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207 Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are.
1各国的特色文化区分了各国
2随着时代的发展,本土文化受到很多威胁
3然而,还有别的途径帮助我们定义自我
I basically agree that rituals and ceremonies, important parts of a culture, play a significant role to help people aquire the sense of who they are. Though in modern society, rituals and ceremonies are indispensibly merged or abolished, other approaches such as education also have the same function.
Undoubtedly, various rituals and ceremonies are vital symbols differentiating different countries in that they are usually inherited from one generation to another, and fuse with the culture of the nation. All of these are helpful for people to know themselves. For instance, Mid-autumn Day is a traditional festival in China. It is said the moon at that night is the roundest one during the year, and people in a family should reunite and eat moon cake together. The ritual has been handed down for hundreds of years. And now, when Mid-autumn Day comes, Chinese, at home and abroad, will extremly miss their family. Thereby people have a intensified self sense.
However, due to the development of the society, indigenous rituals and ceremonies are in the threat of being gradually overlooked. First, the increased opportunities of communication among countries all over the word contribute to the mixture of cultures. People are more inclined to be assimilated into other cultures than ever before. Take the Chinese wedding as a example, it is popular to go to the church to celebrate the wedding party nowadays, as the westerners do. Second, some rituals, though traditional, disgreeing with the modern perspective, should be abolished. For example, firing firecrackers is a conventional ceremony for Chinese to celebrate the Spring Festival. Nevertheless, in view of the exhaust caused by firecrackers, which is proved to seriously pollute the air and would do harm to people’s health, the ritual has been strictly banned in cities now. There is no doubt that the similar actions would weaken the the content of culture and then affect, to some extent, people’s sense of themselves.
Fortunately, aside from rituals and ceremonies, people still have other approaches to help establish the self consciousness. Education is one of the most effective methods. By conveying the kownledge of language and history, it aids the youth to build an impressive image of local culture and to prevent them from being lost in the globalization. Most students know that people used to hold a dragon boat contest on Dragon Boat Festival the lessons though they rarely see the exact scene. Hence the tradition can be remembered and arouses the public’s self senses.
Although rituals and ceremonies do help to define a culture and, to some extent, serve to remind people of who they are, they are not the only way. Other methods such as education can also have the same function as rituals and ceremonies. |
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