Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ the Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. Traditionally‚ it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month in observance of the bountiful Autumn harvest. Although old rituals are no longer followed‚ families continue to gather for a day to relax and eat moon cakes. Upon this occasion‚ the legend of the Moon Goddess‚ CHANG-O‚ is often told to children. Once
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Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month. It’s also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West‚ the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.The Moon Festival is full of legendary stories. Legend says that Chang Er flew to the moon‚ where she has lived ever since. You might see her dancing on the moon during the Moon Festival. The Moon Festival is also
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Kazi 1 Youth Unemployment in the Caribbean: Social and Economic Backgrounds : Kazi‚ Tamjidul Huda Kazi Table of Contents Acronyms Terms of Reference Introduction School-to-Work Transition Some Impediments to Labour Force Entry The Caribbean Context Defining Youth Youth Unemployment Rates Specific Social Problems in the Caribbean Youth Development Policies and Programs in the Caribbean Regional Programs International Development Organizations Global Policy Framework Effectiveness of Youth
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Moon Festival In United States there are some holidays that are celebrated together with family‚ like Thanksgiving‚ Christmas and Independence Day. In China‚ we also have family reunion days and the Moon Festival is one of them. The Moon Festival is also known as Mid-Autumn Festival or the Zhongqiu Festival. Of course‚ this festival has equivalents in other countries‚ such as Japan‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ the Philippines and South Korea. If you are not familiar with the Chinese Moon Festival then
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liberation in the west and in 1804‚ after 13 years of civil war and revolution in St. Dominique‚ the enslaved emerged free and victorious; they became nation builders and declared Haiti as an independent state. The Haitian revolution affected the wider Caribbean in various ways as many countries benefited greatly from the Haitian revolution economically‚ politically and socially. Haiti had depended mostly on estate work which produced crops such as coffee and sugar cane in order to keep economic stability
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Caribbean studies is a very fascinating subject for anyone to study but in order for one to know what exactly Caribbean Studies entails‚ we must know what is the basis of its existence‚ the Caribbean. The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea‚ the islands (most of which enclose the sea) and the surrounding coasts. The region is located east of Central America‚ the southeast of North America and north of South America. This region comprises more than 7000 islands‚ islets‚ reefs and
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Beyond Massa: Sugar Management in The British Caribbean‚ 1770-1834 was written by Dr. John F Campbell and is a required book for the Caribbean Civilisation course. This historical book divided into seven chapters which give identity formation information was published by Calaloux Publications. This book report seeks to contextualize Beyond Massa‚ assess the effectiveness of the ideas conveyed and evaluate the ideas in relation to issues facing the Caribbean as well as give criticisms. Beyond Massa
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The video Iron in the Soul: Portrait of the Caribbean examines the everlasting impression that slavery left behind in the Caribbean. More importantly the documentary explores how salves were treated by early plantation owners‚ and the repercussion of slavery to present day‚ which include but were not limited to religion‚ culture‚ and tradition. Even centuries after slavery was abolished the history left behind by Britain after they abandoned the Caribbean is still evident today‚ generations later
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Political Culture and its changes within the Caribbean Political culture: refers to the collection of political beliefs values‚ practices‚ and institutions that the government is based on. Political culture may be analyzed in terms of social capital. Social capital: the amount of reciprocity and trust between citizens and between the state. More social capital usually means democratic. The number and depth of disagreements among citizens within a society forms the basis for dividing political
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Globalization is the result of a development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade‚ free flow of capital‚ and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/globalization). Not everyone is a proponent of globalization. This is especially true for North America. Although the textbook says North Americans have become a highly affluent society by means of transforming the environment and by extending their global‚ economic
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