Kultur och tradition kan kännas väl sammansvetsade – så ett litet klargörande av begreppen kanske är på sin plats.
Kultur kommer från latinets cultura som betyder ungefär ‘bearbetning’, ‘odling’ och ‘bildning’ Begreppet avser idag i vid bemärkelse all mänsklig aktivitet, trots att kultur ändå har främst två betydelser: andlig (konstnärlig) odling eller socialt överförda levnadsmönster.
Kultur har kallats ”levnadssättet hos ett helt samhälle”. Som sådant inkluderar det beteendemönster, seder, klädsel, religion, ritualer, lekar, normer för lagar och moraliska system, liksom trossystem och konstarterna.
Tradition, däremot, är ett latinskt ord i betydelsen ”överlämnande” och det som lämnas vidare är det kulturella och sociala arvet. Hit räknas förutom invanda seder och bruk, olika synsätt, språk och värderingar. Vi kan också konstatera att vi i modern tid har lagt till en del nya traditioner, en del av politisk betydelse och andra av kulturell betydelse. En del skapade av företagen för att tjäna mer pengar…
Därmed tänkte jag berätta lite om kultur och tradition för vårt midsommarfirande!
The Weekly Challenge from WordPress is Culture. The difference between culture and tradition doesn’t have to be very significant.
Culture (Latin: cultura, lit. ”cultivation”) is a modern concept based on a term first used in classical antiquity. In the mid-19th century, some scientists used the term ”culture” to refer to a universal human capacity, and in the 20th century, ”culture”began to encompass the total range of human phenomena that cannot be attributed to genetic inheritance. According to Wikipedia, Hoebel describes culture as an integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic of the members of a society and which are not a result of biological inheritance.
A tradition, on the other hand, is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyer wigs ), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years—the word ”tradition” itself derives from the Latin tradere or traderer literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time.
What all this leads up to is a gallery of Swedish culture from our Midsummer festivities.
Leya 
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” It seems that was a reunion holiday … ”
That’s Midsummer’s Eve, when we celebrate the longest day!
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What a joyous celebration of summer! The food looks wonderful too 🙂
Thank you, Madhu, Strawberry cake wouldn’t be wrong today either..
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❤ Sweden
😉
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Looks like lots of fun, and quite delicious too. 🙂 I’m sure you’re so looking forward to this year’s summertime.
I am…thank you for your comment!
Du har valt ett bra bilder till temat , dessutom otroligt vackra bilder !
Håller som bäst på att försöka uppdatera mig i de bloggar jag följer … Men tiden vill inte riktigt räcka till och för all del inte orken heller …
Gissar att detta slutar med en sjukskrivning tyvärr ..
Har du bytt namn på bloggen ? Eller rättare sagt du har bytt namn på bloggen 😉 // Maria
Du kan nog behöva en lätt sjukskrivning efter allt du har haft att stå i både praktiskt och känslomässigt. Det behövs ibland.
Namnet? Jo, jag fick en kommentar från en läsare som sa mig att jag kanske borde tänka över det…Läsaren betecknade namnet som ”a mouthful”. Så, en liten förkortning kändes som att jag kanske kunde ändra till…Man är ju känslig för kommentarer. (Läs ”Jag”)
this all looks like so much fun
so glad you shared it with us
Thank you, Jo! Fun it is, Midsummer. The most happy and joyful tradition in our culture – according to me.
I think it looks terrific.
🙂
A stunning set of photos. I wanted to be there with you. LOVE the dog.
Oh,you might come over this Midsummer! We could have a dance and play some games and eat loads of food…!
sounds good to me…………
Oh, and Totti – he is a dear who always sneaks up for some cuddling…
You will be looking forward to your next Midsummer’s Day; not long now.
No, not long…but much work before we are there…
I really like your intro. I didn’t occur to me the relationship of those words!
No, I don’t think people in general do! Glad you liked it!
I did indeed!
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A great post about a wonderful slice of your life. Would love some strawberry cake! Thank you.
You could just come over this Midsummer! You’re so welcome!
Beautiful! I love the flowers and I really long for summer now.
Me too.
Ah, the strawberry cake! Summer isn’t summer without one.
Agree.
Great choice … I was thinking of doing something Swedish too – but I done nearly 28 days of it .. and I have already done ever event – so I went for my senses need of culture !!! Blåklint and prästkragar, how wonderful isn’t that … and the strawberry cake. This is Swedish summer at it’s best. They only time I got homesick while living abroad was at Midsummer, not because I ever celebrated it as such … always worked. Midsummer I became deeply homesick every year.
Wonderful post.
Thank you very much for liking it! I wasn’t sure about picking Midsummer.for this..I guess there will be some challenge about Midsummer later on, perhaps. And, I do understand if you are a bit fed up with Swedishness for a while…Your posts also contain a lot of facts, so you are indeed well informed.
Not me .. that is well informed … wikipedia … wikimedia … and goggle the best co-worker I can have. *smile – but I have learn so much from it.
Yes, and nowadays the Wikis of all kinds are recognized in schools too. Scientists made a comparison between the National Encyclopaedia and Wikipedia and found that Wikipedia was even better – more well informed for example.