Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community's fabric, a repository of traditions.

Franklin Foer
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it...
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it...
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it...
Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it...
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Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the community's fabric, a repository of traditions. In this context, culture is not merely a set of customs, but a way of life. In other words, culture is the spiritual glue that binds a people together around common ideals and beliefs.

Source: How Soccer Explains The World

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