Top-down ......Far Ground...

Every Town has their own up’s and downs
Symbolizing their own Top-Gowns
Every culture having their own way of agriculture
Among all the resistance, they kept their missions
That is traditions, far distance!


I will begin this Journey with my own experience cultures and their interactions. According to some cultures, they differ. Each individual’s mind (nervous system) has its own interactions, in order for the mind to receive information about the outside of body similar to culture. I understand that every man has his / her own point of view. But from where I see it I understand that individuals are affected by cultures everyday and individuals what create cultures. Each person has their “Top-down “life style. Their own style of dressing up. Your culture has its own art and stories. The art of one’s lifestyles is the art of fashion. Fashion is art. However, each art differs according to man’s “Top-down”, bottom up style of clothes, food, and many other things. Why do some want to change it? Why not keep it? It’s after all your culture. The power of it is the ability to create an unconscious of ideas and images. No matter where a person lives while making their own stability with their own culture will stand and never change.

While walking through the lands of Batir, it was my first experience. This Village has its cultures and lifestyles that differ among others. It’s still not modernized but yet, every household in Batir has people living in it unlike in Turmusaya . Batir’s old houses each has its own history and mystery to tell. In it, their landscape is a code to their tradition, styles and culture. It’s what defines who they are. Having the ability to take care of their lands is a way of defining them, how they manage to keep track of their own culture. For example ,This lady by the name Sara Gudger had her own experience of landscape (comparing): “I never know what it was like to rest. I just work all the time from morning till late at night. I had to do everything there was to do on the outside. Work in the field, chop wood, till sometime I feel my back surely break. I done everything except split rails “.The biography of these hills is in many ways my own, the victories and failure of the struggle to save this land “(Raja Shahadeh, 1, walk). While I was walking out in the hills, in this exquisite bright day with a clear blue sky right above my head it was my first experience. This experience taught me many things. One of which is having a purpose, which is to explore more new things every day, differently.

Gazing among the beautiful view in Batir, each stone, and tree in this village has its own meaning and purpose. We stopped at this factory, were they make things that symbolizes their village and the way it describes their cultural style. Moreover, looking at Battir, and the Palestinians that live there, it’s heartbreaking. I saw some ancient houses that are still there after the war. But the sad part is that some people had evacuated, and others didn’t, since they didn’t want anyone or anything to ruin
Their cultural landscape and the way they lived. So they remained and until now kept every part of their traditional life styles.

Thus, many people dealing with the idea: Is it possible for immigrants to remain their own culture, when they are far, beyond ground of their actual home? The answer to this is yes, it is possible. You would ask why? Well, since it’s their cultures, traditions and way of life, it’s impossible to let go of all that. They were born with it like the people in Batir didn’t change it remained the same . Like the immigrants in Turmuaya , no matter how far they are, it doesn’t matter where they are, they can’t change that even if they wanted to. If they want to change, their culture, then I must say that’s wrong and disgrace to their people and let them try to change the stories, myths and history of their own culture since in the end they can’t. Hiding ones one identity and culture will eventually come out, since it will definitely comprise individuals, because it’s you who creates your culture. If you change, your culture might as well change.
Further they go, off they grow
Traditions and cultures
Still moving with the flow
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love and of thoughts in the course of centuries. In some way, life styles and cultures lead to change. But this it is a challenge. Like in Turmasya it’s modernized yet has its own history. Though, the percentage of people isn’t much. Some immigrated but kept their cultural and traditional way of life. Even though they are “far beyond ground” they would never change their culture. In fact, the immigrants that live far ground live in two cultures. When other people see them as being influenced by other culture, people start to feel like they are being an outsider and realize about this unconscious process that happened between themselves and the cultures. When thinking about it “Israeli’s want to trap Palestinians in their traditions, how? By taking advantage of their lands, water, etc. This leads them to immigrate outside, knowing there is no escape from this, and wanting to live free as much as they could. But it makes them develop even more, sending resources to their village. Every man whether in a city or a village, like in Batir and turmusaya they have their own way of life styles with different backgrounds, traditions and cultures.
Cultures are guided
But never yet, divided
All in the same way, I must say

So here, cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions, as well. For instances, debka and Thawb’s, Debka is a traditional Arab folk dance. It’s a way of showing how traditions, how even though there would be some changes but this wouldn’t change. There are special “Top-downs for those dances. Every Arab country has their own way of Debka’s, it’s a popular dance. Some are similar and some aren’t. Even the immigrants “far Ground” are away, they still, until now remained their Debka life style “Top down”. We cannot, no matter how hard we try, come up with the idea of losing one’s own way of cultures. It’s like an arrow coming out of culture in a direction of an individual’s seems like it is a bigger and stronger for some cases and the opposite arrow lost its way into culture.

Moreover, Thawb’s (garments) its traditional dress for women. Years ago, every village or city, used to wear it to symbolize from where that person is from. And until now, each thobe may differ by color but their “Top-down” remained the same. When walking around in Turmusaya I passed by a traditional “top-down” thobe store. Some thobes are handmade, some are made by machines. But I consider handmade, away of art and fashion, that some are unique and different among other cultures.

Lastly, is our world really divided into two, so that one part makes culture and the other is a prisoner culture? Does culture stand for creativity? For what human being is all about one part of the world? (Mahmood Mamdani). Finally, culture is a shared experience it’s not shared in things and events but of time itself, it is always creative and full of art. It is our tendency to want to belong somewhere, share similar experiences, so why change it?
Creativity undergoes in cultures, years ago
Though, handmade dresses never fade but each dress symbolizes, its own way.