Tradition
"Tradition in the illusion of permanance" - Woody Allen
Williams, Wendi; "the Importance of Tradition"; http://www.aces.edu/urban/metronews/vol1no2/tradition.html
This article explains the importance of traditions, and them being passed down within families. It also discusses the passing of formal traditions into modern societies.
It is the traditions remembered from life in home countries that immigrants hang onto when they pack up their lives and move to America. However simple or extravagent they may be, they're definitely special and important in the lives of immigrants.
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