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Traditions are an enormous deal in most cultures, typically Latino or Middle Eastern heritages. What is a tradition you may inquire? Well, a tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with a symbolic meaning behind it or also a special significance that has origins from the past. Most traditions are celebrated for different meanings or different purposes. However, they actually do hold certain things alike to one another, for example, most or almost all traditions have links to cultural heritage.
Three traditions that we will be talking about are the Quinceanera, the tradition in the short story “The Lottery”, and finally the Satara- Mawe Initiation. All these traditions have a couple of things different. Firstly, the purpose of a Quinceanera is to mark a young woman’s transition from a child to an adult. In a Quinceanera, girls are taught traditional homeworking skills, such as weaving, cooking, and cleaning to prepare for marriage and children. They also separate this tradition into two different parts: The Mass, and The Fiesta. At this Mass, the girl receives Holy Communion, makes an act of consecration to the ‘Virgin Mary’, gifts the Virgin Mary with a bouquet of flowers, and also receives blessed gifts given to her by the priest such as a ring, a tiara or also a necklace. After the Mass is done the girl has a party which consists of music, traditional dancing, and traditional food. The short story “The Lottery” is mostly about a tradition held by a small village carrying about three hundred people. The Lottery is something that everyone is forced to participate in and is believed to bring in a good harvest. Instead of this lottery being something people are happy about and joyful about because they are about to win money, it is actually what people are terrified of due to if you get picked you will be stoned to death. Due to this scarification of a winner the popularity of the tradition is mostly dying. Last but not least, The Satere-Mawe Initiation is a tradition held by Native Americans where children under the age of 14 have to participate in gruesome bullet ant initiation. These children must wear gloves filled with venomous Bullet Ants for four minutes. No initiate can be considered a true Indian, a warrior until he has worn the gloves not once, but twenty times. This tradition shows the bravery of the kids in order to become a part of the tribe. All these traditions show a different way of becoming a part of something or a different way to move on in life.
However, all these traditions have a similar side to them. For example, all three traditions show a sign of bravery and aging in a child’s life. The Quinceanera shows bravery and aging by learning traditional homeworking skills and receiving Holy Communion. The Lottery shows bravery from all the people participating in it. The Satere-Mawe Initiation shows bravery from the kids putting their hands in the bullet ant glove and aging into men to become true warriors and be a part of the tribe. They also all have links to cultural heritage, The Quinceanera shows cultural heritage with the dress they usually use passed down by older relatives. The Lottery has a cultural heritage because of the use of the same black box every year. And finally, The Satere-Mawe Initiation uses bullet ants and hand mad gloves every year. All three of these traditions also have a purpose due to their being important to their culture.
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