We don't have to follow tradition, but usually our parents and grandparents insist on it. They want to leave part of their social behavior and their customs to us before they die. Also older people, who spent their lives following tradition will protect it, because without it they'd feel like their lives were wasted. It's your life, if you don't want to do something, you don't have to.
My parents are religious and I'm not, so they always feel like I'm misbehaving and defying them by not following their religious customs, but they'll have to get over it.
Topic: Do We Need To Follow OLD Traditions And Customs..... - page 2. (Read 965 times)
If So Then Why?
A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings. There are about 150 new traditions made each year. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years—the word "tradition" itself derives from the Latin tradere or traderer literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways.
A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings. There are about 150 new traditions made each year. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years—the word "tradition" itself derives from the Latin tradere or traderer literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways.
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