In many countries, too much money was spent by government and individuals on national celebration such as New Year and religious festivals. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

It is often argued that spending amount of money on national celebrations

such

as New year and various kinds of festivals by the

government

or individuals today. As far as I am concerned,

although

there might be arguments supporting

that is

wasteful to spend an amount of money to conduct these festivals. I completely agree with the statement on

this

expense and

this

essay will discuss my personal opinions regarding the

government

's output on national events.

First

of all, Festival events have a vital connection with the cultural identity of the communities who celebrate them. One of the

first

benefits of

this

situation is to improve people's mindset on how important cultural identity and cultural recognition are. In

this

sense, if these events were not held in society, it would cause a lack of understanding of cultural distinctive lifestyles that are associated with and they will go extinct.

For example

, in my country, Indonesia, the

government

often held festival ceremonies in society every month.

As a result

, various kinds of cultures in Indonesia are still preserved which can be implemented for people's lifestyles.

On the other hand

, despite the advantages, there are

also

drawbacks for the

government

that needed to be concerned about. The negative side would be that the outlay can be spent on other aspects which have an enormous impact on the community directly.

This

would mean that the capital can be gifted to the development of public facilities

such

as transportation, medical centre etc.

For instance

, in my country's neighbour, Singapore, the state tends to spend an amount of capital on public facilities in order to have good quality services rather than spending their capital on the national celebrations that make people who live in Singapore feel comfortable and convenient as well. To sum up, I belives that spending a lot of cost on festival activities indeed gives benefits to society.

However

, the higher authorities who control the country's expenditure should

also

keep balancing between national celebrations and other aspects.