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发表于 2005-4-16 20:02:11 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

Some folklorists strongly believe that foreign festivals are kind of products of colonialism that result in cultural invasion. Nevertheless, some youngsters claim to keep them. Which view do you agree with?

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沙发

发表于 2005-4-16 23:42:12 |只看该作者

my opinion
festivals are just excuses for people to have some fun and forget the boring routine life for a moment.
they don't have such close relationship with colonialism and destruction upon local cultures and traditions.
thus they are not related to political things as some think.

however, i don't likfe festivals at all.
i have nothing to do but wander in the street and do window-shopping.

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发表于 2005-4-17 00:02:23 |只看该作者

Those folklorists' concern is true to some extent cause some western festivals are indeed the products of colonialism that result in cultural invasion, but the erasion of those festivals cannot make them disappear in our history. Instead of doing that, why not just keep them to remind people of their mistakes they've made--to keep alert, to learn from errors, and to cherish. Besides, the folklorists' view is somewhat absolute. Some festivals are by no means the products of cultural invasion.

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地板

发表于 2005-4-22 16:21:32 |只看该作者

To So cat:
I agree with u to some extent. The festivals don't make sense to me in fact.

To Kiki:
I consider the foreign festivals as kind of external culture which attracts a great deal of yongsters currently. Maybe it's a good way to draw on what is progressive in foreign culture. Thus don't be excessively sensitive~

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发表于 2005-4-25 09:14:26 |只看该作者

This is a very popular debate issue. As refering to "cultural imperialism", we should distinguish the definition of "imperialism". Personally I do believe the burgeoning enthusiasm among youngsters toward western festivals and traditions hampers our Chinese culture. We have a glory history for the past thousands of years, and we still need to keep informed of the responsibility to continue its shining and brightening for the future.

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发表于 2005-4-25 10:54:51 |只看该作者

I take it as culture hybrid rather than culture imperlialism, cuz the acception for foreign festivals is not imposed upon you.

The long-term yeast of revolution makes Chinese people be hostile to that which is foreign in my point of view~

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发表于 2005-4-25 19:07:51 |只看该作者

Maybe it's not "imposed" on anybody, if we define "impose" as "threaten to accept". As I've metioned above, it is more important to distinguish the difference between modern "imperialism" and that of the past, which characterized as confilcts with weapons.

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