Culture, tradition and

identity

AIM
TO RAISE AWARENESS ON TRADITION,
CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITIES.
 Definitions

Culture
This is the quality of a person that arises from a
concern for what is regarded as excellent.
Tradition

Identity
 Difference

The main difference between culture and tradition

and behaviours while on is that traditions are beliefs
that are passed down from one generation to another
and culture describes shared characteristics of an
entire group, which has been amassed throughout
history.
Issues linked with cultural segregation

Discrimination
Absence of knowledge
False teaching

Cultures to focus on
Zulu
Scottish
Indian (Hindu)
Korean
Spanish
 1. Scottish

 The Scottish culture is a culture that is very widely recognised as a very odd
and complex one.
 On the other hand we have found that the culture has played a very
considerable role in the European history .
 Firstly as part of the United Kingdom on the day of a king or
queens ,death ,birth or inauguration the royal Scottish army stands guard
until the heir has arrived.
 Our generation has a problem of respect and a lesson in respect is how they
speak to people with authority bowing or kneeling to superiors.
 The Scottish culture also shows how patience in our younger generation is a
must ,from a young age Scottish boys need to learn patient attitude in learning
to guard live stalk and this is in preparation for some day maybe guarding the
royal palace or protecting the royal family a true responsibility .
 There is a saying as patient as a Scottish herdsman
 The Scottish culture teaches responsibility, patience and respect.
 2. Zulu

The Zulu culture is one of the culture which is irrelevant .

Children of these days especially the teenagers have lost
respect and the way they acknowledge their elders, but the
Zulu culture has a way in which elders are obeyed by bowing
whenever you are greeting them.
If you disrespect an elder you will face a lot of problems
especially if it your mother you are asked to pay a fine.
The zulu culture is a wide range of the many atmost cultures
It is one of the cultures which has respect but children
nowadays have lost respect towards their parents and adults.
Problems faced by the Zulu teenagers

the Zulu culture is being destroyed because of the ever

growing modernisation of our generation.
More and more teens are moving to more economically
wealthy countries leaving their own and joining new cultures.
the shortage of land and live stalk has forced a new custom of
using money instead of batter trade which was super
beneficial all that is left of the trade is borrowing of house
commodities.
teens do not even know where they come from ,ancestry
which was the pride of the tribe in the past knowing which
clan and bloodline to marry from.
how these beautiful customs have been lost
 3. Hindu

Hindu

 In the Hindu culture women or rather females are required to wear

clothes that cover their bodies as like their traditional clothing the saris
. It is their culture and part of who they are .
 Being part of their identity , their freedom to freely be in their
traditional clothing is deprived from them as they are facing issues .
One of the issues is in schools , girls conform.
 The Hindu culture have to conform to wear different pieces of
clothing because of a clash between the school rules and their culture .
 One such case is when schools require girls to require short skirts or
pencil shirts which does not suit the Hindu culture ,they might wear
slacks instead and might cause stigma as there are differentiated from
the rest of the students and also causes them to feel out of place.
 So at times they wear such and eventually their culture fades away
within them and so part of their identity is lost.
 4. Himba

The Himba culture is an indigenous group of people

which primarily live in the Northern Namibia in a
semi-nomadic, pastoralist lifestyle.
Visullay remarkable, with ochre pasted red skin and
hair, intricate jewellery and a goat- hide clothing.
They live in remote villages unintergrated with the
rest of Namibian society
 Problems faced by the Himba teenagers

Hindu teenagers face quite a lot of problems because

of their culture
They really are not confident with the way they dress
because they wear goat-hide and most of their skin is
not covered and it mostly applies to the ladies
Their not satisfied with the girls get married off they
get married off at the age of 13
Their culture does not allow them to wear clothing
that covers the body because they beleivethat it is
more appropriate if they wear the attire they wear.
 5. Bhuddist

Children in Bhuddist cultures are often taught of their

traditions from a tender age, e.g. Lunar New Year
celebrations.
As they grow they become more aware of their identity
and who they are.
As they are identified according to their nationalities
like the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese etc. they are
proud of where they have come from.
Japanese and Korean children for example are taught
courtesy and kindness by bowing to thank or greet
adults or respectable people.
Problems faced by Bhuddist teenagers

Globalisation has become one of biggest problem

currently faced in the global community.
Asians that are foreigners in other nations are mostly
criticised and made fun of.
Western cultures have begun to influence all the world
to the point where they forget who they really are.
Drug abuse and peer pressure are affecting these once
precious children to die early.
Teens are slowly letting go of their traditions like
Chuseok.
 Problem faced by teenagers world wide

Drug abuse
Early marriages
Early pregnancies
Immoral behaviours
Discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community
Abuse relationships
 Conclusion

Teens in different cultures happen to face the same

challenges and in order to prevent all the hardships
that could arise

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