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    Cote D Ivoire 2

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    Emma Metcalf October 28‚ 2014 French III Mrs.Ward Cote d’Ivoire In Cote d’Ivoire many festivals take place throughout the year as a celebration of culture. These festivals consist of religious events related to Islamic beliefs but they also celebrate historic holidays. Festivals that take place are Carnival in Bouake‚ Fete du Dipri‚ Fetes des Masques and Islam-Related Holidays. Also this island celebrates many of the holidays we do including Independence Day and Christmas. Carnival in Bouake

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    Passage Into Adulthood

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    When we think of about rights of passage‚ most often thoughts that come to our mind are ceremonies like birth‚ puberty and marriage. Rites of passage are things we experience during our entire lifetime from the beginning to the end. These things‚ however‚ are different from initiations because an initiation is something where you have to prove yourself in order to be accepted‚ but a rite of passage is about a more personal acceptance into your own life. And in my opinion the passage into adulthood

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    generation. Rituals: Rituals are a moment of reliving in the present moment‚ the creative activities of the ancestor spirits. The ancestors are made present through the people‚ objects‚ words and movements of the ritual. For example‚ the smoking ceremony is used to heal and cleanse. Totems

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    Ceremony

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    There are many characters in the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko that have their each personal and unique story behind them. Rocky‚ Tayo‚ Robert‚ Josiah‚ and Grandma are some characters who have different stories. One character who has a very interesting and unique story is Auntie. Auntie’s story is about her sacrifice for others and the burden she takes from her sister‚ Laura’s mistakes. Auntie had lived a rough life from her childhood and adolescent stage. Growing up she had a sister named

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    This week‚ July 23 to 27 2013 we are celebrating National Science and Technology Week or NSTW 2013. NSTW is an annual event organized by our DOST. This event helps to showcase different products‚ concept and technologies that DOST developed. Why I want to go in this event is that it can help me to be a good student and citizen helping my country in raising its economy like the other country in the world. Like what the theme of the event said: Science‚ Technology and Innovation: The Road to a Smarter

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    Memoirs Of A Geisha Essay

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    The word Geisha has several different meanings. Geisha translates to art performer‚ the “gei” meaning art and the “sha” meaning people who are skilled hostesses that are trained to entertain guests through singing‚ dancing‚ conversation‚ and ceremonies. Throughout the years‚ especially during World War II‚ there has been controversy over what a Geisha does. For example‚ in the Western society some may look at a Geisha and think they are distorted into prostitutes. But in a Eastern society

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    The Bullet Ants Ritual. “It is pure‚ intense‚ brilliant pain.  Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch rusty nail in your heel‚” said Justin Schmidt‚ describing what it felt like to be stung by the Bullet Ant.  Schmidt is the creator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index‚ a scale that rates the pain cause by different Hymenopteran stings.  The Bullet Ant claims the number one spot on the SSPI and the title of most excruciating sting known to man.  With this in mind‚ it is hard to imagine

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    INSTITUTE OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS FOR EMPOWERMENT EVENTS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ICOPE JANUARY 8-9‚ 2013 EVENTS PLANNING & MANAGEMENT What is an Event Special or spectacular occasions where people gather together for a purpose whether they be to celebrate‚ educate‚ promote or commemorate. They are not the usual and ordinary activities that one engages in as part of his daily life Who is an Event Planner An event planner

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    varies from some ten or twelve inches to six or seven yards. What distinguished all variants of Tung from ordinary mundane objects are their functions. There are many different appearances and uses for the Tung. Every single Buddhist related ceremony would not be considered complete without a Tung. Historical evidence reveals that the use of the Tung in Thai culture dates back thousands of years. The Tung was used by the reigning‚ present ruler of the era to show his nationality‚ and by the blue-collar

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    Puberty rites

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    the ceremony. Before the rite‚ the girl is presented to the queenmother who by some physical examination ensures that the girl is not pregnant. There are both spiritual and material preparations for the ceremony. The spiritual preparation involves finding out if the girl’s ‘kra’ (soul) likes the ceremony to be performed or not. The material preparation‚ on the other hand‚ consists of providing all the necessary things such as food items‚ money‚ chicken‚ and so on. The ceremony is usually

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