ancient epics and cave paintings and voluptuous statuary of the Ajanta and Ellora caves and the temple art of Khajuraho to the modern day novels‚ calendars and cinema. Whether bejeweled and ornamented or concealed behind a veil‚ revered as mother and goddess or despised as a widow‚ she has most often been portrayed as a graceful‚ sensuous and mysterious creature‚ loving and gentle‚ in need of protection and guidance‚ yet strong and hardworking‚ bearing with dignity and patience the cruel blows of fate
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5 SUPERSTITION BELIEFS FOLLOWED IN INDIA 4.1.eclipse 4.2.eye twitching 4.3.Saturday 4.4.widows 4.5.cutting hairs and nails 5.CONCLUSION Common superstitions: * people do not sweep their house at night‚ otherwise‚ Lakshmi‚ the Goddess of prosperity will leave the home‚ they think. Actually‚ this was to avoid missing of small valuable things while sweeping when there was no electricity in older days. But the tradition is continue. * Most people think that matching of
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Student number: 09347004 Student name: Wang Weiwei (王维维) Group number: 25 Group topic: The Diwali Festival Analysis of Diwali Festival: special significances & negative effects (School of Tourism‚ Sun Yat-sen University‚ Wang Weiwei) Abstract: “Diwali”‚ the festival of lights‚ illuminates the darkness of the New Year’s moon‚ and strengthens our close friendships and knowledge‚ with a self-realization. Diwali id celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Amavasya‚ the 15th day of the dark fortnight
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quarter was Sold by Patricia McCormick. The story is first-person and is narrated by thirteen year-old Lakshmi from Nepal. This book has over 170 chapters‚ each one only a few pages in length. This adds to the narrative as Lakshmi is thinking in small thoughts and does not think into many things due to her young age. Lakshmi’s family was poor‚ but managed to make it by on most days‚ on other days Lakshmi and her mother would starve while her step-father gambled. One day‚ Himalayan monsoons washed away
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Christianity Key Words: Agnostic - A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God. Theist - Belief in the existence of a god or gods‚ especially belief in a personal God as creator and ruler of the world. Atheist - a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. Church - a building used for public Christian worship. Denomination - a recognized autonomous branch of the Christian Church. Infinite - limitless or endless
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sex trafficking. Victims of the horrific crime suffer from physical‚ sexual‚ and psychological abuse. A fictional‚ yet all-too-real tale of these atrocities is exemplified in Sold‚ a novel by Patricia McCormick‚ about a young Nepalese girl named Lakshmi who is sold into sex slavery. Throughout her year at the brothel called the “Happiness House” she learns how to find shining lights among what seems like impenetrable darkness and evil surrounding Mumtaz‚ the woman who runs the brothel‚ and the men
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In the world‚ there are many types of “religious professionals”. Sometimes one religion profession is derived from another religion. In this essay I will show the similarities and differences of Hinduism priests and religion to Buddhism in general. Also the comparison between Aluk To Dolo Chinese priest and religions‚ and Japanese Zen master. Buddhism and Hinduism have various similarities and differences that effects the way that its followers live and think. The Buddhists and Hindus both have
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About Maha Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri is celebrated throughout the country; it is particularly popular in Uttar Pradesh. Maha Shivratri falls on the 14th day of the dark half of ’Margasirsa’ (February-March). The name means "the night of Shiva". The ceremonies take place chiefly at night. This is a festival observed in honour of Lord Shiva and it is believed that on this day Lord Shiva was married to Parvati. On this festival people worship ’Shiva - the Destroyer’. This night marks the
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In the book Sold by Patricia McCormick Lakshmi is a thirteen year old girl who lives a life different from most thirteen year old kids with her siblings and her stepfather in a village in the Himalayan mountains. Lakshmi stepfather sells and sends her away with a stranger to become a maid for 10‚000 rupees. “She says full payment is due‚ as well as 50 rupees extra for interest”.(36) She is basically saying she wants the full amount that she is worth. The value of human life is worth more than just
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Lakshmi is thirteen ‚ she goes to school but she desire to go out and work in the city and be a maid for rich people‚ so she can help her family with the money problems. When Lakshmi was desiring to be a maid in the city her step father sold her into prostitution for one hundred rupees . Lakshmi feels heartbroken and distraught that her stepfather had done that to her . She has so many questions for her stepfather trying to understand. Lakshmi was sold to a lady named Mumtaz . Mumtaz was the owner
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