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今天崩溃了,什么都晚
What are the functions of rituals and ceremonies? The speaker asserts that they help define a culture, and in addition, emphasizes that they are critical, as societies of groups of people will feel lost of themselves without them[???]. I concede that one of functions of rituals and ceremonies is to help define a culture, but I should claim that there are other functions which cannot be neglected, and they are not providing the only way to define a culture.[开头很熟练]
To begin with, it is definite that people can define a culture through its rituals and ceremonies. There are two points of view to support such a statement. First, rituals and ceremonies can embody spiritual essential of a culture. As we know, rituals and ceremonies today can be originated from ancient times, when people had little knowledge about the world around them. Thus, rituals and ceremonies can significantly express a body's feelings and spirits in common. In addition, almost all the rituals and ceremonies have been passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, these rituals and ceremonies can possibly influence each generation, and on the other hand, can be modified by each generation, to reconcile them with spirits and feelings in a certain period. At last, a cultural spiritual essential has been planted in these rituals and ceremonies. Second, rituals and ceremonies can be a distinct feature of a culture. If a culture lost its characteristics, it will be in decline or immerged in other cultures. An example can illustrate the point: history tells us the native American tribes have long been exposed to different cultures from Europe, Asian and Africa. Such exposure finally leads to a vague feature of native American cultures. As is mentioned, in such circumstance, societies and bodies of people will have a diminished sense of themselves.[最后一句有点晕晕的,]
However, while conceding the benefit of definition to a culture, we would doubt whether such benefit is what rituals and ceremonies actually performs in culture perspective. Through observation of different cultures, we will find the major benefit of rituals and ceremonies may not be the definition to a culture, but a necessity in daily-life of the culture. Some common rituals and ceremonies exist in almost all cultures, like wedding, funeral ceremony. Although they may be a little different from each other in diverse cultures, we cannot just through the tiny differences to define or distinguish cultures. In fact, the function of such rituals and ceremonies is that they are indivisible from people's life. In another word, they become necessities to people of every culture. And in addition, rituals and ceremonies can also be used to explored[过去时态???] the past of a society, providing[现在进行时????,前后什么关系] more helpful information to historians and archeologist. Some ancient events and actions of individuals cannot be explained without the understanding of rituals and ceremonies. In conclusion, it is not proper to limit the function to a narrow scope, but to find out other benefits [首先,整个段落的benefit有点,哦....]
In addition, it is not as simple as what the speaker asserts--only the rituals and ceremonies can help define a culture. There are many other objects embodying the cultural spirits and distinct features. For instance, some tribes in Asia have their own costumes, made in unique patterns and tailoring, which can also help define their cultures. And in Africa, people of different culture have different styles in dancing, which could express their desire or fear, brave or timid, explaining the culture’s characters. It is to say that if there are no characteristic rituals and ceremonies, different cultures can still be defined though other perspectives. After all, a culture includes too many aspects, all of which could be used to discovery the essential of a culture.
To sum up, that the statement--rituals and ceremonies help define a culture--is almost correct for their performance in expressing cultural spiritual essential and distinct features. However, other functions of rituals and ceremonies should not be neglected, and concerning culture itself, other important factors useful for definition to a culture should not be neglected either.
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