Posts tagged culture
The Raconteur
HARK! RAMBLINGS AND RANDOMNESS OF A BIBLIOPHILE
Tanabata (meaning “Evening of the seventh”) is a Japanese star festival on the 7th July, derived from a beautiful Chinese legend. People generally celebrate this day by writing wishes on small pieces of paper, and hanging them on bamboo trees. Read more about Tanbata and its starry love story.
I didn’t learn until I was in college about all the other cultures, and I should have learned that in the first grade. A first grader should understand that his or her culture isn’t a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society. Cultural relativity is defensible and attractive. It’s also a source of hope. It means we don’t have to continue this way if we don’t like it.
