diverse as the country; from the Atlantic coast‚ to the marshy swamps‚ to the tropical rain forest and the Guiana Highlands. The Arawak Indians were the first known people to inhabit the land now known as French Guiana. The next wave of people was the Caribs‚ who were traveling from Brazil and stayed behind. This group made up the Amerindians‚ of which there are only a handful of descendants left today. The Spaniards commissioned Christopher Columbus and settled the land in 1498. They occupied the land
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into contact with the Caribbean after Columbus’s momentous journeys in 1492‚ 1496 and 1498. The desire for expansion and trade led to the settlement of the colonies. The indigenous peoples‚ according to our sources mostly peaceful Tainos and warlike Caribs‚ proved to be unsuitable for slave labour in the newly formed plantations‚ and they were quickly and brutally decimated. The descendants of this once thriving community can now only be found in Guiana and Trinidad. The slave trade which had already
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of the mid-1950s. The article sometimes serves as a demonstration of a gestalt shift with relation to sociology. Miner presents the Nacirema as a group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree‚ the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico‚ and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. The paper describes the typical Western ideal for oral cleanliness‚ as well as providing an outside view on hospital-care and on psychiatry. Miner’s article became a popular work‚ reprinted in many introductory anthropology
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Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named
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Folk Dance The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes: * They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training‚ often to traditional music or music based on traditional music. * They are not designed for public performance or the stage‚ although traditional folkdances may be later arranged and set for stage performances. * Their execution is dominated by an inherited tradition rather than by innovation
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The first permanent settlements of Nicaragua were founded in 1524 by a conquistador named Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. By September 15th of 1821‚ those small settlements evolved into the Republic of Nicaragua. The president of Nicaragua is Daniel Ortega. He was first elected in 2007‚ and he is currently serving his second term in office. Just like the United States‚ Nicaragua has three branches of government: executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial. Nicaragua is run by republicans. There have been
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suppression of female sexuality. A first prominent theme is the disempowerment of women in society. Her mother reaffirm the collective ideas that persistently restricts the behavior of her daughter and clearly define the “proper” feminine persona. Also‚ the Carib Indian population had been eliminated. Like her peers‚ Kincaid attended schools based on the British educational system. The children were taught to speak "proper" (Ira Mark Milne Editor‚ p.89) There are multiple times where she repeats her expected
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behaviors can be. It gives the readers a look into a culture that many do not understand. Miner tells us that the Nacirema are “a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree‚ the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico‚ and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles.” They have a “highly developed market economy”‚ but appearance seems to take command of their peoples’ priorities. The fundamental belief of the Nacirema people is that “the human body is ugly and that its natural tendency
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Book Report On “In the Life of Laetitia” Merle Hodge ‘In the life of Laetitia’‚ published in 1994 by Farrar Straus Giroux of New York; Paperback‚ Aerial Fiction‚ 244 pages. The Novel was written by Merle Hodge a Trinidadian novelist and critic‚ she’s a lecturer at the University of the West Indies‚ she’s also the Author of the 1970 novel ‘Crick Crack‚ Monkey’‚ which is a classic of West Indian literature. The story is about an adolescent girl (Laetitia) who begins on a life changing journey‚ after
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Papiamento. Papiamento dates back to the sixteenth century‚ as a means for African slaves to communicate with their owners. Papiamento reflects the mentality and culture of the many peoples who have inhabited the region‚ including the Arawak and Carib Indians‚ African slaves‚ South American traders‚ Spanish conquers‚ Dutch merchants‚ Portuguese missionaries‚ and French and English settlers. While grammar is basic‚ many non-Arubans find its syntax and intonation challenging. Much of Papiamento has
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