If I were to leave the United States, there are three items that I would bring with me that I believe best represents my family culture. The first item would be photo albums of all of the pictures that have been taken of my family and the special events that we have experienced. The second would be a cookbook of all of my family’s favorite recipes. The final items would be the knitted and hand-made gifts that we have made each other in our family.
There are a few different ways that I would explain to others what these items mean to me. One way is to tell stories about these items and directly explain to these individuals the personal meaning that they hold. The second way is to demonstrate or share these items to these individuals. The final ways is to always keep these items close to me and keep them in a safe location.
If upon my arrival, I would be told that I could only keep one item and give up the other two I would be heartbroken and devastated. This is mostly because these items have sentimental value to me and are the only items that I could keep with me that would remind me of my family and our family culture.
After participating in this exercise I have gained insight about myself and my family culture. That is, the things that I hold most dear about my family and our culture is the events that we participate in and the things that we create together and for each other. At the same time, it can be argued that our family culture is centered around togetherness and our creativities.
Hello Mary,
ReplyDeleteYou chose some very special items that is special to most families. Family albums are always special to us because of all the special events and memories. The knit gifts knitted by the different families members would be something that I would take with me, too. From this assignment, I learned that we all have similar family values and beliefs that helps keep families together through happy and hard times.
Hello Mary,
ReplyDeleteLike me you chose to take your family photo album. I see some similarities within our family values. It is very important to me because of the many memories within it. There are many heart filling memories within the photo album. Because of our photo albums we are able to preserve the legacy and share memories of special moments and keep sake of past generation, the present generation, and the generations to come. I enjoyed reading your post.
The idea about bringing the cookbook is a great way to pass down recipes to other generations. My family from Louisiana were torn apart from Katrina. The last time I visited them I found that a group of ladies before the hurricane had put together a recipe book of their families best dishes. This was photo copied and passed around after the hurricane so that other families would have this piece of heritage for years to come.
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