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Issue207 Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are.
All over the world, there are lots of different rituals and ceremonies in different countries. I admit that rituals and ceremonies can help people define a culture and a belief. However, in contemporary society, most people do not put their most emphasis on those rituals and ceremonies to define themselves. In fact, besides rituals and ceremonies, other aspects, such as jobs, friends, and different groups can provide people the sense of who they are.
First of all, the clear definitions of ritual or ceremony are necessary for us to start a full discussion. From the dictionary, we know that the ritual is the action according to the religious laws or social custom. And the ceremony is the formal and conventional behaviors.[color=red 这段有点唐突,个人意见 /color]
Admittedly, according to rituals and ceremonies, people can define their cultures and beliefs. For example, Chinese traditional wedding can present many Chinese culture and beliefs. On such weeding, everywhere is full of red from the clothes of bride to the covers [sheet?] of bed. It is because[多余了] in China, this color represents good look[luck], fortune and happiness. Meanwhile, on the newlywed’s bed, there are a lot of peanuts dispersed by bridegroom's parents and relatives, which means that every one hopes the bride to have a little boy quickly [有点啰嗦], because having the new life, especially the boy, is the sign of being harvest and wealthy to the family[ because有点罗嗦,which means bring harvest and wealthy to the family] . As long as you participate into this tradition weeding, although most times you must be confused about what Chinese persons are doing on the weeding[好像不太需要这句], I believe that[也不太需要] you must be surprised to appreciate lots of interesting [ or even confusing] scenes which you have never seen before. Those confused and interesting things are the detailed expression of Chinese culture, belief and custom. Therefore, for such unique ritual or ceremony, people can define some parts of a culture. [例子很好]
On the contrary, not every ritual or ceremony can clearly distinguish different cultures, and define the sense of who they are [the people belong to it]. As we know, the ancient Greek and Christianism had great impacts on developing European cultures. Most of those cultures derived the essential parts of ancient Greek culture, which induce that some aspects of those European cultures are [in]common, such as also the weeding ceremonies. Therefore, because people cannot avoid that some forms of different cultures are quite the same, only according to rituals and ceremonies, people can be confused and cannot form intense sense of who they are.[观点很好,可以展开一下,作为中间段落,感觉有点太单薄]
In fact, besides ritual and ceremony, the modern people are willing to define themselves by judging groups, such as friends, jobs, educational groups and so on. When a person in a group, he /she can define himself/ herself by what he/ she said[says] , what the position is, and what the duty as well as the action are. Admittedly, the defined identifications by such doing are more practical and close to the real society, because people usually take advantage of those identifications, such as teacher, student, manager, governor, lawyer etc., to communicate with others, to contact with society as well as to live in the world. For example, if a man is a manager in a company, he can more intensely realize his identification as manager through the following factors. He has the higher position, in which every other members of group must follow with his decisions and demand his agreement on some business planning. He also has the most important duty in the company, which is to develop the company to the top status in related field. And with his duty, he must work very[不需要] hardest in the group on planning a proper company's strategy for the future as well as building benign relationships with government, partners and even competitors. In a word, people can gain the better and clearer sense of who they are with judging different groups than ones with ritual and ceremony.
In conclusion, ritual and ceremony play an important role in defining a culture and custom of the society. However, groups also[不需要] are more important for defining the identification for people in the society.
嗬嗬,不好意思,变色工具还是不太会用~~~
下次记得教我~~~
嗯,总的来说,思路不错,语言方面注意简洁点就更好了,用些短句~~~
加油哦! |
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