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    The Filipino people have strange marriage customs. Among the Mangyans in the southern end of Oriental Mindoro‚ courtship takes a romantic flavor. Under the magic splendor of the moonlight‚ young man takes his native guitar and blanket‚ goes to the girl’s hut‚ and sings to her. The girl comes out and goes with him to a forest. There‚ in some secluded spot‚ the man spread out a mat. The girl lies on it‚ while her suitor sits at her side pouring out his feelings in love songs the whole night through

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    reciprocity in the index to Edwards 2005). The word ‘reciprocity’1 conjures up a feel good image of ‘caring and sharing’ (Schwab 1995: 8). However according to Peterson (1993: 861) there is a darker more sinister side to this word when applied to Indigenous Australians. He defines it as ‘demand sharing’ rather than reciprocity and he states that Blurton Jones (1987: 38) labels it tolerated theft2. Peterson (1993: 860) goes on to assert that little ‘giving’ is purely altruistic because the giver might

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    I Customs and traditions in the UK Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. Britain is different from our own country. This is natural. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about 300 years that all the theatres are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published. Foreigners coming

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    Knowledge Name ____________________________ Research Paper – Indigenous Knowledge Systems Please research an indigenous people of your choice. Limit your research to 2-3 knowledge areas of the culture (for example‚ relationship with land‚ education‚ ceremony). Consider the following definition: “Indigenous Knowledge is the information base for a society‚ which facilitates communication and decision-making. Indigenous information systems are dynamic‚ and are continually influenced by

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    A Comparative Study of Australian Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Education. Caroline Marguerite Baker Student‚ Swinburne University of Technology‚ Australia INTRODUCTION Australia has a prominent discontinuity between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous life expectancy‚ educational achievement and employment opportunities. (Coag.gov.au. 2014) There is a pressing need for an Australian Indigenous Education Reform. This need for reform is especially necessary in remote and northern‚ socially disadvantaged

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    Custom orthotics‚ as well as non-fitted varieties‚ can provide a variety of benefits to people with feet problems and to just about anyone. Even if your feet are perfect‚ your shoes may not be. Shoes that don’t provide good arch support or create imbalances in the way that we walk can eventually cause wide-ranging deformities. No one wants that. One of the worst designs that manufacturers ever come up with is the high heel. Any heel that is higher than 3.5 inches‚ the mid heel‚ according to high

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    a diverse and unique way of life. 2. At this time I would like to tell you of jamaicas customs and etiquettes. 3. Jamaicans are easy going people AND having a few codes of conducts will keep everyone smiling. 4. Those are how to meet and greet one another‚ there Jamaican fashion‚ and dining etiquette. 5. I referenced www.travel.com‚ best times to visit Jamaica/ www.kwintessential.co‚ etiquette and customs in Jamaica/ and www.etiquettescholar.com‚ Jamaica. 6. I am sharing this information with

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    Case Study Background Custom Molds Inc produces custom made molds for plastic parts and manufactures connectors for the electronics industry. The father founders of Custom Molds Inc are father and son‚ Tom and Mason Miller‚ in 1987 which is located in Tucson‚ Arizona. Tom Miller who is a mechanical engineer‚ had vast experience in the connector industry with AMP. Mason Miller is a double degree holder in chemistry and chemical engineering‚ a graduate from Arizona State University. Originally‚

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    knowledge based on facts led by systematic experimentation‚ and analysis‚ and the formulation of general principles” (Geddes and Grosset‚ 2007) vs. “Indigenous knowledge: is an area of study that focuses on the ways of knowing‚ seeing‚ and thinking that are passed down orally from generation to generation” (Geddes and Grosset‚ 2007). Science and indigenous knowledge for me are two nouns that seem to mean the same thing but putting the two definitions next to each other‚ it’s remarkable that they’re genuinely

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    Final Project Overview: Analyze a Sociological Issue Modernization and Indigenous Cultures‚ How do indigous people live today Jean Kidrick Axia college Sociology 120 June 13‚ 2010 Indigenous people who are occasionally called forest or mountain people and Modernization do not normally blend. Without a doubt‚ whether it is called modernization‚ globalization‚ or Industrialization the remaining result will be the same‚ cultural destruction. Modernization is the alteration of a precise

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