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    Lohri

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    fertility. At night‚ people gather around the bonfire and throw til‚ puffed rice & popcorns into the flames of the bonfire. Prayers are offered to the bonfire seeking abundance & prosperity. People make merry by dancing & singing traditional folk songs. The origin of the Lohri can be traced back to the tale of Dulla Bhatti. By the end of the first week of January‚ small groups of boys ring the doorbell of houses and start chanting the Lohri songs related to Dulla Bhatti. In turn‚ the people

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    between the white and black folk because she works for Atticus. Calpurnia is the only mother figure Scout remembers but Jem remembers their mother but not very well. Calpurnia is non- judgmental to everyone around her. Atticus says‚ “We couldn’t operate a single day without Calpurnia” this tells us that she is part of the family. Harper Lee presents the character of Calpurnia when they have Walter Cunningham for dinner as the link between the black and white folk. The Cunningham’s were hit

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    Explain the key factors that have allowed Canada to enjoy such a high standard of living compared to nations in the developing world. Your answer must refer to both Canada and the developing world. Global communications‚ space exploration‚ and international events are just some of the things that formed the interconnected web between nations and sped up globalization. However‚ as much as we like to think that the world is making progress‚ there is still the undeniable fact that some countries

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    4. Protest songs 4.1. Global concerns: Bob Dylan‚ Joan Baez‚ Fasia Jansen Joan Baez has commonly been described as the ‘voice and conscience of the 60s’ as she achieved international recognition with her activism‚ her political engagement and her music as a means of voicing her protest and of making herself heard all across the globe beyond the borders of America. In her protest music‚ references to the American civil rights movement‚ thus to national mass concerns of the era‚ play a significant

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    really was‚ so what did he do? He listened to as much folk music as he could get‚ and basically changed his image so no one would know him as Bobby Zimmerman anymore. On his way to stardom‚ Dylan produced his first song and in the midst of it all‚ became more and more like Bob Dylan and less and less like Bobby Zimmerman (Jarnow‚ 2014). Dylan changed many things about himself and his style of music. He changed from performing rock and roll to folk‚ but most importantly‚ he changed from Bobby Zimmerman

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    left behind. The common civil code‚ confers equal status to all religions‚ it favours no particular religion. The law also accords equal legal status to both sexes‚ in all matters. Goa’s rich cultural heritage comprises of dances‚ folk songs‚ visual arts‚ music and folk tales rich in content and variety. Goan are born music lovers‚ most Goans can pluck at a guitar or pick out a tune on the piano. Goans are very proud of their state‚ and are well prepared to fight for its protection. Environmental

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    Tausug Folk Literature

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    “sulug” or “sug” which means “ocean current” and the name Jolo is the Spanish word for corruption. Tausug literature is very rich. It includes prose‚ poems‚ narrative and nonnarative forms. The content of their literatures are classified into two: folk literatures that are closely related to the life of indigenous people and second is Islamic which is based in Quran or from Hadith (sayings) and Sunna (traditions and practices) of the prophet Muhammad. Tausug ver owns “ tigum-tigum” are either

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    world that’s coming along. Seems sick and it’s hungry‚ it’s tired and it’s torn‚ it looks like it’s dying and it’s hardly been born."<br><br>After he graduated high school in the early 1959 Dylan found himself playing folk music. This is also the time he began to write his legendary folk songs. In the 1960s Bob Dylan had turned the themes of his music to protest what many people consider the wrongs of society. In his songs he writes about the "luckless‚ the abandoned and’ forsaken‚" as he put it in

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    drowned herself in the river because of an unfaithful lover. Heine’s poem‚ based on this legend‚ first appeared in his most famous volume‚ the ‘Book of Songs’. Like much of his early verse‚ it was influenced by the Romantic writers’ fascination with folk songs. The poem deals with the theme of unrequited love. While reading it we are lulled into a false sense of security. The outstanding feature of this poem is the turn‚ i.e. ironic twist‚ which concludes it. ‘The Lorelei’ has been set to music by

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    traditions in music - Vietnamese lullaby songs: are sorts of folk music often heard in Vietnam‚ epescially in the country side. They use not only to lull small children to sleep also to express human feelings e.g. homesickness - Quan Ho Bac Ninh: are a folk song that is a rich and beautiful storehouse of the people and has a long lasting history. During all its existence successful creations have unceasingly changed the type of folk song and therefore this remains untouched and traditional.

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