Culture is a very significant element to any society. It provides the structure of how a society acts, thinks, speaks and even interact with other societies, as well as distinguishes the norms from the devious. Culture and tradition, therefore, make a society unique on its own compared to others. Such is the power of culture that it binds a group – even a large group – of people to do activities which may seem insignificant to other groups while it being celebrated or enacted with austerity by the participating group. Culture can also be tied up with religion, political view, social definitions, and everything that humanity touches. Thanksgiving, for example, is a very important tradition in America and is a highly cultural one, as it already …show more content…
Rather than giving a somber dedication to the fallen Indians, present day America have already instilled in its society that it is a day for a feast – roasted turkeys, giving gifts, having a speech about what he is thankful for – and somehow eradicated the real reason why the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving. It should be noted that the creator of the event is violence and the greed for land and the desire for domination – all negative aspects of human life. The assumptions which arouse from the event is the peaceful agreement and big feast between the pilgrims and the Native Americans, as well as the propaganda that the Native Americans are savages which should be eradicated from the seized lands of the settlers (Archeology in Tennessee 2014). And because the audience are modern Americans, whose real history got wiped out with consumerism, capitalism and propaganda for the Native Americans, the truth revealed has become insignificant. But the event, in its significant element, has made it possible for America to capitalize the markets, and has used this event to further expand markets and products that are now associated with Thanksgiving – which is Black
Loewen, James W. "The Truth about the First Thanksgiving." Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: New, 1995. 67. Print.
Summary: Plimoth Plantation, in conjunction with the Wampanoag Nation got together and re-enacted the three-day meeting between the early colonists and the Wampanoag Nation, which began the tradition of Thanksgiving. This book takes a more realistic look at the Thanksgiving story from the perspective of the pilgrims and the Native American tribe Wampanoag. The stunning photographs taken during the re-enactment are a good visual aid in debunking the misinformation surrounding the holiday. While the book talks about the true origin of Thanksgiving, it also talks about Plimoth Plantation and Wampanoag of today and how they are educating visitors on what life was really like in 1621.
During fall, the leaves fall, the temperature drops, and people sit around a table and say what they are thankful for. While we are consuming pounds of turkey and stuffing, the Pilgrims are to thank for the annual feast. Because the meaning of this holiday is to not stuff your face with endless amount of carbs, we should be reminded of how grateful we are for what we own. Thanksgiving was a very memorable time in U.S. history.
Many school children celebrate a cliché Thanksgiving tradition in class where they play Indians and Pilgrims, and some children engage in the play of Cowboys vs. Indians. It is known that some died when colonization occurred, that some fought the United States government, and that they can be boiled down to just another school mascot. This is what many people understand of the original inhabitants of America. Historical knowledge of these people has been shallow and stereotyped. The past 150 years has given birth to a literate people now able to record their past, present, and future. Native American literature, as it evolves, defines the Native American culture and its status in the world, as an evolving people, more so than any historical account can.
When the great holiday of Thanksgiving comes to mind, most people think of becoming total gluttons and gorging themselves with a seemingly unending amount of food. Others might think of the time spent with family and friends. The whole basis of the holiday is family togetherness, fellowship, and thankfulness for blessings received during the previous year.
In Keillor’s “A Wobegon Holiday Dinner,” he describes both the present day realities of family Thanksgiving as well as the past history of his family’s Thanksgiving. Each circumstance, in the present day holiday, is unthinkably different from the next, whereas...
Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Although the way holidays are celebrated over time, thanksgiving has always been a holiday feast. However, Thanksgiving is more than just eating food together with your family. For instance, some families do charity work for the poor people and create a Thanksgiving dinner for them, other family’s watch sport in addition to the food that they eat together. One part that is common at almost every Thanksgiving dinner is the type of food that is served. Families in the United States have celebrated Thanksgiving for hundreds of years, but the way it is celebrated has slightly changed from the first Thanksgiving. To be able to explain
Within the United States there is a huge diversity of cultures. Culture is many different things, it is a tradition, it is the values and beliefs passed down from generation to generation, and culture is the identity of any country. Culture helps to identify one cultural group from the other. Although we may live in the same country,city, or state we still differ from one another by the way we dress, our beliefs, language, traditions, music, art, food, religion, and politics.
