Globalization and technology are part of today’s world. People all over the world are connected and they are informed about all that is happening in other cities and countries. Everything changes incredibly fast and people follow tendencies that may be forgotten in a couple of months, when a new one appears.
But; would this way of living, this rush not to be left by development, to be holding the hand of fashion and all these changes, make people forget about their roots? Are they forgetting what is part of their culture as a country and what makes them special and different from the rest of the world?
Every country has a national costume, a typical kind of food, a different history and many traditions that are representative of it. But sometimes those traditions are changed by what is popular; they want to be in fashion, because they want to be accepted by society, they want to be like everybody else.
Countries are losing their traditions and adopting new ones that are not part of them, which are not representative of their culture. They only remember them on the national day; they celebrate and feel proud of being part of a great country, but what happens the rest of the year?
This does not mean that people should wear their national costumes everyday, but they should definitely care more about what belongs to them as a cultural patrimony, and give less importance to what is a global tendency and does not represent anybody, because we will find it wherever you go.
Nowadays, there are many countries that still wear their typical costumes, they speak their own language and live apart from the rest of the world. While there are some others in which people do not even know about the history of their country.
It is acceptable if we want to be in fashion, if we want to be on the same level of technology with some other countries, but we should not forget about our roots, because that is what we are, that is our identity and we should be proud of it.
