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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...identity alive creates problems as newcomers buy, for outrageous amounts, the crumbling buildings that represent the last-century lives of the vanishing generation. Keeping tribal cultures alive is money-draining in today's world. Doesn't it all come down to cuisine, music, dance, costume and language? Gillian Muir Westray, Scotland The differences among diverse languages and cultures are fascinating, but they help maintain walls between peoples. For most of us, it's important to know our cultural identity, but at what expense do we try to keep it? If not for the constant change and development of cultures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lost Tribes of Europe | 9/12/2005 | See Source »

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