sábado, 21 de noviembre de 2009

Traditions in Alaska




Traditions are the handing down orally of stories, beliefs, customs, etc. from generation to generation. Traditions are often a long-established custom or practice that has the effect of an unwritten law. Traditions are very important to the Natives of Alaska. They believed that the stories told to them by their ancestors explained why things are the way they are, and how things came to be. Some stories were believed to be real, while others held more as a myth.
Traditions are a part of everyone's life, whether it be in your family's belief to have your girlfriend/boyfriend meet your parents, or like the Natives Athabascan's belief of attending a Stick Dance, which is forbidden to talk about for fear spirits would come back and haunt you. There are many stories and traditions that Alaska's Native tribes believe in. Here is a small representation of those stories.
GLOSSARY
HANDING DOWN: IMPOSICION
ORALLY: ORALMETE
UNWRITTEN: NO ESCRITO
EXPLAINED: EXPLICARON
TOLD: DICHO
BELIEF: CREENCIA

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