Have traditions and common sense been done away with?
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But most have two traditions to uphold or reclaim: history and quality.
This is part of the tradition of the United States that I discussed before, and I recognize that different countries have different traditions.
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Since the 90s, religion and holiday traditions have made their way back into households.
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And again, I think this is a place where bipartisan traditions have always held.
Denver and Chicago both have great football traditions, but the weather is a big issue.
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Some of the customs, such as gift-giving, may have influenced Christmas traditions.
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The three countries ( Japan, Turkey, and Spain) that are up for hosting the Olympics in 2020 all have tremendous wrestling traditions.
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While some families hold the secret to the fluffiest matzoh balls in town, others have created new traditions to share with their families and friends.
Born and raised in Khartoum, the 18-year old is a living testament to how his Nuba traditions have transcended the mountains, competing from boyhood even within the capital.
It boasts an outward-looking food culture that absorbs influences freely, while its culinary traditions have been reinvented by chefs like Fergus Henderson at St John and Rowley Leigh at Le Cafe Anglais.
The Royal Court's artistic director Dominic Cooke said the two plays asked "searching questions about who we are in Britain today, about the relationship we have to our traditions and the forces that shape our lives".
From Brazil to South Africa, from Turkey to South Korea, from India to Indonesia, people of different races, religions, and traditions have lifted millions out of poverty, while respecting the rights of their citizens and meeting their responsibilities as nations.
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The modern Olympics are a model example of what the historians Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger have called invented traditions ritualized official or quasi-official events, often presented as revivals of ancient practices or in other ways designed to imply continuity with the distant past.
And there is a responsibility that this President has not just to point out that we have respect for the religious traditions of the Afghan people in this case but to have as his primary concern the safety and security of American forces and American civilian personnel overseas.
They have different loyalities, traditions and heroes, and a radically different view of Irish history (to say the least).
Several of those the French call the "elephants", senior Socialist figures rooted in the party's traditions, have fallen away in the presidential race.
Most of us Americans have our manic holiday traditions, and longings.
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And since it's his first trip to China, he looks forward to seeing for himself the culture and traditions that have made China a great nation.
Unlike prior generations, contemporary couples aren't afraid to tinker with the order of a ceremony or the wedding traditions that have, in the past, seemed intractable.
The model for China will have to reflect the traditions of Confucianism, and respect for education and order, in combination with the love of (and talent) for entrepreneurism.
Most carnivals throughout the Caribbean, even the ones most closely linked to religious traditions, have a component of old African mysticism and often involve the exorcising of evil spirits.
But the thousands who regularly sell their home-made jam, marmalade or chutney in re-used jars may have to abandon their traditions after a warning that they are breaching European health and safety regulations.
They have little desire to replace traditions of hard work and thrift with a flabby welfare dependency.
But there have long been conflicting political traditions within the Mexican church.
Your assured handling of business of the House and your understanding of its traditions and practices have earned you the deep respect of Peers across the House.
Kichwa people are Ecuadorian skilled artisans and producers of textiles that have kept alive the handicraft traditions of the mindalas, an ancient indigenous elite specialized in the art of trade.
Both provinces have deep social-democratic traditions, and labour laws that allow a workplace to be certified as unionised without a vote, as long as a majority of employees sign union cards.
He called on the Orange Order to learn from the example of the Apprentice Boys of Londonderry who had "sought to understand the fears of their fellow citizens in Derry and who have involved children of all traditions in exploring and understanding their story and organisation".
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