Traditional Values And Customs Essay

The decline of traditional values and customs are a common perception in modern Bhutan. Rapid modernisation and development of the nation since 1960s has affected Bhutanese people in maintaining the unique traditions and culture, which are main components in defining the sovereignty and identity of the nation. If one compares the lost of traditional values in urban and rural areas, most people will agree that in urban centres such adversities are greater due to social and economical reasons. The essay will attempt to describe and analyze the situation that the standard of life in urban areas is better than before, unfortunately, most of the traditional values and customs where ladders have been lost or practiced less often due to the influence

The time spent on religious activities such as praying, visiting monasteries, prostrating before the Buddha, or performing rituals gives platform to compare (Collins, 2012). For example, elderly people spend four to five hours in alter doing offerings, lighting butter lamp, pray and meditate, prostrate before Buddha every day. For children, they hardly know how to pray and cannot spend even five minutes. Children think it is less important to practice religious activities or traditional music and games. Instead they want to do cooler activities such as playing video games, listening to modern songs and music. (109 words)
In case of family structure, the traditional Bhutanese family was multi-generational, while family units today seem to be small in size. According to Collins (2012) modern Bhutan does not have multi-generational family; rather they are nuclear primes in urban areas. In such situation, the modern family life is also changing. However, this is only true in the urban areas where modernisation has had a bigger impact. On the other hand, a vast majority of the people continue to settle in the rural areas still practicing the traditional values and customs (Crins, n.d.). (92