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    How is Tradition Important A tradition is a kind of ritual‚ belief or object passed down within society. It is a mode of thought or behavior followed by a people or a group of people continuously from generation to generation‚ a custom or usage. Nowadays there are less and less traditions followed by people in the world. Modern people mostly forgot beliefs of the past. Contemporary life is hectic and filled with events‚ people are busy all the time and hardly find time for communication

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    Heritage‚ Traditions and Beliefs All around us‚ there are different cultures‚ races‚ and ways of life that we interact with. Even with all of the differences‚ we still somehow manage to live in harmony with each other. If we think about it‚ we all live in one place; Earth. There are different perspectives and stories as to how it came about. These stories about the earth’s origin also reflect the different heritages‚ traditions‚ and beliefs that we see around us. The stories from the Native

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    Throughout history‚ the Catholic intellectual tradition has shown and defined itself through literature‚ music and art. Equally‚ within these means of expression are a means to connect the human consciousness as a whole: it is through the examination of the history of the Catholic intellectual tradition that one is able to find a joining of human spirit‚ intellect‚ soul and emotion. Indeed‚ it is also through these creative expressions that the many facets of this approach to understanding human

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    Elements of Religious Traditions Margaret Chandler REL/133 World Religious Traditions I University of Phoenix May 16‚ 2011 Elements of Religious Traditions Many people in this world today have some kind of religion in their lives or just none. However‚ no matter what people beliefs are‚ they believe in some form of religion

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    Margaret Urquhart Professor Daniels ENC1102 15 March 2013 An Outrageous Tale Standing in line for hours‚ impatiently waiting for the front doors of our favorite stores to open‚ to be nearly trampled upon for discounted items‚ is a tradition we‚ as Americans‚ like to call Black Friday. Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States‚ often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. To get people in the spirit‚ most major retailers open before the sun

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    Nathan Griffith Professor Bolton English 102 January 30‚ 2014 The Traditions They Follow Why do some societies follow traditions that have pointless rules? “The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson that asks the same question. The narrator presents a small-town where a traditional lottery is held annually every summer on June 27th. The town’s people get together for a lottery (1). The reward is unknown at the beginning to reader‚ but increasingly becomes more apparent as

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    His Education Mukesh Ambani holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT)( www.udct.org)‚ which is now known as University of Mumbai‚ Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT). He began the MBA program at Stanford Business School‚ but dropped out after his first year in order to assist in his father’s ongoing efforts to build the Patalganga petrochemical Plant. His Business Career Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and initiated Reliance’s

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    Differences in Health Traditions between Three Cultures There are many different traditions among different cultures. One culture I learned about was Vietnamese culture. My friend told me that her culture does not like going to the doctor unless they are “dying”. They believe in Acupuncture and breathing in steam made of herbs and plants. They practice oriental medicine such as cupping and coining. The Vietnamese believe that these procedures take away pain and sickness. They also believe that

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    For example‚ Christmas caroling has originated from the pagan tradition of wassailing. During wassailing‚ people went from door to door singing and drinking wishing hope to their neighbors. Caroling also has stemmed from when villagers would adventure though their fields shouting and singing to scare off the malicious

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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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