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    Cultural Universal

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    culture‚ the way in which they are expressed varies from culture to culture. Funeral rites are practiced in every culture in some form. A funeral is a ceremony marking a person’s death. There are universals that have remained consistent in funeral service: announcing the death; care of the deceased; a method of disposition; a possible ceremony or ritual; and some form of memorial. These customs vary widely between cultures‚ and between religious affiliations within cultures. On the Asian continent

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    marriage customs let us see the oromo and amhara ceremonies. Oromo people make preparations for the wedding for a month before the occasion. On the couple’s wedding day‚ relatives and guests will assemble at the bride’s and groom’s houses. The groom dresses for the wedding and is blessed by his relatives. He then picks up the bride from her house. The bride and groom meet at the entrance of her house amongst beating drums.Then when we see the amhara ceremonies the bride and groom’s families are responsible

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    The Nayar of India Chrystal Powers Professor Bob Larkin Anthropology 101 April 29‚ 2013 The Nayar of India The Nayar people of India are indigenous people that live in the southwest part of India. Their culture is known to be complex yet fascinating. Generally they were known to be rulers‚ warriors‚ and landowners that rarely worked the land but supervised it. They later gradually lost their political power as they abandoned the role of being warriors. The Nayar

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    Eleven that is apprehensive about "the Ceremony of Twelve". He is sitting at his table with his Mother‚ who is a ‚ his Father‚ who is a nurturer‚ and his sister‚ who is a Seven becoming an Eight in the upcoming ceremony. Chapter 2 - Every year‚ 50 babies get accepted Chapter 7 - It’s time for the Ceremony of Twelves. Jonas was number Nineteen‚ that number is the order of which the babies were born. Each person will get their life assignment in the ceremonies‚ a Life Assignment is their job they have

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    The woman is to kneel upon what is called the “kneeling pillow” and the preacher will ask God to bless her and her family‚ along with the rest of her life. At this ceremony‚ there are some very essential needs such as: A Bible‚ a flower bouquet‚ and a tiara. A Bible is essential to the ceremony‚ because it is the first gift the woman receives from the Pastor. The Bible is normally wrapped in lace or silk to represent purity. The Pastor will then talk about how the word of God

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    still continues to walk on earth. It is known that they have the most complex death ceremonies/ritual in the world. The population of the Toraja is approximately 650‚000‚ or 450‚000 still live in Tana Toraja. Over there‚ everyone has different religions such as‚ the majority Christian‚ some are Muslim‚ and a few still believes in a local belief called ‘Aluk Todolo’‚ also known as “Way of the Ancestors”. Death ceremonies are very important to them that most of them spends their lifetime working very

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    Introduction Every period of transition in a community is marked by initiation ceremony. In nearly all cultures of the world‚ every period of change from teenager to adulthood has a way to mark the changes. Rites of passage are a common event that marks an individual’s transition from one status to another. Globally‚ every culture has its way of conducting the rites of passage. It reflects the change of life of an individual from one status to another. The Maasai of (Kenya and Tanzania) and the Native

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    The wedding celebration usually lasts for two days and requires preparation of about 1 to 6 months. The registration of marriage takes place at the department of public services or in Russian - “ZAGS”. Nowadays many couples also choose the church ceremony. The first tradition I would like to describe is Ransom for the bride (VYKUP NEVESTY). The groom is coming to the bride’s home with his closest friends and relatives. To get the bride he has to pay some ransom to the folks on the bride’s side. Everything

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    Marriage and Wedding

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    All of the people in this world want to get married and have their on memories in the wedding ceremony. They will have the ceremony by their own ritual. The ritual is always by their parents. For the Malaysian‚ there are three races that are Malay‚ Chinese and Indian. In every race in Malaysia‚ they will have their own traditional rituals to the wedding process. For Malay‚ the groom’s family will go to the bride’s house for the ‘adat merisik’ or called as spying custom for arranging marriages. Then

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    Divergence In Marriage

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    evident. Moreover‚ in the Orthodox tradition‚ the wedding ceremony is actually composed of two services. The first is the Service of Betrothal‚ or Engagement ceremony. The second is the Service of Marriage or Crowning. The structure of the interviewee’s marriage is almost identical to the tradition ceremony of Marriage. As stated by Arnold‚ “The Greek Orthodox marriage does have a definite structure. There are two parts to the ceremony. They both occur straight after each other.” This definition

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