Try To Maintain DNF Cultural Tradition Whereever You Are

By: Iftekhar Hassan

"Culture is Training of Mind Toward Better Taste"

Unique social and religious tradition of the DNF can be describe as an exclusive rich cultural traditions that the family members followed and practice up until the creation of Bangladesh. DNF culture was developed over a period of about 150 years as an exclusive family value units. These values were taken from certain islamic tradition of northern India that stretch from the Kashmir Valley to Uttar Pradesh and finally to Bengal. DNF tradition is unique is because (1) accent of the urdu language spoken among member of the DNF (2) exclusive cooking recipes (3) and various value units of individual tradition that are still being practice by the DNF members, wherever, they are today and such tradition are not being practice by others "as a whole unit"anywhere within the Indian sub-continent.

Purpose of this article is to discuss

"why follow family tradition and continue to cultivate such tradition"
"why abandon some tradition which are scientifically proven wrong"

We must never forget that it is the traditions that establishes family continuity, When we do something again and again over the years and through the generations, we tie togeather our past and our present. We link year to year, childhood to adulthood, nana to nati, dada to potta with shared experience, values and memories. We cultivate a sense of connecttedness in a time when everything else in the world, from clothing style to landscapes, seems to be changing rapidly.

Consistent family customs provide regular, fimiliar patters for a rhythm of life togeather. We may now think that the bed-time story of Badshah Nano was funny or going to Mohsena Nano (wife of Naeem sir) as boring to learn arabic or religious reading, but in reality, such custom added an element of predictability to the cycle of family life within DNF as a unit, that was comfortable and comforting.

The uniqueness of DNF culture and custom, most certainly contribute and provide its members a sense of who they are and where they belong.

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Respectfully Submitted

Iftekhar Hassan