Traditions

Throughout the world, many families get together and create traditions for Christmas. Each family I know goes about the same traditions, but they add their own spin to them to make it their own. As the year progress and gets closer to Christmas, my family gets anxious waiting for the perfect time to begin our annual traditions. When the time finally arrives, my family and I do the same thing every year. For our family traditions, we decorate the tree together, we make holiday cookies, and we…

“Ancient History in the New World: Integrating Oral Traditions and the Archaeological Record in Deep Time,” author Roger C. Echo-Hawk argues for the integrity of indigenous oral traditions found throughout the continent. He covers primarily the Caddoan language family groups such as the Arikara and Wichita peoples. By providing multiple examples of story truths and evidence, Echo-Hawk makes a convincing argument for the importance of oral traditions as valid historical sources. This is achieved…

start of my Moeller High School career, I began my journey to become a man, a man of service, and more importantly a man in the Marianist tradition. When I began my journey, I could not have imagined the change in the person I once was to the person I am today. My change is credited to receiving an education that prompts the Marianist tradition. This tradition, not only fostered my grow in learning and in faith, it provided me with a sense of community and family spirit that supported and…

religions have an abundance of traditions and customs related to death and dying. A few of my personal traditions and customs include; burying my passed loves one with personal items and memorabilia, burying passed family members in community plots close together, purchasing flowers for the casket or family, holding candle light services with prayer, passing down the passed family members sentimental possessions, and a family meal after the funeral. Several of my traditions and customs are…

Every culture and country has traditions and customs that are usually followed by the bride and groom and their families. One tradition before Christianity was introduced to Ireland was “hand fasting”. The pagans to celebrate a couple deciding to be together for however longed they wished, they could even wish their vows to go be “until…

In today’s society is normal to either forget a tradition or lose something close to you. But it is possible for it to affect you in the long run. For example, last year I used to go to church to learn about the word of God. But as I started to pass through the year I gradually stopped going to church because I began to have second thoughts about my religion. As time passed I still believed their was a higher power that made the earth and etc., but what I noticed is I started to view the world…

“society” has played an integral role in the shaping of history. Among various world traditions, the ways in which the concepts of “self” and “society” vary from culture to culture in how they are defined and interrelated. Each society places varying levels of emphasis on the ideals of individual achievement and societal good. These traditions promote specific values and “behaviors” to attain such. Three world traditions which have conceptualized the defining features of what is considered to be…

people do not agree that this is a happy day. Some Native Americans believe that this day should be a time of mourning. There are many myths that have been told which require examination such as Terri Andrews point of view. In my Thanksgiving tradition we go over to my grandma’s house and gather as a family. We usually relax and watch football until the food is ready. By the time the dinner is ready I am usually so hungry. We say our prayers and then start passing around all the homemade…

Juneteenth are the oldest know celebration commemorating of the ending to slavery in the United States. Back in 1865, it was on June 19th that union solders, led by Major General Gordon Granger, Landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the…

you ask? It’s a very important Hispanic tradition that symbolizes a girl becoming a woman and taking on the responsibilities of an adult female. They celebrate it when the girl turns 15. It is not only to honor the young woman for her maturity, but also to her parents and family, as well as her padrinos (godparents). The tradition dates back to Aztec times. The festival shrouded in the history of the Mexican people. It combines both Spanish-Catholic traditions. They had many heritages that…