cultural traditions
Passed-down group ways
Cultural traditions are practices, beliefs, customs, and rituals passed down through generations within a community or society.
They shape identity and connect people to their heritage: The family maintained cultural traditions from the old country.
Cultural traditions range from holiday celebrations and religious observances to foodways, music, dress, and storytelling.
They may be preserved rigidly or evolve over time as communities adapt.
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- sacred ritualsFormalized acts of worship
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
ancestor worship · oral history · ceremonies · coming of age · folklore · folk songs · native tongue · festivals · celebrations · roots · legacy · elders · tribal elders · storytelling · dance · music · sacred · indigenous
- holiday lessons
- cultural geographyethnic groups, borders, territories, nationalism, migration
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- heritagemuseum, national heritage, archive, monument, landmark
- language rightslanguage rights, minority languages, language laws, official languages, language maintenance
cultural traditionsinnovation
Creating something original
modernity · modernization · progress · futurism · avant-garde
cultural traditionsiconoclasm
Attacking revered traditions
cultural erasure · radical reform · cultural upheaval · assimilation · cultural amnesia
cultural traditionsgovernment mandates
Compulsory directives from authorities
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