Question

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

Traditions, rituals, and funerary practices must be respected.

Answer 1

(Such questions are to be done by the students on their own. However, pointers have been provided for the students' help.)
For:

• Traditions, rituals, and funerary practices are born out of the sentiments and feelings of a community.

• They provide identity to a community.

• They maintain continuity of culture.

• They help in transferring the values of ancestors to the new generation.

• They add to our knowledge of the progress of human civilisation.

Against:

• Traditions, customs, and funerary practices may encourage superstition.

• They may hamper the development of the society.

• They affect unity.

• They could lead to violence and friction between people belonging to different cultures.