Differentiate between culture, tradition, rituals, ceremonies, and religion...

I am fine ceremony onwards...before that...I disagree..

You see traditions are created...for example...one person gives a wedding card..others will also give ...somebody wears flowers on head, others will also do that...there is no logical reason in it..if flowers are good on head, why is it that men dont wear it...or may be...there is a reason for such things which we dont know. But no religious book says flowers should be worn, or wedding cards should be distributed...:)

I ve not denied or dis-approve your vision, i ve just defined the concluded output. And in tradition also, you will find sufficient logic behind all the actions. It shouldnt be difficult to understand, why male n female r dressed up differently. It seems, you put a lots of flower on head ... its nice.

Ok...its understandable..you too have a good day...:)

true, some part of the globe doesnt believe in culture. But mexico has a very rich culture as i know at least.

Quite a few people associate the way we dress, sing, or cook, or even our art forms as our culture...:) Cultural shows are supposed to be that..lol I dont think so...culture is...the measures in the day to day routine that make the social movements pleasant. Art is art...not culture.. Cooking is cooking..not culture... Wearing certain types of clothes is exactly that...not culture. :)

why, thank you all the best, urban

You are the best!!! Pity I had only one BR because this one certainly deserves a BR.

Thats a great explanation... I was just thinking based on Vijayanth's discussion...money or culture...both are not mutually exclusive...right? Its like asking somebody in the morning tootpaste or toothbrush..lol I think culture does not cost money...we can create traditions that are expensive..like giving costly favors along with wedding invitation cards, or feeding one poor person per day...those would be traditions...not necessarily something to do with religion, in fact, rarely something to do with religion. Rituals...are often prescribed by the religion. Ceremonies too...and religion is as you put it beliefs.

Thanks for the BR tag

You can write the preface.. Was just searching for proper explanations for those words...how a common man understands those words...I think everybody is confused about them, some what..lol

Oh I understood you perfectly...yes, tradition is something that does not exist in scriptures...instead we create it...whether for our good, or for society's but it definitely does not come from religion. :)

You do have the culture definition right... Now, traditions can be handed down in the family which over a period becomes larger, and larger, and these get copied by neighbors and friends as well. It is distinct from culture, traditions, or rituals, and even the art forms...but because we do not differentiate between such things, we have made "culture" expensive..

Ok...what would you say midnight mass is...ritual, tradition, culture.......:) I would call it..ritual.. And no...I think culture is out of the clutches of religion, and so is tradition... Only rituals and ceremonies remain under religion..according to my definition. I remember traditionally when a girl was selected for marriage...they used to give her a bowl of water to wash her feet. If she succeeded in washing her feet in less water then she would be careful with monies...that was the assessment..that is tradition...it involves some common sense. As to culture..it is about maintaining amicable relationships I think...so whether it is you or me...we all would appreciate it..In african tribes there is this custom ...they cook for one more person. That is because they never know when the guest would arrive. That means waste but it also means that should the guest arrive, he wont be hungry. So it has human considerations so it is nice culture..no religion specifies it...