Most people have forgotten the meaning behind traditional or religious festivals,during festival periods. People nowadays only want to enjoy themselves. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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These days,many
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feel that the meaning behind historic celebrations has been neglected and what really matters is enjoying themselves. I agree with
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I will explain my viewpoint. Personally,I think the Internet and satellite TV have had a dominant role in accepting foreign cultures between youngsters which lead them to forget their own traditions and their meanings.
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is because of imposition by larger outside cultures.
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, in Iran, most young
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try to celebrate western
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like Halloween,
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of holding Iranian traditional celebrations. Even though they have no idea about the concept of Halloween.
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, due to a more demanding working lifestyle,
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are too busy
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taking time to understand the main meaning of a traditional festival.
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, most
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look forward to religious festivity as a holiday to relax and relieve their stress,
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of practising religion.
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, there are signs that show not only the meaning of some
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is remembered well, but
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widely,take Nowruz as an example. It is a national new year festivity which is held by 300 million
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around the world and its meaning is preserved by
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and even Unesco. To sum up, I partly agree with the assertion that the main concept of the religious and conventional festival is faded out but there are some
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maintain their meaning and popularity. I think it would be a good idea to hold more writing competition about the importance of
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awarding
about traditional and cultural
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in order to revive their definition between youngsters.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Commercialization
  • Globalization
  • Cultural dilution
  • Traditional values
  • Secularization
  • Festivity
  • Heritage
  • Individualism vs. collectivism
  • Consumer culture
  • Intangible cultural heritage
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