Paige Layman Literature 2nd hour November 4‚ 2014 The Dancing Plague The outbreak began in July 1518‚ when a woman‚ Frau Troffea‚ began to dance fervently in a street in Strasbourg. This lasted somewhere between four to six days. Within a week‚ 34 others had joined‚ and within a month‚ there were around 400 dancers. Some of these people eventually died from heart attacks‚ strokes‚ or exhaustion. The Plague started when a woman by the name of Frau Troffea started to dance in the streets of Strasbourge
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In any story‚ the repetition of a word‚ theme‚ or symbol typically marks that thing as important to the author and reader. It reflects the message of the piece as a whole. In Tom Whitecloud’s Blue Winds Dancing‚ the word in particular is “home.” It represents more than where he grew up; more than just a birthplace. “Home” means family. It means friends‚ love‚ comfort‚ and protection. “Home is where the heart is” so the saying goes‚ and for Whitecloud‚ this couldn’t be any truer. Home is the most
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In the book “Dancing with Skeletons” by physical anthropologist Katherine A. Dettwyler‚ Dettwyler conducts a first hand study also known as ethnography in Mali which is located in West Africa. Dettwyler’s book consists of written information of her ethnography in places in Mali such as Macina‚ Bamako‚ and Timbuktu. Dettwyler writes in her book about the CARE health projects in the villages located around Macina in northern Mali. In this essay I will be discussing the goals of the CARE health projects
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Some people may claim that Dancing is not a sport. While others do think it is. Three big reasons why dancing may be called a sport is you practice like when you practice in football or hockey. You go to compete like in sports. and lastly you burn calories or be healthy if you do that sport like in football or hockey. You also get sweaty. These three will have evidence to go deeper into why dancing may be called a sport. The first reason why dancing can be called a sport is you practice. When you
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Dancing Skeletons‚ written by the biological and nutritional anthropologist Katherine Dettwyler‚ is an ethnography about child nutrition and development in Mali. While conducting her ethnographic fieldwork‚ Dettwyler had to remain completely impartial and any avoid any ethnocentric feelings that she experienced‚ as well as practicing cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is the principle that people should not judge the behaviour of others using the standards of their own culture‚ and that each
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focus on the subject matter of the songs‚ the presentation of their artists to the public‚ and the perception that they remained at least neutral on political and social issues aided in their ability to crossover. This is the accepted narrative in the retelling and analysis of Motown Records in the 1960s. Suzanne Smith‚ in Dancing in the Streets: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit‚ argues that one must zoom out from the activities inside of 2648 West Grand Boulevard and the Top 40 chart
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Sword Belly Dancing Are you into dancing? Have you ever danced? Or did you ever tried to do dance routines in your entire life? Each one has a child within us and we used to dream about castles‚ knights‚ princesses and swords. Imagine dancing and sword fighting being combined and made enjoyable all the way. Let’s go far beyond sword dancing and mix it with Belly dancing. Sounds weird right? But nowadays‚ sword belly dancing has become one of the fast growing exercises and art all over the globe
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"Blue Winds Dancing"� "Blue Winds Dancing"�‚ the story of a man’s internal conflict is revealed by Tom Whiteclouds’ telling of the young man’s thoughts while he is at school‚ his observations during his trip home and his reaction to the people when he arrives home. In the beginning of the story (paragraphs 1-10) the Indian compares the city to the reservation. He thinks of the city as a captive place‚ a place "where trees grow in rows and the palms stand stiffly by the road sides."� I think the
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Living Between Two Worlds In the essay‚ “Blue Winds Dancing‚” by Tom Whitecloud‚ the theme is motivated by the conflict the narrator faces while missing what he considers home. Satisfaction for ones culture is a fine line between appreciation of your own and disapproval for those that are different. This conflict is brought to light by the narrator’s different views of the two cultures to which he lives. These differences are felt internally and externally as the writer searches for his individuality
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Pole dancing is a combination of dance and gymnastics that is an increasingly popular form of fitness and dance. Pole dancers use a vertical pole which is either static or spinning‚ and train in gyms or dedicated dance studios. It’s no secret that pole dancing really started in the strip clubs. But it has evolved into so much more and pole dancing fitness enthusiasts and schools have been working tirelessly to change the perception to one of a legitimate dance style emphasising the acrobatics
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