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    Humanities: Tradition and Dissent TMA03 - Option 1 Ireland: the Invention of Tradition How useful are the concepts of “tradition” and “dissent” in understanding attitudes to the built heritage of Ireland? The two concepts of “tradition” and “dissent” are extremely useful in understanding the built heritage of Ireland. To understand the differing attitudes to the built heritage of Ireland is to contemplate the historical accounts‚ stories and legends that fabricate traditions and incite dissent

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    Easter Traditions Analysis

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    In this article the writer tries to clearly define the term tradition in relation to how we perceive it in the modern world. He says traditions are nothing but customs that have been done by generations before us and were passed on to us and we will eventually pass them to the future generations. The writer in specific talks about the Easter traditions. In the Easter traditions it is the norm to have bunny eggs as a highlight of this celebration. “What would an Easter without bunny eggs be?” he further

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    Long Time Ago In Bethlehem A long time ago in Bethlehem So the Holy Bible says Mary boy child‚ Jesus child Was born on Christmas day Listen here the angels sing A new king is born today And man will live forevermore Because of Christmas day While shepherds watched their flocks by night They see a bright new shining star And then they hear a choir sing The music to come from afar Listen here the angels sing A new king is born today And man will live forevermore Because of Christmas

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    Elements of Religious Traditions Paper REL/134 Elements of Religious Traditions Living on the age of knowledge we have uncover a vast of information throughout the ages. We have now the advantage of choosing our own believes‚ let that be a believer to a god‚ a believer to two or more gods‚ a none believer‚ or simply acknowledge that there is a higher power. Although we have the power to chose what we believe on‚ sometimes this believes are planted into us since childhood

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    have come a long way in establishing human rights‚ liberty‚ justice and dignity. However not every individual country have upheld these momentum in a dignified way. Take the Jamaica for‚ example‚ due to Jamaica’s colonial history; there are some traditions that are not worth preserving at all. In Jamaica and other countries‚ parents are expected to beat their children as a way of ’punishing them’. They may do this with various objects‚ such as a belt‚ broomstick‚ ruler‚ or anything that can subject

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    Group 1 “ Brother‚ can you spare a dime” by Rudy Valle‚ 1932 In many instances‚ songs have been written to explain events that are going on in the world. The song “ brother‚ can you spare a dime” by Rudy Valle justifies that. In 1932 when the song was produced it was during the great depression where the unemployment rate was 24.1% and the economy was in a down ward spiral. The message that Rudy is trying to portray is that everyone from a businessman in a city to a union worker from this

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    Scarlet Letter

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    The puritan era was a time of strife for many early American settlers. They felt the world was at war between the forces of good and the forces of evil. This contention was made evident in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter as the author combines the physical‚ moral and mental state of Roger Chillingworth to highlight the theme of revenge and the evil obsession that takes over Chillingworth’s soul. Hawthorne’s use of figurative language connects Chillingworth’s misshapen form with

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    Song of Myself

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    Written in 1881 by Walt Whitman‚ “Song of Myself”‚ is known to “represent the core of Whitman’s poetic vision” (Greenspan). To many people‚ this poem is confusing and complex because of the wordplay and symbolism. This poem “requires a large perspective; you must not get your face too near the book. You must bring to it a magnanimity of spirt‚ a charity and faith equal to its own.” (Burroughs) Whitman starts out by introducing the subject the poem‚ himself‚ and continues to celebrate this topic

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     Share  1.  7:28 1 WATCHED LUCKY DUBE - Crazy World (House of Exile) by Cheikh Tidiane NDAO 16‚238 views Recorded and mixed at Powerhouse Studios by DAVE SEGAL. Produced by RICHARD SILUMA… 2.  4:06 2 CULTURE - Tell me where you get it by Yojimbo VI 151‚991 views Artiste : Culture Album : Harder than the rest… 3.  4:23 3 Buju Banton - Til I’m Laid To Rest by offinogen 493‚099 views Kette Drum Riddim‚ 1995 With Clipstore’s "Best of Ethiopian landscapes" clip - African highland nature

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    tension. There is a worldly or natural blending in Irish Christianity. Kuno Meyer’s translation of the 9th century Celtic monk poem “The Hermit’s Song” offers a unique prospective of powerful Christian elements‚ subtle Pagan themes and how they fuse or mix together beautifully to create an unparalleled and ideal spiritual experience. In “The Hermit’s Song” Christian elements are everywhere. Within the first line on the first stanza the speaker calls

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