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?

There is an argument by some

people

that nowadays many individuals no longer observe the reasons behind cultural and religious festivals rather they use

this

period to only enjoy themselves.

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I strongly disagree with

this

notion. In recent days thoughts are going about suggesting that the population that

are

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partaking in traditional and religious heritage are doing so in order to only have

meriments

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merriments

and they do not pay attention to the meaning of the festive period. But I refuse to agree with

this

idea because up until date cultures and traditions are still one of the important courses

that

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being taught in schools so children still understand why

such

occasions hold.

Furthermore

, the celebration always

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hand-in-hand with the norms guiding it.

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in my

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Christmas,

people

go to church to worship and they

also

partake in other happy moments in the village square plus the gift they share among themselves depicting love. Another reason why I disagree with the stated opinion is

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the fact that

people

still

sacrifices

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a lot for the sake of the ethics of the land.

For example

, during

new

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year, a lot of

people

travel from far and near to celebrate

this

important event with their relatives and neighbours thereby upholding its value which is unity and Peace. To illustrate

further

. In my community,

those outside

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of the country come back just to observe the new Yam festival and

also

they partake in every

rituals

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performed on their special day. In

conclusion

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there is a contentious argument that

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of individuals have abandoned the worth of their cultural and religious beliefs and

instead

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they tend to only have fun among themselves.

In contrast

, I strongly disagree with

such

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and the reason for my disagreement is that cultural ethics and norms are still a subject in school up until

this

day and youngsters have the knowledge about the importance and

people

also

sacrifice a lot to see that they respect the rituals of the country where they originate