Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn This book talks about Mama Lola life and family heritage and how she becomes a healer in the Vodou religion. Marie Therese Alourdes Macena Champagne Lovinski or known as Mama Lola to everyone. She is the most famous Vodou priestess in the United States. The ethnographic book was written by Karen McCarthy who came in contact with Mama Lola in the 70’s and came very interested in the culture of Haitian Vodou. McCarthy becomes part of Mama Lola’s family and
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Music - Defined in various ways‚ depending on its role in a given culture as well as on highly subjective individual opinion - The prevailing (Western) idea of music is as an art of organized sounds 2 Characteristics of Sound - Pitch - Highness or lowness - Dynamic level -Loudness of softness Pitch -The pitch of a sound depends on the rate of vibration‚ or frequency‚ of the sound-producing medium. - A faster rate of vibration causes a higher pitch‚ and a slower rate of vibration causes a lower pitch
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successful empire to last beyond a generation and see the peaceful succession of kings. The empire was relatively short-lived‚ as the Babylonians conquered them within only a few generations. Kings Further information: Sumerian King List‚ List of kings of Babylon and List of Assyrian kings The Mesopotamians believed their kings and queens were descended from the City of Gods‚ but‚ unlike the ancient Egyptians‚ they never believed their kings were real gods.[39] Most kings named themselves
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Throughout the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and the documentary “Dear America: Letters Home to Vietnam” the central feelings of fear and trepidation were prominent. As a reader‚ or viewer‚ I was able to take the feelings of the soldiers during the Vietnam War and translate it in a way to relate it to my own life. During Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and the documentary “Dear America: Letters Home to Vietnam”‚ I experienced many different emotions that were brought on
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Dear Mr President: Oral Draft Pink‚ is an American singer-songwriter‚ musician and actress‚ she has been singing since 1995 to present. Pink was born on September 8‚ 1979 in Abington Township‚ Montgomery County‚ Pennsylvania‚ U.S. Pink began her career with her first single‚ "There You Go" off her debut album‚ Can’t Take Me Home in 2000. The song Dear Mr President was recorded in 2005 and released on December 21 2006. It was written by Pink and Billy Mann. Dear Mr President has won a Gold
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Brother Dear Short story written by Bernice Friesen Pg. 25 “Brother Dear” features a young female narrator recounting her brother’s visit home from university and the family conflict that results. Read the first three paragraphs of the story. 1. With a partner: Read the first three paragraphs of the story. Identify whether the narrative is written in first‚ second‚ or third person. ____________________________________ Who is speaking? _________________________________________________________
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Dear Mr.President -Pink Allgemein "Dear Mr. President" is a song by Pink featuring the Indigo Girls‚ and was recorded for Pink’s fourth album‚ I’m Not Dead. Pink said that the song was an open letter to the President of the United States‚ George W. Bush‚ and that it was one of the most important songs she had written. She stated that it would never be released as a single in the United States‚ because it was too important to be perceived as a publicity stunt.[1] It has since been released in
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Yves Tanguy was a self-taught artist and his first paintings have been described as naïve. His surrealism is referred to as “nonrepresentational”‚ defined as artwork which is not immediately distinguishable and open to much interpretation. In “Mama‚ Papa is Wounded!”‚ we can see a vast‚ open landscape; a beach or simply a flat plane‚ possibly a desert. These objects are fairly abstract in shape and are not particularly recognisable. The object in the top left hand corner of the painting looks
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Mama Veronica‚ a Kenyan business woman whose ex-husband is a member of Parliament‚ lives in the deluxe version of a crumbling stone house at the end of the circular drive. Just beyond the compound?s entrance sits my temporary abode‚ the non-deluxe version that she rents to the Peace Corps. Smack in the center of one of the hills overlooking the lake‚ Mama Veronica?s property abuts the Peace Corp training facility‚ a vast‚ austere track of land populated with one story maze like buildings. Much like
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vulnerable‚ and pushed to their bodies absolute limit at six o’clock in the morning‚ “Mama Duck‚ good run.” The nickname stuck. At first it was a little odd‚ but it grew on me really quickly. Anyone that I had ever once encountered my presents understood the name. It was cute‚ so of course‚ I went with it. However‚ no one understood my nickname more than my little ducklings- my cross country teammates. They call me “Mama Duck”‚ because I am practically ready for almost any problem they throw my way
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