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The evolution of man in the early days of thwe world serves as a sound foundation for the development of culture and tradition among people.However,the emergence of different societies sprung up different believes and the manner at which certain issues are handled hence creating differences in culture and tradition in variouse societies of the worldt is obviouse that the existence as well as the believe of man is solely dependent on culture and tradition which he adopts through many people are being influenced by variouse traditions which makes them to adopt certain foreign norms and values so that they may socialize with the norms of the society they find themselves. Culture and tradition of a society teaches the individuals the manner on which they should live hence,encouraging socialization among people in the society.An epistomological believe of culture and tradition unveils that it is the total way of life among people howebver,in aolloquial terms,it is used ton explain the statenm of manarism in an indivoidual.It is belived that a well mannered person is cultured.Futhermore,culture is seen as the complete total way of man"s acquisition of knowledge,morals,belief,art,custom e.t.c. which are shared and transmitted from generation to generation.This denotes that culture and tradition comprises of elements which can be described as an inborn attitude and must be developed and presevered all through the existence of that society and can only be abolished only if the society is entirely evacuated by meanse of earthquake or terrible disaster and nbo any other person will be able to sustain and continue the cultural norms and values.This reveals that without the existenceof man and its environment,culture and tradition cannot be preserved.

A prominent sociologist called E.B. taylor published his work on the primitive culture,he streses that culture is not a personal item but it is used in reference to a society or group of societies.Culture and tradition donot die with the death of an individual or group of individuals.It may only vanish only when there are mysteriouse mishaps.Despite the fact that there are several differences in culture and tradition,it is the basic that certain cultural elements such as principles are identified in every society.Some of these elements are language,morals,believes,religion,philosophy,unism e.t.c.The culture of people in a society is based on these elements however,it is undisputable to note that culture indeed influences the behavioural acts of people in relation to what they do in their environment.

Futhermore,in our world today,there are basically seven continents which embodies several societies with independent culture and tradition which determines their way of life.However,these societies comprises of other societies which give rise to numerose ethnic groups but adopting the same cultural principles.Language,thogh a mojor element of culture has been seen as an element which is used to idrentify the ethnic group which an individual may belong.There are thousands of ethnic groups in the world which soeak different languages and adopt several believes in life.Culture and tradition among men determines and influences the kind of religion,dresses and food which they adopt.For example,an african citizen is not trained on how to eat salad or dance "hip hop"music but these are very common in America and europe because it is their culture.

In conclution,if we try to imagine a society without culture and tradition such society will be viod of basic elements of life hence,becoming a frustrsted society.Culture and tradition builds and sustains the individual as well as constituting pillars of a society.

Article Published: Monday 30th April 2007


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