Tradition is the opening number for the 1964 broadway musical fiddler on the roof.
Tevye fiddler on the roof tradition.
Fiddler on the roof tells the story of tevye a jewish dairyman and his family living in anatevka a fictional town inside the pale settlement of imperial russia in 1905.
In the song the main character tevye explains the roles of each social class fathers mothers sons and daughters in the village of anatevka and how the traditional roles of people like the matchmaker the beggar and the rabbi contribute to the village.
Tevye papas who day and night must scramble for a living feed a wife and children say his daily prayers.
This role is played by topol who played the character onstage in the london production of fiddler.
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It tells the story of tevye a poor jewish milkman in the tiny russian village of anatevka.