Do you think tradition is good?
By ketping8889
@ketping8889 (302)
Saudi Arabia
May 27, 2011 3:23am CST
Because of traditions, we get to enjoy more ceremonies, celebrations and family gatherings. Unlike children these days, children before values things and family values much better.Let me give you an example.
Children nowadays also do not experience tough days as we did. Before, in order to eat a piece of chicken we need to wait for special occasions and ceremonie. We would follow our parents with a tray with a steamed chicken, a big piece of roasted meat and fruits which was offered to the gods in front, inside and the back of our house and also to our ancestors who had passed away. As children and because the chicken smell so good, we would always volunteer to carry the tray to save time as it took almost an hour before we got to the best hour when the chicken was finally chopped to be eaten. We crowded around the chopping board so that we could get our favourite part of the chicken. We enjoyed eating our food and valued traditional celebrations. Children these days missed these difficult times and fun as most traditional celebrations are no more celebrated as before. They do not value food, things, personal relationships and traditional occasions as we do.
Do you have similar experience and do you think tradition is good?
1 response
@whengcat (1457)
• Philippines
27 May 11
In my opinion, some traditions are good and some are not especially the tradition where your parents will choose whom you'll marry. I don't understand that, because as far as I know marriage is a sacred ceremony of two people who both love each other and willing to spent their lives together. I feel so sad about those people who's gone arranged marriages....
@ketping8889 (302)
• Saudi Arabia
27 May 11
Hi whengcat, thank you for your interesting response. Gee! I think it will be awful if the person we are marrying is so ugly, retarded or someone who we could not possibly love and having to live with the rest of our life. However,there are also some positive aspects such as happy marriages as the couples grow to love each other, the excitement of only knowing each other on the wedding days itself and also reduces the rate of couple marrying too late or not marrying at all.
Although, traditional arranged marriages can be sad, unfair and frightening as in certain countries but these days, some couples of such tradition are allowed to object if one party doesn't like the other or will find ways of absconding. But I think the saddest are the traditional polygamous marriages. I have witnessed too many of such kind and I am indeed very disturbed by it. Have you witnessed such marriages yourself?
Thanks and happy posting!
