Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival (Shangyuan) is a traditional Chinese festival‚ which is on the 15th of the first month of Chinese New Year and the first full moon night which symbolizes the coming of spring. It may be regarded as the last day of the Spring Festival. The start of this festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. The Lantern Festival is regarded as a good day for family gatherings. An old custom from china is people on that night will lighten up fancy
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How did the African slavery impact the Caribbean region between1640-1985? Introduction When the Europeans switched from tobacco to sugar cultivation‚ the plantation needed more lands and more labour. The labour present came from the Tainos‚ whose population decreased from abuse‚ and could not meet the labour demands. The Europeans brought free labourers from Europe‚ but they could not be forced to work under the conditions demanded by the encomenderos. The church suggested the use of enslaving
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Most festivals have a religious origin. The original intention of holding them‚ therefore‚ was to inspire religious feelings or religiosity. This was done in various ways. Sometimes a religious procession was taken out‚ whose members sang and danced and played musical instruments as they went their way. Sometimes people undertook fasts to commemorate an occasion. Fairs were also held in which the life and times of the religious personage in question were highlighted. Notable figures gave uplifting
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Festivals are good social gatherings that bring people closer together. One festival I enjoy in particular is the Nouit Blanche art festival in Toronto. This assignment asks me to analyze an event that has taken place recently and record my observations. Some evident observations can be interpreted by the viewers expressions and non verbal cues. This assignment also asks me to relate the festival to concepts of culture. This festival relates to the concept of mass culture because this is an event
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Caribbean Geology The oldest land areas of the modern Caribbean are at the extreme ends of the arc of islands in Cuba and Trinidad. The Greater Antillean islands have all had a somewhat similar geological history but they differ from one another in the distribution‚ form and erosion patterns of the limestones deposited during several phases of submergence and uplift through the Tertiary period and Pleistocene. Apart from sporadic unions between islands now separated by shallow seas‚ as within the
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Name: Belize; formerly known as British Honduras. Location: Belize is bordered on the North by Mexico‚ on the South and West by Guatemala and on the East by the Caribbean Sea. Currency: Population: Since the last census established in July 2008 a total of 301‚270 was recorded. Flag: The coat of arms shows: 1. A mahogany tree: the first European settlers in Belize became mahogany traders and the mahogany trade was once the economical
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The African street festival is a cultural festival in Nashville that highlights African culture‚ as well as African American culture. The festival provided historical information about the property the festival was hosted on‚ and some of the individuals that were present. It also shared African culture through music and musical demonstrations. There was also a plethora of shops and stands to buy many different types of merchandise‚ much of which having to do with African culture. All in all‚ the
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Caribbean integration movement I read with great interest a March 4‚ 2012 article in the Jamaica Gleaner by former Assistant Secretary General of the CARICOM Secretariat‚ where he argues that poor leadership – political‚ institutional‚ and business – has failed the Caribbean integration process. In a recent Facebook discussion I was engaged in‚ a learned colleague questioned the relevance of regionalism. That regionalism is now being put up to question is not only troubling‚ but also speaks to low-level
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CAPE CARIBBEAN STUDIES CARIBBEAN IDENTITY: Myth or Reality We realize that as with defining the Caribbean and the myriad problems it posed‚ thus‚ leading us to a definition consistent with that of the emerging concept of a "Wider Caribbean" - which serves a socio-economic and political agenda - we are also presented with a dilemma when we try to assert the existence of a Caribbean identity: whose identity is being overted and‚ consequentially‚ whose identity is being subverted in popular consciousness
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History Of Festival The first festival was in 1970 the day after Jimi Hendrix died. The festival was influenced by hippie beliefs and the free festival movement. The biggest festival yet was held in 1990. There was violence the day after the 1990 festival ended between the security guards and new age travellers‚ the fight was named the “Battle of Yeoman’s Bridge”‚ this led to the organisers taking 1991 off to rethink the festival. Duration The ticket price covers entry to the Festival site from
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