Every nationality has its own traditions. Through these traditions you can learn more about culture‚ habits and life of the country. In Kazakhstan we have a lot of traditions connected with Islam‚ but I do not think I should speak about it. For my audience‚ in my opinion‚ it will be much more interesting to read something new‚ for example‚ about Kazakh wedding ceremony. From the very beginning it is known that marriage is very serious ceremony‚ which connects people to each other for their entire
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Viracocha (the superior god)‚he was originally worshiped by the pre-Inca community of Peru. He is believed to have created the moon and the sun on Lake Titicaca. It is said after he was done creating the world and the heavens‚ he traveled from different places teaching men the arts of civilization. Viracocha was sometimes represented as an old man wearing a beard‚ a long robe‚ and carrying a staff. Viracocha was actively worshiped most during times of crisis. Inti (the sun god)‚ was known for warmth
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the fear of losing her “mother tongue”‚ the language she was brought up to speak by her mother. Bhatt was born in India in 1956‚ moved to the USA in 1968‚ and now lives in Germany‚ so she is well aware of how much a change of culture and language can affect people. ‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first suggests that although life in India is – or should be – free‚ there is constant pressure to conform to other ways of life; the poet uses the way we should
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word "tradition" as something stultifying and old‚ having no meaning for or application to us personally; something usually being forced upon us by someone who smells funny and is only seen on holidays. What all of this means is that we can no longer simply follow the examples of old. It is up to us to create new family traditions. Celebrating is not hard. We all know about celebrating and have some ways of doing it. The only challenge is to find new ways. Why do we need to celebrate tradition? It
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A Different History By Sujata Bhatt In the poem ’A Different History’ Sujata Bhatt expresses her emotions in many different ways on the sensitive topic on how India became a British colonie. Bhatt starts with talking of the peaceful life as a god living in India with the example of saying "Great Pan is not dead;he simply emigrated to India.Here‚ the gods roam freely‚ " In this phrase Bhatt indirectly states that India is more peaceful for a god of nature (Pan) than it is in Greece which could
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Some Customs & Culture Tips Society passes principles and values to future generations through Customs‚ Traditions. It forms our world outlook‚ through which we view our lives and shape our opinions. Throughout history‚ cultures have passed the Family Values. The sharing of Family Values nurture future generations. Very often the display of an object or symbol that is meaningful to a family or to society can become a Custom‚ Tradition or Ritual. Although we should conфsider the definitions from
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the underpinnings of societal rituals and traditions as well as how these rituals affect both social and political cultures. Although Jackson presents her literary work as a somewhat simplistic story about a village that holds an annual lottery every summer‚ the themes governing the story’s plot and underpinnings delve into a deeper analysis regarding the effects and consequences of a political oligarchy on its citizens. Rooted in long-standing tradition‚ the lottery is conducted in a way that illustrates
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A Different story-Sujata Bhatt The poem a different story was written by Sujata Bhatt‚ who was born on the 6th May 1956 in Ahmedabad‚ and brought up in Pune until 1968. Many of her poems have themes of love and violence. Bhatt explores issues such as racism and the interaction between Asian‚ European and North American. Sujata Bhatt has experienced three different cultures: the Indian culture‚ American culture and the German culture she has had to adapt to all of them and now she cannot tell us
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Date: 19/04/2013 Roles of Tradition Pacific Society The essay presented here after a extensive research exhibit a wider range of variety of factors that has contributed to (ever) changing pattern that is irreversible‚ the topic touches some very sensitive issues in our society that perhaps has been the case into some very catastrophic changes that has forcefully bulldogged the roles that hold the structure of our tradition Pacific society. The fact remains that changes
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upon her.” (Jackson)Even though the community is following traditions that they happen every year. The traditions are still wrong. This book has a very dark theme‚ and things within the community that symbol many things. The short story is also very similar to the known movie The Hunger Games. This short story is similar to the movie The Hunger Games in a lot of ways. “The Lottery” by Jackson is about a community that has an annual tradition and names are being drawn and who ever picks the wrong card
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