In many countries, traditions and customs are disappearing. What are the reasons? What should schools and parents do to keeping our traditions alive?

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In many countries, traditions and customs are disappearing. What are the reasons? What should schools and parents do to keep our traditions alive?
Answer Hints:
Mixed topic. You need to answer both the reasons and solutions.

Reasons
  • The global popular culture, like movies and fast food, impact young generations heavily.
  • Local communities give up the effort to educate youth with their traditions.
  • Culture merging has been a trend in recent 1000 years; some traditions and customs will disappear sooner or later.
Solutions
  • Schools should offer courses to educate local cultures; no matter kids accept or follow them, they should know them as an option.
  • Parents can do more than what schools did, such as bring kids going to traditional events, share family history and experiences.
Answer 1
It is undoubtedly true that today, we do not belong to impregnable boundaries. The whole world has shrunk into a small global village due to the advancement in technology, which also helps in the deprivation of cultures and traditions...

Technology has made everything possible. Nowadays, people can easily see what is happening and what is trending in the world, so this is casting an effect on people living in developing countries...

The parents and schools can take several steps to preserve it. Schools had better include a subject based on the culture in students' curricula...

To conclude, after hashing out the information mentioned above, it is pretty evident that the modern world has affected our culture and traditions, but still, we have hope...
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Answer 2
I have heard my grandmother saying, 'Back in our days, we used to have a grand fair in September every year.' All the villagers would go together as a group...

There could be multiple reasons behind this. Firstly, we are transitioning from prominent families to Nuclear families...

Secondly, as man has progressed in living in the modern world, there are newfound traditions such as having house parties during the festivals wherein young people gather and celebrate in their ways...

Thirdly, there could be a large part of the young population who are never introduced to old customs and traditions; hence, they would not be able to understand the importance of keeping these alive...

In my opinion, parents and teachers need to understand we are all part of a modern and much different world now...

To do that, while introducing these traditions and customs to the children, parents and teachers should share their own life stories to give more visibility to the importance and happiness brought by these cultural values...
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Answer 3
Traditions and customs are considered to be a cultural heritage. Unfortunately, we are not able to preserve them properly from generation to generation because of modern trends...

There are two possible reasons for the eradication of traditional values. One of them is globalization...

Traditions and customs can be maintained if schools and parents take particular measures. A special lesson about customs can be added to the school curriculum so that interest and love for national heritage can rise from childhood...

In conclusion, traditions and customs are under threat of being forgotten due to the inconsistencies of requirements between the modern world and old life...
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Answer 4
Traditions and customs in many countries are starting to be forgotten. The main reason for this is globalization...

Traditions are beliefs and customs that have been passed from generation to generation. Nowadays, this practice has slowly been vanishing because of global domination and is being given less importance...

There are some solutions to deal with these lost traditions. The curriculum in the school should incorporate tradition as a subject to make sure that it will continue and flourish...

In conclusion, these values will not be lost if there is cooperation between both schools and parents...
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Answer 5
During successive waves of globalization, traditions, and customs are slowly disappearing in so many countries, and it has ignited public attention from time to time...

The primary cause of reducing the country's traditions and customs is different cultures taking over media channels...

Turning to possible solutions, one effective way is for parents to limit their children to watching different cultural movies and channels...

In conclusion, our country and nationality can indeed be lost if we are unable to maintain our traditions and customs because they represent our nation and the background image of the country...
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Answer 6
The unprecedented growth of global culture has decreased the popularity of many countries' customs and traditions...

There is an umpteen number of causes behind this problem. First and foremost, nowadays, we do not belong to a big part of the world...

Secondly, the internet brings revolutions in every aspect of life, but we cannot deny the negative impact of the internet on our culture...

On the other hand, it is the onus of parents to teach the information to children in childhood so that they understand the value of customs and traditions, follow them, and give the same information to their children...

To conclude, there is no doubt that the influence of the internet and occidental culture has a negative impact on their custom and traditions; however, it is the responsibility of parents and teachers to imbibe these particular things from childhood age...
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Answer 7
Culture and traditions are the roots of every country. Day by day, technological advancement is growing, and some people forget their traditions and think conventional things are useless things for the future; they cannot help throughout life...

There are ample reasons why traditions and customs are disappearing in the modern era. The first and foremost reason is changing lifestyles...

To address the situation, people should be made aware of the benefits of staying in a joint family...

To conclude, to ensure that age-old traditions and customs stay intact and are passed down from generation to generation...
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Answer 8
Traditions and customs have been passed down for centuries. The importance given to such beliefs in different countries is becoming less and less...

There are many reasons for cultural traditions to fade away from societies. The main reason is the younger generation does not see any significance or value in it...

Can we change the current ways to ensure our cultural values will not be lost. While I believe it is certainly possible, there is no better place to start this transformation than at home itself...

Although traditions and customs add color to culture, with new trends and a lack of interest, they are gradually being wiped out of many countries...
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Answer 9
Traditions and customs are a crucial part of a country. In today's world, the disappearance of these two can be seen, and the causes of this are not really obvious, but we can indeed describe them one by one...

There is no smoke without fire. Modernization can be the main reason that the modern generation does not give any importance to their customs and traditions...

In this hurry to create a promising future for their kids, parents do not stop them from showing them the importance of their customs...

Every question has an answer, and for this question, the answer is 'school and parents.' They are the only hope to save their culture from leaving no trace...

Taking the length and breadth of the topic, it is true that with the help of parents and teachers, children can have a good bond with their heritage, and the culture of a country can be saved from vanishing...
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Answer 10
Traditions and customs are the golden symbols of cultural wealth and pride in any country. Unfortunately, nowadays, most of the countries' precious symbols are vanishing drastically due to changes in human lifestyle and rapid technological advances...

Countries tend to modify their way of living quickly if necessary. Consequently, this will lead to the disappearance of traditions and customs inherited by their ancestors...

In my opinion, there is still hope to bring our values and traditions back on track by teaching our children, either in school or at home, the importance of hanging on to their grandparents' traditions...
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