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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@music_mar ohh! (: we dont really havee traditions..(: x
TheOficialEmma (Emma Louise Timbs) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:16 -0000
@music_mar ohh! (: we dont really havee traditions..(: x
@TheOficialEmma @BrittzLovesJB_x great!!! waaa my teacher told me that if i want to go to new zealand i need to know their traditions =))
music_mar (marisol piña) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:59:00 -0000
@TheOficialEmma @BrittzLovesJB_x great!!! waaa my teacher told me that if i want to go to new zealand i need to know their traditions =))
Rudolph's the man for TV audience|When it comes to holiday TV traditions, \Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\ has it .. http://oohja.com/x3sxC
hotstuff4men (Vasco) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:58:58 -0000
Rudolph's the man for TV audience|When it comes to holiday TV traditions, \Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\ has it .. http://oohja.com/x3sxC
@Riverbyte RT I'm an atheist ( secular humanist) and we celebrate both xmas & hannukah as family traditions
HollandAC (Holland Carney) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:57:47 -0000
@Riverbyte RT I'm an atheist ( secular humanist) and we celebrate both xmas & hannukah as family traditions
Pancakes for Dinner: Hanukkah Traditions Explained http://bit.ly/6ulewV
YahooGuy (Gabe Elliott) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:52:06 -0000
Pancakes for Dinner: Hanukkah Traditions Explained http://bit.ly/6ulewV
RT @JenLandrith: iMom friends don't 4get ur covered dish & our mtg tom 10 to 12 n little treehouse. Can't wait 2 hear Christmas traditions!
juliejwoodruff (Julie Woodruff) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:49:21 -0000
RT @JenLandrith: iMom friends don't 4get ur covered dish & our mtg tom 10 to 12 n little treehouse. Can't wait 2 hear Christmas traditions!

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