Displacement? Yes Mate ... It's an irrevocable law that ALL continents are subject to. Here the Anglos displaced the Indiginees ... then us Wogs were displacing the Anglos. Now the Asians are displacing us Anglo/Euros. In Europe the Africans are on the move while across the Atlantic the Hispanics are displacing the rednecks in the Excited States.
Culture must be nurtured and passed on or it will die!
In the homeland of my Ancestors, Latvia, over the centuries the displacement has been from the North (Russia) and from the South (Germany). In spite of the turmoils, they have held the All-Latvian Song and Dance Festival EVERY five years since the late 1800s. That's National folk songs and folk dancing. The Soviets attempted to quell the Culture through 'displacement' after the invasion. Even during the annexation, the festival tradition was continued in exile. The next Festival will be held next year in 2013. Can you imagine a massed choir of 23,000 singing?
Here's a clip of only 10,00 singing in unison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baaX4-1_ ... re=related
Not bad for a Nation of three million people.
Culture must be nurtured and passed on or it will die!
Our Indiginees have a good Culture and, as they are strengthened by their culture - they will prevail.
We have a uniqueness of character and spirit, greater than what's on display in any sporting arena - it's a good character.
We have a Culture of telling stories and events in rhyme and metre - it's a good Culture.
Culture must be nurtured and passed on or it will die!
(well, that's what I think anyhow)