Culture played an important role in creating the idea of a nation because of the following reasons :
(i) Art and poetry, stories, music helped in shaping nationalist feelings in Europe.
(ii) Romanticism was a cultural movement which played a role in this context. Romantic poets and artist were critical of reason and science.
(iii) A sense of shared collective heritage was developed.
(iv) Folk dance, Folk poetry, Folk songs were considered the true expression of the spirit of the nation.
(v) Speaking in the vernacular language was another expression of nationalism.
