IJP‚ 2014; Vol. 1(10): 654-659. ISSN: 2348-3962 IJP (2014)‚ Vol. 1‚ Issue 10 (Research article) Received on 19 July‚ 2014; received in revised form‚ 13 September‚ 2014; accepted‚ 29 September‚ 2014; published 01 October‚ 2014 A STUDY ON THE INDIGENOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HEALING PRACTICES OF MURONG TRIBE IN KHAGRACHARI DISTRICT (BANGLADESH) Tasmiatul Kabir 1* and Subrata Saha 2 Department of Pharmacy 1‚ University of Asia Pacific‚ Dhanmondi‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Department of Pharmacy 2‚ University
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Family forms a basic structure of Indigenous Australians‚ the cultural relationship and traditional values has disappeared. Such changes impacts the health of Indigenous Australians (Hampton & Toombs‚ 2013).The major factors connected with Indigenous Australians physical and emotional health is an important change in their lifestyle and decline of physical activity (Macdonald‚ Abbott & Jenkins‚ 2012). Indigenous mental health issues Quality of life and mental health are highly associated concepts
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breadwinner of the home and if there is any male presence‚ it is marginalized. These families can be called mother-centered‚ woman-centered or headed and grandmother-centered. In 1937‚ the British Colonial Social Welfare Workers were sent to the Caribbean to fix the existing social problems of the societies and provide measures to assist. Thomas Simey (1946)‚ was a welfare worker and postulated that one of the main problems were the fact that families were loose and children were fatherless‚ and they
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I have always been interested in Indigenous religions after learning about the different cultures of these followers in history class. It seemed very powerful that despite all the hardships some tribes faced‚ they still had unwavering faith. One thing I learned was that many of the indigenous religions focus intently on their geographic location and using that to connect with the ecology there and involve it in the religion. Furthermore‚ because it is so focused within that region they also believe
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A brief overview to some of the main Caribbean philosophers Afro-Caribbean philosophical consist within the wider framework of African‚ European‚ and Afro-American philosophical traditions. There were different languages in the history of Caribbean philosophy; English‚ French and Spanish. The following paper tries to give a Brief summary of the most influential authors. Eric Eustace Williams (1911 – 1981) was prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 until
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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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Caribbean Human Capital Development Caribbean political leaders such as Sir Grantley Adams (Barbados)‚ Sir Norman Manley (Jamaica) and Dr. Eric Williams (Trinidad) believed in the principle of enhancing Human Capital. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the Human Capital Theory in its application to Caribbean societies. As the world industrializes‚ the desire to optimize efficiency and maximize profits is paramount to societal development. Many have written on this‚ proposing numerous
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The Indigenous People Of The Americas CXC Past Paper Question (1992) QUESTION 5 (a) Name two groups of Amerindians who lived in the Caribbean before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. (2 marks) ANSWER Tainos (Arawaks) and Kalinagos Caribs (b) Give two examples of the way of life before 1492 of any one of the groups named at (a) above (6 marks) ANSWER (Group Tainos) The cacique was the head of the Tainos society. The cacique was a hereditary title which passed down from father
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and the communication through interaction which brings fourth a folkloric process. The Afro-Caribbean folklore of the Archipelago is a mixture of the African‚ the British‚ and the Creole aspects distributed through a cultural continuum of variations. The members of the elite develop certain forms of local standardise practices of archaic British culture and the Creole people trigger-off a series Caribbean syncretism with a mixture of Amerindian and African feeling. In ancient times‚ the tradition
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Jamaica that are explored in this project are architecture‚ food‚ religion‚ place names and language .certaintly This will Educate people about their History and Culture which is important to help us know more About our past so we may ably and progressively press forward onto a successful future. Area of Research Theme : The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans Topic : What evidence is there to prove the dominant Presence of the British in Jamaica during the 17th to Mid -20th
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