User talk:Temmykolly

Temmykolly (talk) 09:40, 22 October 2014 (UTC) CULTURAL RENAISSANCE It is always painful if culture and religion are hypocritically muddled for the benefit of destroying one for the other. African rich cultures are ways of socialization. In simple terms, culture is the way we live. Culture and religion may as well go hand in hand; but each has a distinct boundary. Religion could be regarded as a spirituality with God either. We have atheists who are not in alignment with any religion but rather, they are identified with a certain culture in their different areas of abode. An atheist could either be White or Black but he is known with a particular culture. With this foregoing, there is a distinction between culture and religion. It is possible for a group of people to share the same cultural background and profess to different religions. That depicts the dichotomy between culture and religion. The argument is that culture is not synonymous with religion and one should not be sacrificed for other. Foreign religions criticize a great deal of our native culture and traditions whereas our culture is in tandem with and in recognition of Almighty God. Our culture and tradition detest evil the way foreign ones also do. It is now time we recognize our potentials by ensuring that what God created us with does not get out of our hands. Let us remember that some of our carved images of our past heroes are mostly found in places like Europe and America. These images were taken away from us so as to confuse our origin. These artifacts referred to as idols by the same Whiteman are now been used as a money spinning venture in some of these international museums over there. Our heritage is a pointer to our origin. Black man was the first to be created by God. The historicity of our culture is a great asset to our existence. Our heritage is our history. A man is lost without any trace of his culture and heritage. We have had some instances where the works of art were forced to be sold or illegally evacuated from our land by these Whiteman and their agents; it was a ploy to confuse our origin and history. Shao Awon mass wedding is not left out of this persecution; our people are the ones that are being used to sow seeds of discord and confusion; making uncomplimentary remarks and derogatory statements about Awon mass wedding. Without Awon mass wedding, our identities and history are lost. Awon is part of our life, is part of our history; we can not disconnect ourselves from our origin. I therefore implore all and sundry to save this heritage from going extinction. The government has a lot to do by revitalize this marriage carnival in Shao. Corporate institutions are also enjoined to come and save the extinction of this great festival.