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.