaza family. Mama Elena is strict when it comes to family tradition and she is the prime source of Tita’s anguish. Her fierce approach creates fear in all three of her…

Some traditions show that certain people must have certain roles in society. For example, today’s society puts pressure on the female to conform to fixed rules. They are expected to be seen, and not heard, while the man does all of the work. Two short stories that break these traditions are Good Country People, by Flannery O’Connor, and Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Salinger. Good Country People is about a girl who does not conform to that society’s rules about women and is seen as odd by the…

Describe the relationship between David and the Zion traditions. How does the relationship between David and Zion differ from the relationship between Moses and Sinai? See Levenson, 97-101. The relationship between Zion and David is one of “a religious institution so closely linked with monarchy” that Zion serves the purpose of a “royal sanctuary,” as well as both having “shared a destiny” between the Temple and the dynasty of David. In the text, Zion represents a new relationship of both David…

In 1948, Shirley Jackson wrote the famous short-story that would be read in classroom across America, called “The Lottery”. “The Lottery” is a short story about a small village who believe in a tradition that once a year someone will be picked at random, from a lottery, to be stoned by the whole village. It doesn’t say for sure why they do this but readers can assume that it is a traditional sacrifice to have good harvest in the fall due to Old Man Warner saying, “Lottery in June, corn be heavy…

humanity without even knowing. Similarly, in “The Lottery” regular citizens murdered someone each year by blindly following their traditions. The overall theme of "The Lottery" is the dangers of blindly following traditions and the theme was supported by three main literary aspects. In "The Lottery" Jackson supports that there is danger in blindly following traditions by showing conflicts in the plot, using symbolism in objects and situations, and using irony throughout the short story. The…