nature lover‚ he/she would love a walk in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve‚ a luxuriant 164 hectare primary tropical forest which is home to more species of plants than the entire North American continent! Alternatively‚ a good place is the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden. It is Asia’s first garden for children‚ located at the Bukit Timah Core of the Singapore Botanic Gardens‚ and offers various activities to give your young ones an insight into the natural world. There‚ your kids can have a hands-on
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While the history of early African civilizations is not bound in books‚ it lives and breaths today in ways pieces of paper never could. Africa has followed a long-withstanding tradition of oral history‚ storytelling in a sense. It is through the eyes of these trained griots that the legends‚ culture‚ and history come alive. One of the most famous and cherished epics of the ancient world is that of Sogolon Djata‚ or Sundiata Keita. This story has been passed down through generations of griots
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In the epic Sundiata dedication‚ courage‚ and motivation played a huge role in heroic character life. Hero qualities were most evident in the courage that Sundiata displayed. Part of Sundiata courage laid in the fact that he was fearless‚ and fear enters the heart of him who does not know his destiny‚ whereas Sundiata knew that he was striding towards a great destiny. He did not know what fear was. Sundiata courage was on display “when Sundiata astonished the whole army with his strength and
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for life in the colony were made by the Queen. All ants were required to work together for the greater good of the colony. Ants were not allowed free thought or to be individuals and make choices for themselves. The Queen’s daughter‚ Princess Balla‚ was to take over the Queen’s position and rule the colony simply because she was the Queen’s daughter. She inherited this right. There were three social classes of ants that were determined at birth‚ Royalty‚ Soldiers and Workers. They remained
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Amongst many other things‚ the epic is implicitly an exploration of what qualities define Sundiata as a hero‚ and by extension‚ what virtues are heroic. The most glaring is his strength. Even when he is crippled as a child and cannot walk‚ the boy has strong arms. But when he finally stands‚ he surprises everyone‚ bending an enormous rod to a bow and pulling a tree up by its roots. Another quality is his bravery‚ most clearly illuminated by his skill and grit in battle. But Sundiata has more than
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day‚ ballroom dancing. This art was born when the ancient Greek and Roman renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries took place‚ reviving an interest in all things human and the arts. The word “ballet” derives from the Italian word “balla‚” meaning dance. In the Italian city-states of the fifteenth century‚ many “balli” meaning “dances” were held. The ballis involved specific steps that our generation would classify as ballroom steps. Ballet got much recognition when Louis XIV
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Flatland Book Review The main character in Edwin Abbott Abbott’s satirical novella‚ “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions ” is a two-dimensional creature‚ A Square‚ who visits one-dimensional Lineland and three-dimensional Spaceland. A Square tries to convince the king of Lineland of the existence of dimensions beyond the one he knows. A Square is helpless in imagining a three-dimensional world before he is pulled out of Flatland and experiences Spaceland. Although A Square is trying to explain
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“Sundiata: an Epic of Old Mali”: A Character Analysis of Sundiata. Sundiata is an oral epic passed from griot to griot. D.T. Niane’s Sundiata contains many powerful characters. Throughout the story Niane uses the strength and weaknesses of his characters to show the importance of destiny and fate. The character that holds his name to the story‚ Sundiata‚ is the son of King Maghan Kon Katta and the “buffalo” woman. Sundiata was prophesized to be a great leader and to save the people of Mali. Sundiata
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to gain their empathy. However‚ as he continues with his … [thesis] FIX The diary is meant to convey the rhetor’s deepest and innermost thoughts‚ a medium that functions to allow him to “confess… struggles and fears without judgement or punishment (Ballas‚
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An Epic of Old Mali This book talks about the old king Sundiata‚ “the father of the bright country‚ of the savanna land.” This epic has come from the 13th century! It speaks of a lot during this time but the main focus is the ancient king of Mali‚ Sogolon Djata‚ known as Sundiata. Sundiata created the Mali Empire. It starts off telling the story of Sundiata’s father‚ Maghan Kon Fatta‚ the king of the city Niani. He was told‚ by a hunter‚ that he will produce a powerful ruler by marrying an ugly
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