Technology and Culture

There is no denying to the fact that changes occur in life as the institution develops in its technology. Traditions and customs, culture of each and every race in Malaysia get a setback in this case. An attempt to keep them alive is a contentious matter and become debatable as we are somehow modernized by the West. It is somehow painful and sad to see traditions and customs dying as we all humans have intense emotional bond with cultures and traditions but the stark reality have to be accepted that the world is a fix up of flux and change.There are several reasons to why our traditions and customs are abandoned. Firstly, the advancement in telecommunication has influenced our minds to choose between cultures to which one that are convenient. We tend to explore for and turn to the way as well as the one that is more convenient and are accessible. It is human nature for youths especially to adapt to changes faster. For instance, the existence of the favorable network called Faceb ook that enables us to connect with people from all walks of life by tho typing a persons name without actually discerning the person well.On festive seasons, we, young people need not going around visiting relatives and friends as well as going back to our individual hometowns anymore, we just wish them and greet them through the social network and phone them. Somehow, the tradition of visiting relatives and friends during festive seasons soon will be a tale of life. Furthermore, the technology has moved peoples interest to play traditional games to modern and practical(prenominal) games. Many youths nowadays are often categorize as the visual people.They often spend their time going to cybercaf or at home playing computer games to the wee hours. If you ask them about traditional games they would just stare blankly at you because they as well as children nowadays only know how to swipe on the gadgets that theirs parents have. Probably, they are somehow called heliophobia which means a person who is fear of sunlight as most of our traditional games are played outdoors. Traditional games have now been ruled over by virtual games and have now been an old-fashioned in youngsters mind.Moreover, the technology has equipped us with more knowledge and we become more open-minded and more rational in thinking. If we would like to know more about more information on a accredited thing or events, we could just click on the swipe and search information from the internet as search engines provides us with much information. Referring to books and newspaper have been sort of out-dated thing. On the other hand, we can now perk heathen dance through the advance video technology, YouTube.We no longer take the first step to actually ask our mentor or the cultural dance performer or instructor to train us to dance correctly. Even now, the cultural dance is called cultural cum modern dance in the video website. The younger generation eventually become more open-minded as they think what they are doing is cool and fashion has overpowered traditional wears in certain ethnics. All in all, advancements in technology surely have caused traditions and culture to get a setback.The government as well as the responsible government activity should organize campaigns and take action so that the young will know the legacy that our ancestors have practiced and deteriorateed on to us. Perhaps, a cultural dance much(prenominal) as lion dance, fan dance, bharatanatyam being performed on occasions will get younger generation to know their culture better. They will then pass on to the next generation. It is never too late to teach them on culture and traditions, which is a legacy to leave behind when we are gone exit a great impact on the next generation.