Sun, 13 Feb 2005

The Mundane and the Vital

Here is a tale of an alien holiday from an exotic foreign land - and yet the emotional current it evokes rings true across all of humankind. Sometimes the most vital things in life are also the most mundane.

The note of wistful resignation expressed by the author for the slow loss of her personal heritage should serve as a wakeup call to all of us: with tradition, it's truely a "use it or lose it" situation.

It's a scary thought that when I'm gone, my family's traditions will disappear with me

(link) [The Straits Times (Singapore)]

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