The Padaung Custom In the wild mountainous regions of Burma (known as Myanmar there)‚ there lives a Padaung tribe‚ where the Padaung women are known by wearing brass rings around their necks for life. The name “Padaung” is derived from the Karen words pa‚ meaning to have round‚ and daung‚ meaning brass. The rings are added on every two to three years starting from a very young age until a certain age of twenty and above. The rings holds the neck stiffly that it restrict any movements of the
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Chapter One A General Introduction to Folk Customs 1. Folk customs: a definition Folk customs‚ or folk ways‚ comprise the part of cultural life that people of a country or nation have created‚ practiced and transmitted in their endeavors to satisfy their needs at various stages of their history and society. Deep-rooted in the cultural life of a community‚ folk customs are passed down from generation to generation in a temporal dimension and spread from one place to another in a spatial dimension
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CUSTOMS & COURTIOUSY Marine customs are simply desirable courses of action sanctioned by tradition and usage. In the Marine Corps‚ practically every custom has grown out of the manner in which Marines of the past conducted themselves. Many Marine customs have been incorporated into regulations in order to standardize conduct throughout the Corps‚ but some of them cannot be found in written directives. Knowing and observing these customs‚ both written and unwritten‚ is important to each Marine
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Outline I. Introduction Thesis statement: The Customs Union for Russia‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Belarus is a purposeful union‚ which serves to meet several aims. II. Body A. In the light of common aspiration to the WTO accession‚ it is worth of examining why preference of states was given to multilateral over preferential trade. B. The idea of the multilateral cooperation and creation of a common economic space‚ elimination of borders and regional integration is not new in the post-Soviet
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Wing’s Chips‚ by Mavis Gallant‚ is a story that points out stereotypes amongst social classes in cultural groups in Canada. This story points out in particular the stereotype between the French and the English in Quebec. In the story‚ a young‚ English girl lives with her father in a French-Canadian town. Besides the fact that her father was an English man‚ he also didn’t conform to the norm of a working man. He was a painter and was not a catholic man. Near the end of the story‚ a powerful‚ French
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Simba Packaging: Simba is re-launching the iconic potato chipbrand with a new look and feel to drive additional interest in the snack aisle. The re-launch is focused on refreshing the range of fun and flavourful potato chips to address consumer needs whileboosting brand exposure in retail outlets. A South African icon for 56 years‚ Simba is committed to further investing in its brand by continuously updating its image to appeal to shoppers and consumers alike and provide easier on shelf navigation
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difficult decision that Marcus Sims‚ the accounting manager of Cleveland Custom Cabinets‚ has to make. He is not only being questioned to partake in unethical actions – he is being influenced guilt from the owner of the company‚ James Leroy. The company overall has 155 employees‚ 125 of them being custom cabinet-makers and installers‚ and the other 30 being administrative workers. Leroy is one of many stakeholders in this case. His interests are focused on growing and expanding the company’s profits
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designed and built custom residential cabinetry including plastic and wood prototyping. • Bob’s career allowed him to work in several countries including China‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ Israel‚ and Germany. b) Cupertino Custom Cabinetry (CCC) Background Information • CCC produces high end custom cabinetry including a full range of services from the complete design‚ manufacture‚ and installation of exquisite cabinetry for your new home or renovation project. • They design custom kitchens‚ vanities
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------------------------------------------------- The formation of custom unions can be beneficial to its member countries because of the new volume of trade created‚ but the net welfare effect depends on whether it leads to trade creation or trade diversion. Explain and discuss this statement ‘Customs union’ is the form of economic integration‚ which allows no tariffs or other barriers on trade among members (as in free trade area)‚ and in addition it adopts a common commercial policy toward the
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Case Study BLADE INC. CASE Submitted to Riyashad Ahmed(RyA) FIN-444 Sec-3 Submitted by Antu Biswas 102 0044 030 BLADE INC. CASE 1. What are the advantages Blades could gain from importing from and/or exporting to a foreign country such as Thailand? Ans: The advantages Blades could gain from importing from and/or exporting to Thailand could be Decrease their cost of goods sold‚ and increase Blades’ net income since rubber and plastic are cheaper when imported from a foreign country
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