With the recent advancements in technology and increasing globalization, many nations are experiencing the loss of traditional values. However, governmental officials and celebrities can take some steps to preserve these values.
Incorporating national history and culture into modern-day school curriculums is one practical solution to saving the traditional values of nations. Studying these subjects will provide children with the necessary knowledge about their community’s or nation’s traditional values and promote their role in society. In addition, school management should organize museum visits that provide useful information about the history of traditions so as to help schoolchildren better understand them. The
The government also needs to preserve traditional values by celebrating national holidays in cities and regions. This will remind local communities of forgotten traditions and customs. Nowruz holiday is a case in point: when Azerbaijan was occupied by the Soviet Union, the celebration of this holiday was forbidden. However, after gaining independence, our country’s politicians decided to celebrate it: people in traditional clothing paraded festively decorated streets, thereby reminding their nation of their national identity.
The third way is the promotion of traditional values through social media channels. Since many people today spend their time on social networking platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, it has become a powerful tool for influencing others. Thus, governmental officials as well as public figures and influencers should use these platforms so as to encourage their audiences to protect and transmit traditions that would otherwise be forgotten. If such people with authority and popularity raise awareness of traditional values by writing informative posts and shooting videos, their followers, particularly citizens of their country, will not forget these traditions.
In conclusion, studying history and culture at school contributes to the problem of lost national traditions. However, it is also important to organize celebrations of some local traditions and use social networking sites to promote them.