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Should we keep customs and traditions alive?

That's just the stupidest question I have ever heard. In that area at least. Of course we shouldn't! Who needs traditions? Let's live every day like there's no tomorrow and like there hasn't been history. Why do we need traditions? Why should we arrange song festivals every year? Why? That's not necessary! We have nothing important to remember with this.
In more narrow area than Estonia. Why should we go and sing a birthday song to our family members? Just 'cause that's something we've done since the dawn of time? No! That's stupidity. We really shouldn't.
Also we shouldn't paint eggs or bring Christmas tree when it's Christmas. Those are just traditions and there are no reasons for doing it. It would be freaking lovely, if all the old traditions would just disappear. All the old and new songs that people are are singing in the festival. It would be perfect, if our grand-children knew nothing about them and sing Jonas Brothers's songs instead. If they're singing at all.
And why the egg painting for example? Why should we take ourselves a sunday where we are at home with our families and eat and paint eggs? It's a Christian tradition. And why should we follow it? It's not like it was a big deal when Jesus decided to wake up from dead. Jeez! Nowadays people do that all the time. Why don't we honor other people? First come, first served, right?
Last but nor least. Ironating is my second nature and only the first two sentences were true. Honestly.

Mida ma tegelikult Virvele jutustan:

Should we keep customs and traditions alive?

Estonians have many traditions. For example every summer there's a song and dance festival, most of Estonians bring home a fir tree, when it's Christmas, at Easter people paint eggs with their families. Every family also has their own traditions.
Where would we be without traditions? Traditions mean a lot to a nation. When Estonia was taken over by Russia, then Estonians came out of it as a nation, because they maintained their traditions. If people would have taken over the Russian traditions we would not have Estonia like this nowadays.
In Soviet times people didn't have Christmas. It was forbidden to celebrate Christmas in December like we do nowadays. It used to have a different name and it was celebrated in the New Years Eve. But Estonians would still celebrate Christmas. They used to bring inside some straw and made a goat out of straw too. This shows us that traditions may change with time.
I do think that we should keep traditions and customs alive, because a nation is not a nation without customs. Traditions is what makes a group of people living in the same land a nation. It is nature's normal course that things change. So do traditions, but there are things that remain the same though. Traditions must stay alive!