【龙腾网】欧盟圈讨论：各国有哪些正在快速消失的文化传统？
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1、Baby Jesus Christ stopped being the main gift bringer and was swapped by Santa Claus.
（葡）耶稣宝宝不再是给我们带来礼物的那个人，已经被圣诞老人取代了。
In Germany, it is still mixed. In some places it is Santa (well, Weihnachtsmann really), in some places it is Christkind (yup, Baby Jeez himself).
（回复）（德）在德国至今还是混着来的。在有些地方扮的是圣诞老人，另一些地方则是耶稣宝宝。
（译注：耶稣宝宝的造型通常为金发女天使，流行于德/奥/匈/捷/瑞士/意/葡等国）
2、The Irish language is dying, there are all Irish schools to attempt to revive it but the government isn't doing much for the Gaelteachts
Also the original Irish scxt completely died because of typewriters
（爱尔兰）爱尔兰语（即盖尔语）快要亡了，很多爱尔兰学校试图复兴这门语言，但政府并没有为盖尔语地区作出过多少努力。
而且，由于打字机的出现，原始爱尔兰文字已经彻底灭绝了。
3、There was this tradition in Hamborg (I grew up there) back in the day called "Rummelpottlaufen". Children would go from house to house, dressed in elf or troll costumes, on New Year's Eve, beating on a drum (the Rummelpott) and singing Low German songs. For their efforts they would get sweets and the adults would get a snaps. It's gone now, sadly. AFAIK it's still done on some of the North Sea islands and in parts of Denmark.
（德/丹）在从前的汉堡有一种叫做“Rummelpottlaufen”传统。孩子们会在除夕之夜把自己打扮成精灵或巨魔，敲着鼓（Rummelpott）唱着低地德语歌曲挨家挨户串门。他们的努力会换得糖果，成年人则会得到一份点心。现在这个传统已经消失了，真是让人难过啊。据我所知，在北部的一些海岛以及丹麦的部分地区还在沿袭。
（译注：扮成巨魔的人们）
（译注：Fastelavn是北欧传统中的狂欢节，流行于丹麦、挪威、瑞典、冰岛和法罗群岛）
The one who using a baseball bat breaks the cat out of the barrel, gets crowned King or Queen. Most public school teachers will be dressed out as well and most schools are breaking down multiple barrels. Its great fun for all ages.
谁能用棒球棒打破桶放出猫，谁就能被加冕为国王或王后。大部分公立学校的老师也会盛装参加，大部分学校都会打破好几个桶。对所有年龄段的人来说都是其乐无穷的。
There were a lot of traditions like that in Germany, all killed by Halloween. The worst thing is that this Halloween crap was pushed by a dedicated media campaign to sell more costumes.
（回复）德国曾经存在很多这样的传统，全被万圣节给灭了。最糟糕的就是，媒体在全力宣传万圣节那套垃圾，为的就是能卖出更多（万圣节）戏服。
4、Given the covid I would say la bise, let's see how it goes after the immunity.
（法）鉴于新冠疫情，我觉得是法式接吻，且让我们看看完成免疫后情况会如何发展。
It also disappeared here, but the greeting "(Kezét) csókolom!" (I kiss [your hand]) is still used when greeting older people.
（回复）（匈）在我们这里也消失了，但"(Kezét) csókolom!（我吻您的手）"这种问候，仍会用来问候老年人。
Only a handful of them made it to today, mostly kids songs that are sung by parents with their little children or in Kindergarten or primary school. Or in church, but almost nobody goes to church anymore.
它们中能流传到今天的一只手就数得过来，大部分是儿歌，是父母带小孩时唱的，或是在幼儿园、小学里唱的。或是在教堂里，可是，几乎已经没什么人去教堂了。
One reason is probably the Third Reich, because they valued it so much it kinda got frowned upon afterwards. And scientists say that with the rise of technology, traditional folk music tends to disappear. Not everywhere, but it seems to happen often.
其中的一个原因是可能是第三帝国，因为他们特别重视合唱，在他们倒台后，合唱就会让人们觉得不悦。科学家还说，随着技术的崛起，传统的民间音乐会慢慢走向消亡。并不是所有地方都如此，但这种情况似乎经常会发生。
We don’t sing together anymore these days, and I think that’s really really sad.
