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  | | JULY 5, 2015 |  | | Perspective | Holiday traditions are very closely related to the cultures in which they occur, so can seem very strange to outsiders. Fireworks, which we use to celebrate Independence Day in America, are pretty common around the world. But what about the American tradition of having children hunt for brightly colored eggs at Easter but not eating them? This might make absolutely no sense to somebody from a poor country where all food is precious.
Likewise, La Tomatina, which takes place every August in Buñol, Spain, probably seems strange to Americans. This is an event in which people dress up in white and then engage in what is basically a citywide food fight with tomatoes.
The "normalness" of a custom is all a matter of perspective. The more alien it is to what you're used to, the less comprehensible it becomes. To Westerners, especially in North America and Europe, there is probably no custom more incomprehensible — and reprehensible — than the annual Yulin Dog Meat festival which, unfortunately, is exactly what it sounds like... |  | | | | © Copyright 2015 Cesar's Way, Inc. All rights reserved.  | |