Culture is the way we live,think eat and act. Culture includes what we own, type of house we live in and even the utensils we use to cook. There are many characteristics of culture for example; Culture is transmitted from one generation to the next. Through this characteristic culture is shared and learned, it is shared since the family is growing and new generations are introduced to the practices. Every family has at-least one tradition that has been passed from one generation to another. For example; celebrating Christmas is a tradition, not everyone celebrates this event. A tradition in my family is that every year we have a family vacation and we visit our family members. unfortunately we can’t go on family vacation those days because of the pandemic but this has been something my family has always been doing. Traditions aren’t just what you do but also the we do things; For examples the we cook different dishes of food. The way my family cooks relleno could be different from the way someone else cooks it but that’s what makes your culture and traditions different.

Discussion:

Personally, I have never went into detail or thought about the different things that make up culture. Before learning about culture in class I just thought culture was just the way we dress or what we eat. But I have learnt that there are many things that make up culture itself. Culture is a way we can express ourselves and it makes us unique. This way you can learn from others and others can learn from you as-well. In my opinion tradition helps us to never forget family members who have passed away, in a way by us doing the traditions we make other people happy. There maybe people in your family that aren’t able to do the traditions for many reasons; but by you practicing and done them you make them happy and they realize that those traditions are still and will still be apart of the family.