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 no doubt that the majority of the
people
already
forgot
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the original values of the religious
festivals
and prefer to enjoy them in their own ways
instead
of celebrating them traditionally. I would argue that they are doing it
due to
busier schedules from work and authorities limiting the timing and resources to celebrate some famous
festivals
. To commence with the views of disagreement that few humans are still connected with their ground traditions and perform the
festivals
according to
their religious norms.
In other words
,
people
wait eagerly for the festival and
while
celebrating it, they
use to
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tell their children about how
this
particular festival started and reasons to celebrate it.
Consequently
, believe
to pass
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in passing
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religious beliefs from one generation to
next
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However
, in
this
modern world, individuals are becoming so busy that they hardly get
time
for themselves resulting
to ignore
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the importance of
festivals
. They are working five or six days a week, leaving less
time
to spend with friends and family. In order to go for the outings, they use festival holidays as a bonus and go outside for
get together
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get-togethers
.
For instance
, a state survey has found that on the holiday of the Lohri festival in Punjab, 9 out of 10 individuals prefer to go shopping
instead
of celebrating it at home.
Thus
, being disconnected from the religious meaning of tradition.
Further
strengthening the view, the Government has imposed limitations on the
time
and resources to celebrate some huge
festivals
due to
which
people
are losing interest
to celebrate
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them. Diwali is a very famous festival in India. Being a festival of lights and sweets,
people
use to explode crackers and distribute sweets among friends and relatives. But the Government has limited the
time
to celebrate it from 6 p.mto 8 p.m and
also
banned the formation of crackers in order to save the environment from pollution which led the
people
to lose interest
to celebrate
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it. In conclusion, despite some
people
managing to celebrate traditional
festivals
following norms and beliefs, most of them prefer to go for small trips on holidays to enjoy themselves
instead
of celebrating at home.
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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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