Traditions+BD

As a human I do have opinions on things, many things. One thing that makes me curious is traditions. They can me interesting, worthless, malicious, or just plain weird. Basically I have mixed feelings on them. If I look back into my past of works of literature I've read I see that in many things we read we see them. For example in Call it Courage by Avi the main character finds a cannibal island where he hears them chanting to a "ritual" that they do every day. Also back on his home island he performs traditions that every boy must do at certain ages to show maturity. On TV there are NFL and Budweiser commercials that have characters performing "interesting" traditions of sorts. The slogan for the commercials is "It ain't weird if it works." This makes me think of smaller traditions we do within our daily lives that we don't even know we are doing.

One big tradition is July 4th in the USA. It is our nations birthday but you might wonder what we do on the momentous occasion that makes it a tradition. Well for starters we celebrate it the same day every year. I know we do this with many other holidays but the 4th is made up of multiple traditions. One big thing is fireworks, it was adapted as a tradition years ago but on the first 4th of July they didn't use them. There are also many other smaller things we do on the 4th that I wouldn't consider traditions because most people don't do them.

Probably one of the biggest "Traditionized" holidays there is is New Years. It is celebrated all around the world in many different ways on many different days. In the USA and Canada couples kiss their lover at the exact second its New Years or they watch the ball drop in New York. But in other countries like China they celebrate their New Year at the start of January 31st and on into February. Usually its a week of parties and jovial celebrations congratulating their family on making it through one year. Most other countries do fireworks and parties on New Years too.

In conclusion traditions make up a huge part of our lives. Whether we like it or not they are in most things we do. Some good, some bad, and others plain creepy. We don't even notice some of them in our daily lives. They are important to society in many ways, shapes, and forms. That is my view on traditions.