culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation in Europe support the statement with examples
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Culture also played an important role in the development of nationalism.
⭕️ Romanticism was a cultural movement which developed a particular form of nationalist sentiment.
⭕️ The effort of romantic artists and poet was to create a sense of shared collective heritage, a common cultural past, as the basis of a nation.
⭕️ It was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation was popularised.
It is true to say that culture had played an important
role in the development of nationalism in Europe during the 18th and 19th centimes. This can be
justified with the following examples:
a. Romanticism and cultural movements in Greece
helped in developing the feeling of nationalism,
sense of togetherness and love for the country
through language, art, poetry, stories, folk songs,
music and the past experiences.
b. Karol Kurpinski was able to develop the feeling
of nationalist through his operas, music and folk
dances.
c. The Poland people were fighting with Russia for
their language and culture.