How do ceremonies and traditions help us see what people believe is important?

People do ceromonies and traditions every (for example) year. The thing that the ceromony/tradition is about is important to them, otherwise, they wouldn't do it yearly (or whenever they do it) and go to all the trouble setting things up...etc. People won't work for things they don't hold important (if that makes sense)

Explanation:

the answer is:  

he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

the answer is, a) she is angry with elnora for not standing up for herself.