Contest Announcement #2: Give the best advice to preserve the culture in your place !!!

🙏 ආයුබෝවන් (āyubōvan) 🙏

Over time, everything changes. It could be our lifestyle, our food, our clothes, anything. So there's no exception for our tradition and culture. But, those are the values which must passed on to our future generations, and should be properly preserved. Because, culture helps to preserve our sense of who we are. It gives us a connection to the past - with certain social values, beliefs, customs and traditions, allowing us to identify with others and learn about our unity, rights, and national pride. Therefore, we have to preserve our culture whenever we can.

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Each culture has its own costumes, architecture, music & dance, visual arts, story traditions, and many more. Let other members of your culture talk about their hobbies, their jobs, their crafts, and what they do for fun. It allows you to learn about different cultures and their special occasions they have.

Take an interest in cultural competitions, for example, traditional or indigenous drama, traditional dance, traditional songs, writing about one's own culture and showing an interest in traditional social work, and special occasions. For example, celebrating National Independence Day.

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Love your lifestyle without discriminating or insulting the lifestyle of others. The important thing is that there is something to be learned from everyone's lives.

The best way to preserve your culture is to keep it and use it whenever you can. Compare two different cultures in which you participate. Discuss it with your friends. It will definitely lead you to find out about the culture. And speaking the language every day, pass it on to the next generation. Be a part of customs and festivals and tell people you don't know about it. You will feel that you have preserved the culture to some extent.

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It is important to preserve your culture. Because your culture is part of your identity. If you do not protect your culture, in future generations, they will completely forget about the beautiful culture of their ancestors. The culture your ancestors followed is great. Don't lose it.