Hi all, I have a Japanese pen pal whose family has made wonderful pieces of traditional furniture for hundreds of years. I wanted to show him this quote by Marcus Garvey to show my appreciation for his family’s craft:
” “A *people without knowledge* of *their past history*, origin and culture is *like* a *tree without roots*”
How would I translate this into Japanese?
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Alternatively, are there any similar quotes by famous Japanese people, or idioms that would have a similar meaning?
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自らの歴史､起源､文化を知らない人々は根のない木のようなものである。