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    Sharks are a group of fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton‚ five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head‚ andpectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However‚ the term "shark" has also been used for extinct members of the subclassElasmobranchii outside the Selachimorpha‚ such as Cladoselache and Xenacanthus. Under this broader definition‚ the earliest known sharks

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    Folk Music and North India

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    राजस्थान के साइट विरासत होटल के लिए आप सांस्कृतिक पर्यटन पर उत्तर भारत में राजस्थान में ले प्रदान करता है और आप परिधान और कपड़े है कि परंपरागत किया गया है राजस्थान‚ उत्तर भारत के लोगों द्वारा पहनी की शैली को उजागर. Colorful Rajasthan is a vibrant patchwork of ancient traditions and culture and of course the clothes and dresses worn by the people of Rajasthan‚ north India is an inseparable part of Rajasthani culture. रंगीन राजस्थान प्राचीन परंपराओं और संस्कृति और पाठ्यक्रम के कपड़े और राजस्थान

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    In The Soul of Black Folk‚ by W.E.B. Du Bois‚ we see that the novel itself is a collection of his own articles and writing that he cleverly uses to express his view of African Americans immediately after the emancipation and everything that was still wrong with it. This collection of writing showed the racial inequalities‚ oppression and the everyday day struggle that African Americans were faced with every day. Not only pointing out the problems‚ Du Bois fights for fixing these problems and brings

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    African Folktales

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    African Folktales In the actual Nigeria tribe African folktales‚ form a very important part of the African culture. There are different ways in how those folktales affect the African culture in general; one of this ways is that it’s used as a way of communicating. There is a rich‚ fertile legacy of folklore from Africa. On this vast continent‚ folk tales and myths serve as a means of handing down traditions and customs from one generation to the next. The storytelling tradition has thrived for

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    The Souls of Black Folk In the book‚ The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois illustrates the problems African Americans faced during the twentieth century. This was such an eye opener story to most readers influenced by his words no matter what your race you are‚ black or white. Du Bois says‚ the “problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.”( Du Bois 9) This thought and idea is shown throughout the entire book. What Du Bois is directing this toward is the time after the

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    Folk Dances of India India is a land of diverse cultures and traditions. Each region of the country has a unique culture‚ which is also prominently visible in its various art forms. Almost all the regions of the country have their specific folk music and dance‚ which proves to be a wonderful way of expression of their community and its traditions. Though these folk dances are not as complex as the classical dance forms‚ they are very beautiful‚ because of the essence of rawness in them. Be it

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    Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines. The dance evolved from Fandango‚ a Spanish folk dance‚ which arrived in the Philippines during the Hispanic period. This dance‚ together with the Jota‚ became popular among the illustrados or the upper class and later adapted among the local communities. In the early 18th century‚ any dance that is considered jovial and lively was called Pandanggo. There are many versions of this dance and each locality

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    Tales of Simple and the Symbolic Undertone Langston Hughes is considered to be one of the most well known poets/writers in the modern era. One of his most notable works was a series of fictional short stories called Tales of Simple. In these tales‚ Hughes uses symbolism to express his feelings and views on African American history through the character Jesse B. Semple. In literary terms‚ the word “symbolism” is defined as being a person‚ object or event that suggests more than its literal meaning

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    However‚ during this time‚ racial pride was best expressed through folk art via the means of relatable structure‚ understandable word choice and everyday subject matter. Common poets of the time chose not to imitate the formal and restrictive style of the European influenced “high art” and instead believed in a more down-to-earth‚ conversational style of writing. In these choices‚ poets began to shape a new form of art called “folk art” that gave readers content inspired by daily life and no longer

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    Tale

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    Professor Mc.Comish Assignment: A tale of two divorces 3/12/12 In “a tale of two divorces”‚ Roiphe made a statement “my divorce is the tale of two divorces‚ one that never was and one that was”. The first divorce is her mothers‚ but the divorce never happened. The second divorce is hers‚ which did happen. The reason she uses the word “my” in her statement is because‚ her mother’s divorce which never happened was the reason she had a divorce of her own. Unintentionally she had been following

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