Traditions

Today trditions are hardly maintained. That doesn't mean that we don't celebrate any special celebration which is part of our culture or religion, and it doesn't mean even that we don't know about the origin of any celebration we do. It is just that we forgot the meaning of it.

Every culture has its traditions,but lets talk about western culture, and lets choose Spain to talk about it.

In Spain,like in many other Christian countries,they celebrate Christmas,a tradition which is part of Christian religion.

People who celebrate it don't really think about the meaning of it. They don't link it with religion. They link it with a period of expenses.

Now lets choose another another example which concerns Spain,specifically Castellón. In Castellón there is one tradition which is called Magdalena.

People of Castellón keep waiting all the year for it,although not with the intention to celebrate it like a tradition event of Castellón, but because there is a week of holidays,where people can relax spending a lot of money.

And finally,the msot popular tradition which is celebrated all over the world, is Halloween, a Celtic celebration. On 31st of October,all the countries,all the people,kids and adults spend a lot of money buying curious costums and other stuffs to celebrate it.

But they don not see this festival like what it is, a new year of the Celts,they just mind having parties and going out to celebrate it,telling scary stories like if it was a monsters' day.

Finally, the main reason of all this is marketing,which doesn't care about maintaining traditions as an important part of any culture,they only mind making money.