All Roads Lead to Jerusalem

Is tradition akin to following moral obligations?

By hipkapi March 23, 2011 Balagangadhara, colonial consciousness, normative, practice, tradition

Traditions are inherited practices, which mean two things: they are both transmitted and learnt. The learning occurs through imitation, following instructions, through stories and so on. Consequently, traditions ‘change’ (i.e. undergo…

Is Rain dance superstitious?—Willem Derde

By hipkapi March 1, 2011 belief, knowledge, practice, stories, Willem

Some consider it to be a “superstitious practice”, the implication being that it is irrational to believe that dancing causes the rain to fall: no reasonable people on earth can…