Mexican Tradtions

Traditions play a big roll in every culture. Cultures’ traditions vary from one another. In some cultures, men have the right to be married to more than one woman; on the contrary in other cultures it is morally wrong. We cannot decide whether one culture’s traditions are right or wrong, because what is true for some people is false to others, and it is just a matter of opinion. However, it is unquestionable that some traditions affect the lives of certain people. Since Traditions are what set apart one culture from another, it is important that people within their culture, keep these traditions alive and continue to exert them. In contrast, some traditions wrongly influence the cultures and keep them away from develop into a better culture or community.
One Particular culture that preserves its traditions alive, and imposes them to the future generations, is the Mexican American Culture. The old traditions of Mexico remain so close to immigrants' hearts, even as they embrace a new life in America in search of the American dream, and those traditions are passed from generation to generation. Those traditions become a part of the lives of Mexican Americans. There are different traditions within this culture; some of them have

There are plenty of problems that weaken and prevent the Mexican American culture from developing as a powerful culture, and traditions are one of them. Every culture, society, community, culture have their feebleness, but it is important that we need to overcome them. As part of the Mexican American Culture I feel that we need plenty of changes, changes that will not only make us a better community, but will also put a stop to the stereotype that some cultures have toward us. Traditions are not bad, because this is what makes different from other cultures, except that we need to realize that we are not always going to be in the same level, we need to grow as a community leaving behind traditions that not only affects people in certain ways, but a affects the community as a whole. It is depressing to know that Mexican Americans whose families have lived in the United States for generations are not yet making it in this society, and part of that problem is traditions.

Religious tradition is one of the strongest and most applied in the Mexican American community. Mexico is a tremendous religious country, because Mexicans have been imposed to Catholicism for over 3 hundred years. Catholicism is not only a religion to Mexican Americans, but also a way of living, they are taught since they are children to worship God, the saints and the virgen de Guadalupe. Mexican American children are not asked whether they want or not go to church, or if they want to go trough certain religious rituals such as, first communion, and baptism. According to Dr. Arnoldo de Leon, “Approximately 20 percent of Mexican Americans in the United States belong to Protestant communions.” (par. 3) Moreover, whenever a person rejects the Catholic Church and its traditions, that person is rejected from the family. Hundred of persons that