old traditions
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
ceremonies · roots · legacy · elders · ancient · sacred · heirloom · passed down · time-honored · ancestral · rites · cultural · generations · preserving · practices · lore · mythology · tribal
innovation vs. preservation
old traditionsinnovation
Creating something original
modernity · modernization · progress · reform · experimentation
continuity vs. rupture
old traditionsrupture
Violent tearing apart
discontinuity · iconoclasm · tabula rasa · starting fresh · clean slate
cultural authority
old traditionspersonal choice
individual freedom · self-expression · progressive ideals · nonconformity · iconoclasm