现如今，我们再也不会一起合唱了，我觉得真挺悲哀的。
（德）In the 90s we still got a little songbook in school (Mundorgel) and sang a bit.
But that was entirely absent after 4th grade.
90年代的时候，我们的学校里仍然会有个小歌本，偶尔也会拿出来唱唱。
但四年级以后，就彻底不唱了。
It's one of the things that is not done by the public any more outside of more conservative circles. Which results in more conservative songs being sung and then the more progressive circles cry about that even though they didn't care about keeping the singing as a tradition for the general public.
这是除去一些更保守的圈子，公众不再践行的风俗之一。而这就导致合唱中出现的更多是保守的歌曲，然后更进步的圈子就会为此出来哭喊，尽管他们对保留合唱这种传统并不上心。
I remember a group of Germans singing very well in a restaurant in Budapest (after discussing with the Hungarian musicians first).
（回复）（荷）我还记得，有一群德国人在布达佩斯的一个餐厅里（在和匈牙利音乐家商讨过后）合唱，唱得相当好。
7、I'll give two, one positive tradition and one negative.
（土耳其）我会举出两个，一个是正面的传统，另一个是负面的。
Positive: Visiting relatives during religious holidays. Most people are starting to see it as an excuse to go on beach holidays, it seems.
正面的：在宗教节日期间走亲戚。貌似大部分人开始把这个看成去海边度假的借口了
8、Nearly every winter tradition. Last Sunday was the first time in years that it snowed in my area. Climate change really kills the Christmas spirit.
（德）几乎所有的冬季传统。上周日是我这个地区多年来下的第一场雪。气候变化真的杀死了这种圣诞精神。
10、In Ireland, it was traditional to carve turnips instead of pumpkins on Hallowe'en (Oíche Samhain)
It was also traditional for St. Patrick's to be a day of fast but that's definitely changed.
在爱尔兰的传统中，万圣节（源头为凯尔特人的夏末节）那天会雕刻萝卜而不是南瓜。
而且，传统上圣帕特里克节是要斋戒的，但这一条绝对是变了。
11、I'm more inclined to answer none. Habits are changing, yes. 30 years after USSR i feel like Latvian traditions have become only stronger.
（拉脱维亚）我更倾向于回答没有。是的，习俗一直都在改变。苏联解体30年后，我感觉拉脱维亚的各种传统反而更加壮大了。
12、In the UK, people used to leave their front doors open wide throughout the night to help airflow all the time...
Not common at all anymore.
在过去的英国，人们经常会一整个晚上大开前门，以帮助空气流通…
如今这再也不是普遍的做法了
I find this a nice tradition, even though Austrians are not our enemies any more, I try not to clix my glass.
我觉得这是一个很不错的传统，尽管奥地利人不再是我们的敌人了，我还是尽量不去碰杯。
14、Writing letters on paper and sending them in envelop by post. Also postcards are dying (or maybe dead).
（俄）用纸写信，包上信封由邮政系统寄出。明信片也快玩完了（可能已经死透了）。
15、I am from France... I would say beheading political leaders is a cultural tradition which seem to disappear in my country.
我来自法国…我觉得，X首政治领导人的文化传统似乎已经在我国消失了。
16、The "Swedish sin" is changing.
（瑞典）“瑞典的罪恶”正在改变。
While we haven't exactly gotten more prude, nudity has simultaneously gotten more charged and more prent - more in line with typical western culture. There's been a transition away from casual skinny dipping to underwear models, if that makes any sense.
虽然我们也没有因此变得更假正经，但裸露也随之而变得更让人介怀了，也越来越普遍了，这就更符合典型的西方文化了。已经从稀松平常地裸个泳，转变成内衣模特了，如果这样表述能说明问题的话。
17、Bribing police officers, no one seems to do it anymore :(
（罗马尼亚）贿赂警察，貌似已经没人这么干了。
18、Vodka and spirits are becoming less popular than wine and bear.
（俄）伏特加和烈酒受欢迎的程度，正在慢慢输给红酒和啤酒。
19、The Village Inn.
（德）乡村旅馆。
In West German villages, until the 1970ies, this was the cultural centre of life, where also many of the celebrations were done (both private, like marriages, or public, like carnival).
西德的乡村一直到70年代都是文化生活的中心，会在这里举行大量的庆祝活动（公私都有，比如婚礼或狂欢节）
