Answer:
The
development of nationalism does not come about only through wars and
territorial expansion. Culture plays an important role in the creation of
national identity. Culture of a country includes its language, art and poetry,
stories and music popular tradition-everything. Philosophers think that to know
folk culture, i.e., tradition of a country is an essential for a
nation-building.
Because these traditions of folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances of a
country bind the people by the thread of togetherness and pride. They give the
feeling of culturally one United Nation. Languages too plays an important role
in developing nationalist sentiment. After Russian occupation, the Polish
language was forced out of schools in Poland and Russian language was imposed
everywhere. Many members of the clergy in Poland began to use 'Polish'
language. The use of Polish came to be seen as a symbol of the struggle against
Russian dominance. Thus, the language and popular traditions of a country help
in the creation of national identity.
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