the ceremony. Before the rite‚ the girl is presented to the queenmother who by some physical examination ensures that the girl is not pregnant. There are both spiritual and material preparations for the ceremony. The spiritual preparation involves finding out if the girl’s ‘kra’ (soul) likes the ceremony to be performed or not. The material preparation‚ on the other hand‚ consists of providing all the necessary things such as food items‚ money‚ chicken‚ and so on. The ceremony is usually
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From the last chapter of the book Grand Valley Dani: The Peaceful Warriors‚ Heider described the characteristics and features of the religious beliefs as well as the rituals practiced by the Dani of Papua New guinea. Through his observations‚ it was made apparent that religion was not the significant feature that represents the Dani and its culture. Although it exists‚ the rituals were the main factors that build the cultural aspects of these people. Religion in the Dani culture revolves around
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societies. The Kurnai of Australia have an initiation rite for the sons of married men in their perspective villages. Within a section by A. W. Howitt‚ in Eliade’s book‚ From Primitives to Zen: A thematic Sourcebook of the History of Religions ‚ a ceremony known as the "Showing the Grandfather" is described(Eliade‚ p. 288) In this initiation the Kurnai have a formal way of bringing a man’s son into the highest‚ and most secret realm of their religion. By incorporating the use of the father and son
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Traditionally‚ weaving is done for family needs‚ but it is also done for commercial purposes. The men are skilled wood carvers and metal workers. Wedding ceremonies are performed traditionally in which selected elders will carry out the ceremony to wed the new couple. This traditional wedding ceremony has also a lot of practices. But generally‚ the ceremony is being done in the house of the bride in which the selected old people guided by an anointed elder priest‚ known as the Mumbaki‚ will butcher animals
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required for the future. On Sept. 17 2012 the City university of Pasay held the opening ceremonies of their Intramurals at the Cuneta astrodome. We remember seeing everyone perked up‚ muses wearing the best sports attire‚ the students in class shirts of the different colleges‚ people with joy on their faces and others carrying and wearing their props for the modern dance competition. The ceremony began with the parade of athletes of different colleges. The adrenaline rushed in as soon as
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believed that plants and animals had spirits. They also‚ believed in fairies‚ tree monsters‚ and witches. The Ashanti participated in many ceremonies and 1 most frequent ceremony were funerals. Funerals in Ashanti usually lasted at least 2 days and normally everyone in town was expected to attend the funerals. Marriage‚ Puberty‚ and Birth were other ceremonies they celebrated. The Page 2 of 3 Ashanti tribe was told to be an expertise in specialized crafts‚ Such as‚ wood carving‚ weaving‚ metallurgy
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Festival-goers are bound to be delighted by them. So many male and female singers have hard-working trainings to sing Quan Ho folk songs for the ceremony of the festival. Lim festival has two parts: ritual and festival. Each festival cant be held without ritual part. It is officially celebrated on 13th‚ brings every body a very solemn atmosphere. At 8 a.m‚ the ceremony begins with a procession made up of hordes of locals wearing old-fashioned ceremonial costumes. The parade by thounsands of people spans
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TECHNICAL NOTES A Literature Review of Emergency and Non-Emergency Events Minkyu Lee Fire Protection Research Foundation © August 2012 The Fire Protection Research Foundation One Batterymarch Park Quincy‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S.A. 02169-7471 E-Mail: foundation@nfpa.org Web: www.nfpa.org/foundation Page 1 of 45 (This page left intentionally blank) Page 2 of 45 Executive Summary NFPA 101‚ Life Safety Code® ‚ contains information that is useful not only in fire related emergencies
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the morning at about 7 o’clock. The event started at 7.30 a.m. with the singing of the national anthem “Negaraku” and the state anthem “Negeri Kedah”. Later‚ the principal of SMK Agama Sik‚ Puan Hajah Habibah delivered a speech for the opening ceremony. In her speech‚ she explained that the main purpose of having the event was to collect donation to help the needy students in my school. Furthermore‚ the event also gave the students a chance to have fun from the boredom and freedom of books and
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guest‚ a special event is an opportunity for leisure‚ social or cultural experiences outside the normal range of choice or beyond everyday experience. Dr. J. Goldblatt (1997) defines special events as “ A unique moment in time celebrated with ceremony and ritual to satisfy specific needs ”. Classification of Events : This is very difficult to classify the events. Classification of events could be done from several dimensions. Classification can probably be done on the basis of size
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