"Traditions is being lost."(pg26)
This line caught my attention because it related to society today. Of course tradition is being lost! Every generation new traditions are formed or could be used today in different ways. You always hear elders and parents saying this because their generation was different from ours today. The traditions over the past years have deffinetly changed drastically because of the newer technologies, the way children are these days are, and the freedom most people have.
Do you think tradition has changed drastically from your parents time? Is it somewhat similar or completly different? How about your traditions when you were younger have those changed as well?
I know my traditions from when I was younger has changed because most of my family has moved back to Lebanon. We don't have the same gatherings as we used to, we don't have dinner with one another everyday like when I was younger, we don't go on vacations every summer or spend time as a family anymore. It seems like everyone has gone their seperate ways, or are too busy with work and school to have time for each other. I don't think this only falls under my household but for other as well. Does this happen or had happened to you and your family?
Also, family tradition might not be the only thing that has changed within individuals families. What about cultural traditions or religious traditions? Has those changed in any way?
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I can deffinitely relate to seeing traditions lost as you can Farrah.
From my parents time to mine (and i say time as a reference to when they were our age) dating was made up of a girl sitting at her window (with a handkerchief to wave of course) and her "beau" coming by to talk at her window. The boy never saw the inside of the house really, unless he went in to ask the father of the girl for her hand. Today, most couples see eachother's homes before the parents even know they're going out and I doubt a relationship would last long if meetings were restricted to windows.
Funny story to add in here. While I was in Portugal this summer, I spent a lot of time at the window in my room because if you looked out of it you could see hills and flowers in the distance. There was a sort of bar across the street so people would always hang out there and my dad knew everyone so he would hang around and talk. One night, my cousin Bruno came home later than usual from his girlfriend's house and saw me writing by my window. To get my attention he chucked a rock at me and we sat and talked for about two hours. Talking back and forth in Portuguese, we were just admiring the stars (because we saw a few shooting ones) and were talking about a pair of cats that were fighting when a russian couple came out of the bar. Luckily, the wife knew portuguese and was talking to her husband. Luckier still, she was explaining what she thought was going on in English. She thought that me and my cousin were dating and that we were reverting back to the old style of doing so (through the window). I had to correct her immediately and explain to Bruno what she thought and, while laughing, we bnoth explained the situation.
That story kind of shows the clash between modern tradition and the traditions of the people before us. While this can lead to a few laughs, it also leads to confusion.
The difference between traditions isn't restricted to old restrictions though. I remember always spending New Year's over my cousin Jessica's house but htat ended a few years ago. Nothing happened in our family or whatever but people started making other plans. We're still close but I miss those parties we had.
Do you think that the loss of tradition is a bad thing, Farrah?
hahhaa funny and cute story michelle! I completely loved it!
I have to agree with you I do believe loss of tradition is a bad thing. I remember when I was young we used to go to our Aunts house in Stoneham. Every year my entire family would come and we would always celebrate the holidays together. The past couple of years everything has changed we now usually spend the holidays at home with our main family or with my moms brothers family. I miss having my entire family together and hearing the loud screaming and lloud laughing voices. The Arabic channel blasted as my parents and aunts and uncles argued about politics. Or fighting with your cousins and playing the crazy, made up games that we thought were so much fun. At the time it gave me a headache but once its gone you want it all back. This is why I think loss of tradtion is bad because all of the social gathering we used to have as a family or even with friends are all gone. Those were the days where we all had fun and enjoyed our lives. Where we felt safe and could be ourselves. As we get older we tend to form new traditions that are not even close to what we used to do in the past.
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