Despite all attempts made by the government to build, promote and preserve national cultural values still there are some factors which act as hindrances. These factors include the following;
1. Colonial legacy; Because of colonial legacy many Tanzania by the government are not confident in creating things. They are still having the mental attitude of being inferior to the white men colonialists established policies of assimilation and association together with the administrative and educational system.
2. Low level of science and technology; The capacity of production in Tanzania both materially and morally is doomed because much of technology is brought from abroad. There fore this creates sciences and technology dependence.
3. Ignorance; A great number of people are illiterate. Thus they are limited to their environment and they can hardly effectively control it. As they are trapped by the environment it there fore hinders them to promote and preserve their worthy cultural values.
4. Poor leadership; some of the leader are not committed to the task of promoting and preserving the worthy cultural value .Due to this have failed to established concrete policies which promote worthy cultural value. Those few who have managed to do so they have also failed to make thorough follow up as result most of national cultural value polices ended remaining in shelves.
5. Lack of enough funds; This problem leader and other people to contract research concerning with promotion and preservation of worthy cultural value.
6. Globalization; The growing interaction among people of different cultures, history, origin and beliefs have contributed much to the hindrance of the promotion of the worthy cultural values. A good example can be observed from the change in our traditional wedding and burial ceremonies, religious beliefs etc .In these ceremonies people are no longer interested in their traditional dances and songs but mostly they prefer foreign ones.
Solutions to the problems arising from the process of promoting and preserving of our cultural values
To integrate our culture with education and work.
To educate people on the importance of our cultural values.
People should choose or put into power the committed leaders who will be able to advocate for our worthy cultural values.
Strict laws, rules and regulation for those who despise our cultural value should be enacted by the government.
Government should formulate good police that promotes our cultural values.
Excessive dependence on foreign science and technology should be reduced.
Government should allocate enough funds for making research concerning the promotion and preservation of our worthy cultural value.
Establishing cultural clubs in school and other places with the aims of promotion and e our worthy cultural value.
Law for protection of intellectual property which have been enacted by the government should strongly be enforced
Culture of preventive care and maintenance of personal and public property
Preventive care and maintenance can be defined as a system of planning maintenance which involves inspection and making necessary modification so that properties can be used for a longer period. Maintenance involves timely repairing of property before it gets damages completely.
Importance of culture of preventive care and maintenance of personal and public property.
i) It helps to keep the property in a good condition for a long time, hence be profitable to the owner and other users.
ii) It reduces cost of making major repair by protecting the property from being severely damage.
iii) It enables people to inherit the property to their young ones or to the future generations.
iv) The culture of preventive care and maintenance of the personal and public property can help can help to preserves or keep record their cultural value that that can be used later as source of information by the researchers.
v) Culture of preventive care and maintenance of personal and public property can help to promote tourism if the preserved properties are of higher value and attractive to other people especially the foreigners.
vi) It helps to preserves the environment by reducing the piling or random throwing dumping if the damage or ruined property.
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