Cultural activities

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• Characteristics of cultural activities
• Examples of cultural activities

The cultural activities are those events or meetings organized by a particular society or cultural group with the aim of creating, disseminating or promoting the culture of a group or social sector. For example: a classical music festival, a gastronomic fair.

These types of activities are usually promoted by public or private organizations of a community (municipalities, embassies, cultural centers, museums) to transmit its culture and identity. They can be directed to a region, a country, a town or just a few people.

Cultural activities make it possible to generate bonds of union between members of the same community. They transmit beliefs, customs, traditions and knowledge from generation to generation; through art, dance, poetry, music, clothing, gastronomy, theater, literature.

• It can serve you: Cultural heritage

Characteristics of cultural activities

• They generate ties and a sense of belonging among the members who share a certain activity.
• They are found in all cultures and types of societies. They vary according to the regions, the towns and their customs.
• They generate areas where people usually relax and enjoy a moment of leisure and rest.
• Many of them take place within the framework of festivals and festivities typical of a culture, country or region.
• Some are usually made on a certain date or at a special time of the year. For example: Las Posadas: Mexican popular festivals that last nine days before Christmas.
• It is common for a people to incorporate customs and traditions from other cultures. For example: the United States' own Halloween party is also celebrated in some Latin American countries.

Examples of cultural activities

• More examples in: Traditions and customs