Quote:
Originally Posted by GoNative
Why do you see it as a problem though? What are the benefits of holding onto old traditions? I agree some can be worth holding onto but I just want to understand what you think is possibly being lost.
|
I can give you an example, maybe I can explain through it. In my country there were traditional funerals, in which everyone, from the closest relatives to the last acquaintance have their positions described - it was easy for everyone, when you went to someone's funeral you knew right away who's the widow/widower and his/her family. There was an order in the ceremony too, so you didn't have to worry about these things, you could give your thoughts to the parted one and the family. Now it's different, and the worst when it tries to be traditional, because not everyone remembers how it was exactly, it's a chaos which instead of ease the mourner's pain gives it more, even some sense of gilt because the funeral's 'failure'.
So I wasn't asking about the benefits of holding onto old, meaningless traditions. I asked if they do it or not. Do Japanese make this kind of mistakes or not? - If yes, isn't that something what should be feared by those who still can keep the origins?