Keeping Traditions Alive
Posted on 16 October 2008 by Rachel Longo-Tosoian
They have been passed down through generations, and although it seems they may be going the way of the dinosaurs, traditions are important and essential to humanity.
Whether you are from a remote part of northern Canada, Egypt, or Anywhere U.S.A., people partake in traditions that bring families together and keep memories alive.
It seems as though in North American, these traditions have been fading, and fast. People only seem to get together for “special occasions” like Christmas, birthdays or Easter. In the past, people spent quality time with friends and family, telling stories, going on a summer road trip, or just meeting once a week to catch up.
With the ever-changing world, people have become too busy or too lazy to connect with one another as they have in the past. Because of this, traditions are becoming history.
My mother and I have our own traditions, one of them being attending the Canadian National Exhibition (the Ex) every summer. This has gone one, without fail since I was a little girl. However, this summer, we both were too busy to attend, either organizing the new house or working on weekends. When the Ex came and went, a part of me felt empty for not attending. It did not feel like the end of summer because we could not make time this year. Sure, all the exhibits, booths and attractions are the same, but that’s what we love. Spending the day together, taking the GO Train into Toronto, watching the Super Dogs show, it is the same every year, but it is something that we cherish.
Everybody has one tradition or another that they are fond of. Make sure you keep them alive, because when they are gone, what will we have left?
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