American culture entails the traditions and customs of the United States. Culture includes food, what we wear, religion, our language, music, marriage, what we believe to be right or wrong, how we greet visitors and how we sit at the table. Also, it includes how we treat our loved ones and how we treat the elders. American culture is just but an example of how culture has evolved since the ancient times and its
Culture often means an appreciation of the finer things in life; however, culture brings members of a society together. We have a sense of belonging because we share similar beliefs, values, and attitudes about what’s right and wrong. As a result, culture changes as people adapt to their surroundings. According to Bishop Donald, “let it begin with me and my children and grandchildren” (211). Among other things, culture influences what you eat; how you were raised and will raise your own children? If, when, and whom you will marry; how you make and spend money. Truth is culture is adaptive and always changing over time because
Culture is an important aspect to the society we live in today. With the economy so hard to live in, it’s making it harder for the individuals to meet their needs. There are many cultures that are around the world that is different in many ways. One way that many cultures come together is through the cultural events today. Cultural events are events pertaining to cultures, such as a feast or festivals. By attending cultural events, you experience firsthand the diverse offering of culture and artistic expression found in a community. The Essence Music Festival and the Mardi Gras are two of the festivals that many people attend for all over the world.
The purpose of Thanksgiving in Canada is different from the Americans. But even though the reasons for giving thanks are different, many of the customs are the same. Canadian Thanksgiving was originally started to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest. This was when there were lots of farmers that grew crops. Now we give thanks for everything we appreciate. Some farming families still give thanks for a good crop.
The United States is a country with a diverse existing population today; this country is known as a melting pot of different cultures, each one unique in its own respect. Culture; differentiate one societal group from another by identification beliefs, behaviors, language, traditions, Art, fashion styles, food, religion, politics, and economic systems. Through lifelong, ever changing processes of learning, creativity, and sharing culture shapes our patterns of behavior as well thinking. The Culture’s significance is so intense that it touches almost every aspect of who and what we are. Culture becomes the telescope through which we perceive and evaluate what is going on around us. Trying to define the perplexing term of culture with varying component of distinguishable characteristics is difficult to restrict. Presenly, culture is viewed as consisting primarily of the symbolic, untouched and conception aspects of human societies.
The world’s culture can be found in many cities around America; restaurants of varying origins, sportswear from around the world, clothing styles from past cultures and current cultures, specific areas that are specifically called “China Town” and “Little Italy” etc. All of these different areas can make it quite easy to obtain almost anything about any culture, and hard to ignore the culture of the Celts in October due to Halloween having strong roots in their culture from over 2,000 years ago. Also good luck trying to dodge the Santa’s trying to obtain your money for the Salvation army, clearly decorated pine trees suspiciously looking a lot like a Christmas tree, or locking out any of the holiday jingles from intruding and making a home in your head for days. What about Cinco de Mayo, St. Patrick 's day? None of these popularly celebrated days in America have anything to do with America’s culture, but rather other cultures that have been around much longer than even the thought of America. Yet none of these holidays are even mentioned with cultural appropriation or make the headlines in any news. Also with America’s largest population being noted as white due to physical appearances alone, hate and scorne had blossomed around cultural appropriation if you don’t resemble the culture that you are appropriating. All of this originating back into the opinions that people have about what is part of one culture compared to
Cultures bound everything from food, religion, music, language, clothing, how we socialize and the sports we play. This is what defines people of all different areas of the world. Today America can be considered as a “Mixed Salad”, where immigrants have held onto their own customs as they migrate into our society. We are not a nation of one culture but a nation of cultures combined. The United States has a population of around three hundred million people and is the third largest country in the world. We as a country are considered to be one of the most diverse place in the world. Every part of the world has had some influence on how we do things in America. Foreigners can remember their first experience of America whether it be watching a