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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