Heritage series - Article 2: Our identity is reflected in how we celebrate our heritage

MOST people can remember where they celebrated their 18th or 21st birthday, but how many will be able to recall the venue of their 15th or 23rd?

To understand why this is the case we must realise that all human activity has memory at its core.

Short-term memory, for example, allows our brains to process information which is only relevant to us for a short period of time, before it is discarded.