The word tradition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means "to hand down" or "to hand over." It is used in a number of ways in the English language.

1. A meme; custom or practice taught by one generation to another, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements.
2. A set of customs or practices. For example, we can speak of Christmas traditions.
3. A broad religious movement made up of religious denominations or church bodies that have a common history, customs, culture, and, to some extent, body of teachings. For example, we can speak of Islam's Sufi tradition or Christianity's Lutheran tradition.

However, on a more basic theoretical level, tradition(s) can be seen as information or composed of information. For that which is brought into the present from the past, in a particular societal context, is information. This is even more fundamental than particular acts or practices even if repeated over a long sequence of time. For such acts or practices, once performed, disappear unless they have been transformed into some manner of communicable information.

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@iAmOshun lol i'm west indian & chinese. our traditional dishes are different. i just started eating "soulfood" a few years ago.
mschong143 (Beautiful Energee) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:44:59 -0000
@iAmOshun lol i'm west indian & chinese. our traditional dishes are different. i just started eating "soulfood" a few years ago.
@Life_learner damn skippy! Twas 'en vogue' N the 50s 2 go eat @ Chinese/Pan-Asian restaurants instead of cooking a traditional meal @ home.
PghMidwife (Michele James-Parham) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:14:03 -0000
@Life_learner damn skippy! Twas 'en vogue' N the 50s 2 go eat @ Chinese/Pan-Asian restaurants instead of cooking a traditional meal @ home.
No biteback from the traditional AmeriHebraic XMas Chinese food dinner....... Yet.
Adam12Sweathog (Adam12Sweathog) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:25:21 -0000
No biteback from the traditional AmeriHebraic XMas Chinese food dinner....... Yet.
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greychampion (greychampion) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:12:31 -0000
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Finishing Xmas day with the traditional Chinese food (@ Yuet Lee) http://4sq.com/4DSmxA
rodbegbie (Rod Begbie) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:57:24 -0000
Finishing Xmas day with the traditional Chinese food (@ Yuet Lee) http://4sq.com/4DSmxA
Switched lodging today... Waited till late to look for an evening meal... Only place open is BBQ/Chinese restaurant. Non-traditional :)
cllecr (Carol) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:51:58 -0000
Switched lodging today... Waited till late to look for an evening meal... Only place open is BBQ/Chinese restaurant. Non-traditional :)

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