IELTS Vocabulary: Culture, Art, and Traditions

to protect and keep something, usually because it is valuable for some reason

highly traditional ceremonies which have meaning for the participants

organized processions in public by groups of people, usually to commemorate an event

to communicate a message, literal or symbolic

social habits or patterns which are transmitted between people

the willingness to serve the public or the state

the willingness to suffer or die for a cause

a classic story from the past which people know is not true but which carries meaning

adjective for the Middle Ages, roughly 1050 to 1400 in European history

a ceremony is similar to a ritual, usually involving people in authority

the way that society is connected and maintained

to pass it from parents to children and to their children etc.

something inherited (= received/handed down) by one generation from the previous generation

similar to myths, but sometimes containing an element of reality

old stories and myths/legends, usually transmitted verbally

skills of making objects by hand, and also the objects themselves

very traditional songs about basic subjects

the adjective meaning ‘about language’

a way of communicating
(The phrase ‘the media’ is used to mean all the newspapers, broadcasters, websites and
magazines)