Spend time with other community members. Keeping your culture alive is the greatest way to preserve it. Gather as a group not only for holidays, but also for everyday meals, events, or simply discussion. Many parts of culture, such as etiquette, body language, and comedy, are difficult to study through books and museums. Spending time with people who share your culture will help you understand it better. Show respect to the past by learning from it and not copying it. Traditional cultures have many things that we in the west find unacceptable or inappropriate. However, if you want to keep them alive, you must learn to accept these things and not try to replace them with something else. For example, some traditions in the west include eating meat on Friday, but this is not acceptable in Muslim-majority countries. Do not be afraid to experiment with new things to see what works and what does not. Many traditions have changed over time as society has evolved. For example, cooking food before eating it was once common practice, but this is no longer true today. Be open to trying new things to see what works best for your community. Keep learning! As long as there are people on earth who know how to do certain things well, there will be a need for those skills. Try to learn one new technique or art form every year. This will help you maintain your culture and also give you something new to share with others.