HOW TO

PRESERVE CULTURE

Culture is

everywhere. At home,

school, streets, and

in each activity we

do in our daily

life. As matter of a

fact, culture is

everything regarding

traditions,

costumes, knowledge

and history;

characteristics that

definitely imply a

world perception.

And it is there, in

this reality

perception, where we

can find out the most

relevant

characteristics about

culture.

How can we

preserve our own

culture? Personally

I think there are

many ways to make

it, but I want to

highlight one

specifically because

it is something

talks about our

identity,

traditions, history

and our perception

of the world. That

is arts.

The arts, referring to

the whole field of

artistic endeavors;

theatre, sculpture,

painting, dance, etc,

they keep our traditions

and history alive

because through it we

know and learn about our

culture and also we can

transmit it.

Literature, music, films,

theater, are some different

artistic categories that can

be used in order to teach

everything regarding the

Colombian culture.

We as teachers can adapt

different strategies in the

classroom by using the arts as

an excuse to teach and preserve

the Colombian culture, in the

way we are showing that;

culture, identity and language

are always interconnected.