There are so many immigrant people live in USA, and also some of them have become USA citizenship. But they all have different culture, language and religion. When they communicate to each other, they speak one language which is English. So they are losing their own language and adapting new language and other important things. I was born in Mongolia. Al thought I came here, I haven’t forgotten where I came from. But since my family came to USA, we have experienced culture and saw many unusual things that we didn’t see before. Because America is a more develop country which is different from my country. Some of the differences are language, food and traditional holidays. I understand that how big and important is my heritage, but as time goes by I feel like I’m losing my heritage and language.
First, the very important and special part of my culture is that I’m losing my own language. My first language is Mongolian, so we speak all the time Mongolian at home and to each other. When my family came here we spoke in English all the time and communicate to other people. Sometimes I have been speak Mongolian, but since I came to USA I didn’t write a lot in Mongolian, so my writing skills got worse and sometimes translate words to in English to Mongolian to my parents I couldn’t find a exact word explain to them. I think because of I speak and write in English all the time. Therefore, if I live here longer, I will lose my own language.
Second, food is an important traditional dish that we use almost every single day. We have many traditional dishes in out country. For example: “buuz”, it is very popular and every holiday we make this dish. But this traditional has changed since we came to USA. Our family usually made traditional food at home, but as the time goes by it’s more like rare. We all are having a different schedule, so we don’t have a time to eat together. My mom usually trying to come home early to prepare the dinner and we try to sit together eat our traditional food. But this event happens often, not always. Most of the time we usually go eat someplace or just buy a junk food. So we are losing our traditional way of eating.
Third and probably the most important thing that I’m losing is my traditional holiday which is named “Tsagaan Sar”, but if you translate into English it means “White Moon.” We celebrate this holiday in the month of February. That day, we used wear our traditional custom, eat out traditional food and enjoy the holiday. But since we came here, we haven’t celebrated that much this holiday. Even more likely, we enjoy the American holiday which are “Thanksgiving, Christmas and Labor day.
These three parts: “language, food, heritage” have been slowly disappearing. We should proud of our culture and heritage and passed to the next generation. But when you are living in different country, you will probably lose your language and some other things that describe you where you came from and who you are!
First, the very important and special part of my culture is that I’m losing my own language. My first language is Mongolian, so we speak all the time Mongolian at home and to each other. When my family came here we spoke in English all the time and communicate to other people. Sometimes I have been speak Mongolian, but since I came to USA I didn’t write a lot in Mongolian, so my writing skills got worse and sometimes translate words to in English to Mongolian to my parents I couldn’t find a exact word explain to them. I think because of I speak and write in English all the time. Therefore, if I live here longer, I will lose my own language.
Second, food is an important traditional dish that we use almost every single day. We have many traditional dishes in out country. For example: “buuz”, it is very popular and every holiday we make this dish. But this traditional has changed since we came to USA. Our family usually made traditional food at home, but as the time goes by it’s more like rare. We all are having a different schedule, so we don’t have a time to eat together. My mom usually trying to come home early to prepare the dinner and we try to sit together eat our traditional food. But this event happens often, not always. Most of the time we usually go eat someplace or just buy a junk food. So we are losing our traditional way of eating.
Third and probably the most important thing that I’m losing is my traditional holiday which is named “Tsagaan Sar”, but if you translate into English it means “White Moon.” We celebrate this holiday in the month of February. That day, we used wear our traditional custom, eat out traditional food and enjoy the holiday. But since we came here, we haven’t celebrated that much this holiday. Even more likely, we enjoy the American holiday which are “Thanksgiving, Christmas and Labor day.
These three parts: “language, food, heritage” have been slowly disappearing. We should proud of our culture and heritage and passed to the next generation. But when you are living in different country, you will probably lose your language and some other things that describe you where you came from and who you are!
2 comments:
All of us have brought something special from our homelands. Even if we have many people from China in our class probably every one cares about something different. We are all missing our tradition, culture or daily habitude. However the U.S. can offer for us also smething special. We all can feel free in this country to practice our religon, tratition and culture. I personally don't know country in the World which is open and immigrants friendly like the U.S.A. And this is the reason why we all choose this country for our second homeland.
Elizabetka
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