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-# A part of [[culture]] that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.+'''Tradition''' includes a number of related ideas:
-#* ''Yet if the only form of '''tradition''', of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "'''tradition'''" should positively be discouraged.+# Beliefs or customs taught by one generation to the next, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements, and family traditions at [[Christmas]].
-#* ''After breakfast, Charles Macdoodle told Lady Mary that it was a '''tradition''' in the family that those rumbling carriages on the terrace betokened death.'' --[[A Christmas Tree]]+# Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by social interaction, such as saying "thank you", sending birth announcements, greeting cards, etc.
 +# Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by societies and governments, such as [[Federal holidays in the United States]].
 +# Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by [[religious denomination|religious denominations]] and [[local church|church bodies]] that share history, customs, culture, and, to some extent, body of teachings. For example, one can speak of [[Islam]]'s [[Sufi]] tradition or Christianity's [[Lutheran]] tradition.
 +# Beliefs, customs and practices that are [[prehistory|Prehistoric]] or have lost/[[arcane]] origins, such as [[trade]], the teaching of [[language]] and [[education]] in general.
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 +Traditions serve to preserve a wide range of culturally significant [[information|ideas]], specific practices and the various methods used by distinct [[culture|cultures]].
 +The word '''tradition''' comes from the [[Latin]] ''traditionem'' which is the [[accusative case]] of ''traditio'' which means "handing over, passing on".
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-# A commonly held system. 
==See also== ==See also==
*''[[Tradition and the Individual Talent|Tradition and the Individual Talent]] by [[T. S. Eliot]] *''[[Tradition and the Individual Talent|Tradition and the Individual Talent]] by [[T. S. Eliot]]

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Tradition includes a number of related ideas:

  1. Beliefs or customs taught by one generation to the next, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements, and family traditions at Christmas.
  2. Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by social interaction, such as saying "thank you", sending birth announcements, greeting cards, etc.
  3. Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by societies and governments, such as Federal holidays in the United States.
  4. Beliefs, customs and practices maintained by religious denominations and church bodies that share history, customs, culture, and, to some extent, body of teachings. For example, one can speak of Islam's Sufi tradition or Christianity's Lutheran tradition.
  5. Beliefs, customs and practices that are Prehistoric or have lost/arcane origins, such as trade, the teaching of language and education in general.

Traditions serve to preserve a wide range of culturally significant ideas, specific practices and the various methods used by distinct cultures. The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem which is the accusative case of traditio which means "handing over, passing on".


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