Gothic tradition

Irish immigrants who came many years ago and carry their tradition and culture with them. The lives of the men and women are linked to the landscape as

Samoa, a small island nation found in the southern end of Pacific Ocean. Although, what they lack in size is compensated by their rich, Polynesian culture. Music is a powerful force in Samoan culture, and shapes their identity with the use of resonant lyrics sung in their native tongue, song, and dance used to parallel their everyday lives and beliefs. Storytelling is as big of an element to Samoan music and dance as any rhythm produced by their instrumentation, and if it is not directly addressed

A symbol of tradition can be something as innocent as a Valentine’s Day card, but what about when that tradition is a little more sinister? Within The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, there contain multiple symbols that reference how society does not let go of “how things have always been” with ease. In this story, a small town is faced with assassinating one of their own in order to maintain tradition, with a selection that is the luck of the draw in the most literal sense. Mrs. Hutchinson’s family

such as learning how to drive a car. One thing that is learned that separates one individual from another is traditions. A lot of times traditions are something that a person follows without putting much thought or effort into it. This gives the opportunity for people to learn and carry out traditions that are not necessarily ethical. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” suggests that the traditions and rituals that one may blindly follow can mislead a person from knowing right and wrong. When a person

dishes are not just ordinary dishes you eat on a regular day, these dishes are dishes you eat on tradition. The mother passing down these traditions to her daughter shows that she loves her and wants her to follow these traditions too. The mother also tells her daughter, “this is how you grow okra—far from the house, because okra tree harbors red ants” (20). Not only is she passing on the tradition of how to grow “okra,” but she is also giving her daughter advice on how to stay away from red ants

disaster and death. At the end of the film, her strength, courage, and supernatural appointment as future chief is enough to convince Koro of her leadership abilities, and a new generation of Maori is given hope and guidance for the future. Maori traditions take central stage throughout the film. Each of the film’s characters struggles with these customs. For instance, Koro is more reluctant to give up or bend traditional rules and practices. From the outset of the film, Koro is primarily concerned

invade their lands. The tribe becomes split into two villages: Komeno, where the traditional community resides, still adhering to all of the tribe’s traditions and customs, and Makuyu, where the converts to Christianity reside. The biggest divide between these two groups is the tradition of circumcision. In the Gikuyu community of Komeno, the tradition has always been that

rituals and traditions, some of which lends to the nostalgia of ceremonies and public events. Other rituals and traditions are practices that need to be left in the past; horseplay, hazing, and harassing the new recruits. Using an internet search engine to look for headline incidents of hazing and subsequent filing of a grievance will result in a plethora of articles about firefighter hazing incidents. Although hazing is meant to be a tool to test one’s commitment or a passed on a tradition that the

The lottery Traditions and customs still exist in different parts of the globe. Some of these traditions are constructive while others are deemed as destructive. Civilization is associated with a change of times and has thus led to the change in the traditions. However, some of these traditions have remained intact clearly exhibiting how civilization has failed to affect them. Some people may have opted for a change to scrap certain tradition depicted as destructive, but the fact they fear to go

Society should do away with certain traditions, rituals, and customs such as fireworks on the Fourth of July, the “Polar Bear Plunge”, and Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling because they are harmful and only put people at risk. Over the years, things have been changing and past customs are not acceptable in today’s world. The stories “The Lottery” and “The Sleep” provide great examples of traditions that should be abandoned in today’s world. In “The Lottery”, villagers from a small town gather every