Modern cultures around the world have become similar as compared to the past. What are the main reasons for it? Is it a positive or negative development?

In comparison to many decades ago, people

are highly experiencing

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have highly experienced

cultural homogeneity globally. The main reasons for that can be attributed to the enhancement in accessibility when it comes to visiting other countries, along with immense improvement

in

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on

the Internet.

However

, it has caused the likelihood of forgetting traditional cultures. It is an incontrovertible fact that these days

traveling

the act of going from one place to another

travelling

to other parts of the world, even far-flung countries, has genuinely contributed to familiarity with other cultures, whereas in the past

such

availability was far-fetched. The more people travel, the higher their understanding of a foreign culture would be which can

consequently

result in close similarity among cultures. What is more, the advent of the Internet whereby people can get familiar with various cultures, which would

otherwise

be arduous to attain is another seeming cause. The Internet has turned the whole world into a virtual village in which everything is getting alike.

However

,

this

modification has adversely led people toward forgetting their own cultural heritage and belief.

As a result

of that, many languages and traditions die out without which future generation has no means at their disposal to learn about their ancestors’ way of life. In no other ways can the young stop

this

detachment from valuable assets of the past. By the way of illustration, in my country, Iran, foreign festivals

are

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mostly and joyfully celebrated, while the traditional ones have been long and utterly forgotten. People spend a lot of energy and money celebrating Valentine ’s Day rather than their own cultural festivals

such

as Mehregan. To conclude, the emergence of the Internet as well as modern modes of

traveling

the act of going from one place to another

travelling

has rapidly contributed to the resemblance of different cultures. Yet,

this

trend has aggravatingly impacted the statues of traditional customs.