How do people preserve culture?
(3) Culture Is Shared
People living together in a society share culture. For example, almost all
people living in the United States share the English language, dress in similar
styles, eat many of the same foods, and celebrate many of the same holidays. All
the people of a society collectively create and maintain culture. Societies preserve
culture for much longer than the life of any one person. They preserve it in the
form of knowledge, such as scientific discoveries; objects, such as works of art;
and traditions, such as the observance of holidays.