{"id":1565,"date":"2010-12-03T15:18:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T20:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2010-12-03T15:18:35","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T20:18:35","slug":"tables-turned-whose-traditions-need-explaining-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/tables-turned-whose-traditions-need-explaining-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Tables turned: Whose traditions need explaining now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1570\" title=\"Lowell City Hall lit up. Photo by Tony Sampas\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/xmas_lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Often, in our work as folklorists, we meet immigrants from various parts of the world who have resettled in the United States. Our impulse is to\u00a0focus on<em> their<\/em> cultural traditions &#8212; the\u00a0music, dance, crafts, and annual celebrations\u00a0they left behind and how they are managing to hold onto them while making their home in a new and foreign land.<\/p>\n<p>It shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise that new immigrants would also wish\u00a0to fit in, to understand what holdiays are celebrated here in America, what\u00a0foods\u00a0are typically served, or why certain decorations perennially appear.\u00a0\u00a0Why is everybody roasting turkeys? What&#8217;s up with all\u00a0the lights?\u00a0 Who is the bearded guy in the big red suit? And why is everyone fixated with buying gifts?<\/p>\n<p>And I suppose it&#8217;s also not surprising to learn that here in Lowell, within the Cambodian community, some\u00a0believe that\u00a0part of becoming\u00a0&#8220;American&#8221; is\u00a0learning to celebrate\u00a0Thanksgiving and Christmas.\u00a0With the blurring of religious beliefs and commercialism, one can hardly blame them.<\/p>\n<p>Along these lines, we\u00a0were asked to address a\u00a0group of Cambodian elders that were gathering at the\u00a0  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coalitionforabetteracre.org\/main.php?page=home&amp;lang=engl\" target=\"_blank\">Coalition for a Better Acre <\/a>for a\u00a0holiday\u00a0program.\u00a0Everyone seemed to enjoy the lunch, which was a fitting mix of American and Asian dishes: roast turkey,\u00a0sweet potatoes, corn, pickled mustard with pig ears, pad thai,\u00a0and\u00a0rice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1586\" title=\"The serving line at CBA\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cba_dec2-_people_served.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1587\" title=\"Emily Weitzman Rosenbaum, Executive Director of the CBA, carving a 22-pound turkey\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cba_dec2_turkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1588\" title=\"Thanksgiving dinner with a Khmer twist\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cba_dec2-_plate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had hosted some of these same Cambodian elders for a  <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2010\/09\/cambodian-elders-tour-lowell-national-historical-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">tour of\u00a0Lowell National Historical Park <\/a>in September. This time, we were meeting on their territory. CBA\u00a0invited us to lunch and requested that we\u00a0briefly explain\u00a0the history and customs of\u00a0Thanksgiving and Christmas to the mostly non-English speaking audience. David Blackburn did\u00a0the honors, seen below\u00a0holding a plate of turkey and sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1591\" title=\"David Blackburn addressing audience of Khmer elders at the CBA\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cba_dec2_davidtalking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1596\" title=\"David Blackburn\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/cba_david_sweetpotato.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turns out that hardly anyone in the\u00a0audience was\u00a0familiar with the\u00a0Thanksgiving holiday. Christmas, on the other hand, many were aware of &#8212; and it would be difficult not to be, given how pervasive the marketing of\u00a0the holiday is and the fact that schools and businesses are closed on December 25th.\u00a0One man asked in Khmai, &#8220;What is the purpose of Christmas?&#8221; David offered this answer,\u00a0&#8220;It depends on who you are.\u00a0 For Christians, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of the savior, Jesus Christ.&#8221; Despite its Christian origins,\u00a0the secular celebration of Christmas is ubiquitous in America. David spoke of the German origins of\u00a0the Christmas tree\u00a0and the custom of bringing\u00a0evergreens into our homes at the darkest time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how many\u00a0immigrants think all\u00a0Americans celebrate Christmas\u00a0regardless of their religious beliefs, cultural heritage, or family traditions.\u00a0Hanukkah, Eid, and Kwanzaa fly just under the radar of mainstream American popular culture. Perhaps it is the immigrant&#8217;s remove from certain holidays, and their struggle to understand them, that is quintessentially the American experience. After all, it is the complexity of American\u00a0diversity that makes this country what it is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1577\" title=\"Hanukkah menorah\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/hanukkah_canndle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1579\" title=\"Eid greeting card\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/eid-greeting-card1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"158\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1580\" title=\"Kwanzaa ritual\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/kwanzaa-myers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often, in our work as folklorists, we meet immigrants from various parts of the world who have resettled in the United States. 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