Traditioners
Traditioners are individuals or groups that place a high value on continuity with past customs, beliefs, and practices. They seek to preserve and transmit inherited ways of life—rituals, social norms, languages, crafts, and governance arrangements—believing that such continuity sustains identity and social cohesion. The term is used in sociology and anthropology to describe a stance toward culture rather than a formal movement.
Characteristics commonly associated with traditioners include reliance on elders or religious authorities, attachment to established institutions,
Contexts vary widely. In religious communities, traditioners preserve liturgies and ethical codes; in indigenous or diasporic
The concept is flexible and context-dependent, with different scholars assigning different origins and functions to tradition-centered