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peer pressure from people who are already dead.
means A belief, custom, or practice handed down from generation to generation, repeated because it has always been repeated.
from From Latin 'traditio,' meaning a handing over or delivery, from 'tradere' — 'to hand across,' built from 'trans-' (across) plus 'dare' (to give). The same root quietly forked into a darker twin: 'traditor,' one who 'handed over' fellow Christians to Roman persecutors, which gives us 'traitor.' So tradition and treason share a bloodline — both are, at heart, about passing something on.
- word root
- Latin tradere, to hand over or betray
- invented heritage
- Scottish clan tartans were largely a 19th-century marketing scheme
- recent origins
- White wedding dresses began with Queen Victoria, 1840
- survival cost
- customs persist long after anyone recalls their reason
thanksgiving dinner — celebrated by 55 million americans on the fourth thursday of november
chinese new year — observed by 2 billion people across china and diaspora communities worldwide
day of the dead — mexican día de muertos celebrated november 1-2 with ofrendas and marigolds