Traditions

One of Linda Heidenreich’s main points of analyzing the religious practices of the Wappo is to demonstrate how problematic it is to examine the traditions of a society as an outsider. At the beginning of her analysis Heidenreich prefaces this portion of the chapter with a narrative of a religious ceremony that the reader assumes is some sort of aboriginal ritual. Following this description Heidenreich reveals that the ceremony is actually a Protestant service she witnessed as a child, a service…

Some of the traditions and customs reflected in the proverbs deal with respecting elders, how to be humble, and expectations for men in their society. “Proverbs are the palm-oil which words are eaten” (Achebe, 3) for example is a proverb that not only expresses the importance…

Islam dormant or alive? Some authors believe that Islamic Legal Tradition has become dormant. They believe this extinction was started with the emergence of the state and modernity. Before the emergence of the State, in Islamic countries there were no codified rules or procedures. The cases were being decided by the Qadi who was almost relying on Mufti’s fatwa and rulings. At that time for finding a legal rule which was not covered by other sources of Quran, Mujhatids had the…

Tales are fantasy and include majestic elements. Hawaiian folklore is mostly based on the welcoming tradition of the luau dance and enjoying the island’s natural resources. The values that Hawaiians have is they want more priority to peace money and happiness. The significance of oral tradition and folklore in history is it helps shape the culture of each continent cultures and living. Oral tradition helped shape hawaii to show their beliefs to other people’s original cultures. Hawaii’s beliefs…

of religious traditions and conveys the fact that blindly following and holding on to a tradition or norm of society without questioning can be a dangerous thing even in an evolving society. Jackson’s short story is set in a small contemporary American village where the villagers gather annually every year for a lottery. Everyone in…

dominated by literacy, have large sections of non-literate people whose culture is largely oral. In India, several performing arts were used as an important resource to educate the masses from Vedic period to medieval period. In India, oral tradition was as sacrosanct as the transmission of texts and writings in the West. The teaching associated with Vedas and Upanishad was…

Every country around the world has different customs and traditions. In the book, we are introduced to Okwonkwo’s lifestyle and his traditions also. For example, China would be one of the many countries that have many different customs and traditions. Their population is over 1 million people, they have about five religions that are legal to practice, and they speak Mandarin, Xiang, Gann and many more. They have many festivals and popular traditions that most of them participate in. In…

Tessie Hutchinson. The villager believed that their tradition was necessary for the flourishing of the towns harvest. The theme that Jackson present to his audience is that the villager were afraid to challenge tradition, because of their superstitious beliefs. No one in the town could inform the audience when the tradition started, and there is no time frame for the end of the town’s tradition. When history and understanding are not present, tradition can become powerful and unchangeable.…

characterization, and symbolism. A reoccurring theme in “The Lottery” is the hazards of blindly following tradition. Each year this village converges to celebrate the lottery. This ritual is blindly followed and the denizens prepare for this tradition and seem as if it's innocuous. This type of lottery contains slips of paper that…

wanted to rebel against your culture’s traditions? Many young people rebel against their family’s traditions as a way to shape their identities. In the texts “El Olvido” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “Life in the Age of the Mimis” by Domingo Martinez the reader learns about tradition and rebellion in various ways. Have you ever tried to forget something you didn't like? In “El Olvido” by Judith Ortiz Cofer the author lets the reader know that to forget a tradition can be dangerous. “El Olvido” is…