According to Benjamin Whorf’s theory (1956)‚ the nature of the language we speak affects and determines our behavior and way of thinking. Japanese is a very good example of how this theory works. Japanese people use their language in a completely different way from anyone else and their behavior makes sharp contrast to the rest of us. From Japanese point of view our way of communicating is confusing and rude. The reason why is very simple - communication conventions between Bulgaria and
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There are 7 billion people in the world. 600 million live in northern America. 125 million live in Mexico with 1.5 million living near the Cancun peninsula‚ and only around 2‚000 of them are Itzan. The Itzan people are in grave danger of extinction‚ with only 1‚983 natives left. Did you know that only 8 people in this whole world‚ speak itzan fluently? But who are the Itza people? The Itzan are one of the few surviving tribes of the Mayan people but they are also shrouded in mystery. No one
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aesthetic ideals of Japanese poetry and art in general. Buddhist art‚ paintings and sculpture‚ as well as its architecture helped shape Japanese arts and architecture in general. However‚ Japanese culture is unique from that of China’s and Korea’s. This comes in part from a mixed religious atmosphere. Another significant religion in Japanese history‚ Shinto‚ has also had a great influence on Japanese culture‚ especially in performing arts. The two most famous forms of Japanese theatre today‚ Noh
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With the advanced of technology in current Japan‚ the role of religion has change dramatically‚ it is not only a simply faith in Japanese heart but also a consuetude carry out in daily life. However‚ it is not easy for people to know all changes of religion from ancient time to nowadays. This paper endeavor to sort out the main changes of traditional religion to new religion and new new religion base on the convention‚ spirit‚ role of ancestor and the place of Japan. To do this‚ I will first briefly
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many were of mixed race . Free people of color was especially a term used in New Orleans and the former Louisiana Territory‚ where a substantial third class of primarily mixed-race‚ free people developed. There were also free people of color in Caribbean and Latin American slave societies. These colonial societies classified mixed-race people in a variety of ways‚ generally related to appearance and to the proportion of African ancestry. History Free people of color‚ or gens de couleur libre
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the 20th century‚ Japanese whaling got a slight boost with the introduction of steam ships and grenade-tipped harpoons. However‚ it wasn’t until 1934 that Japan expanded its whaling to Antarctica that the boost really started to show light. Whales helped keep Japanese citizens fed both during and after World War 2. In 1947 whale meat made up almost half of all animal protein consumed by the country. Nearly 20 years later‚ whales continued to make up nearly one-quarter of the Japanese diet. The Meiji
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The kimono is a traditional form of clothing worn by Japanese women and men. There are many different forms of Japanese kimono. The word kimono literally as known as "clothing"‚ and up until the mid 19th century it was the form of dress worn by everyone in Japan. Between 30 and 100 days after a child is born‚ the parents‚ siblings‚ and grandparents visit a shrine together to report the child’s birth. The baby is dressed in a white under-kimono. On top of that kimono‚ the baby wears a brightly coloured
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the example of America and Britain. Japanese people travelled to abroad to learn while instructors came from the West to Japan to teach. The majority of today’s enterprises have established at that time. Japan has become the most developed country in Asia. Japan had the second largest economy till 2010 but China has overtaken Japan as the world’s second largest economy. Japan has held this title for more than 40 years. As the man say in the BBC video Japanese are afraid of doing something different
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For our homework‚ we had to think about the relationship between the video and an article about Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication that is written by Barna. It was mainly talking about the problem of people who has misunderstanding on other country’s habits . After reading and watching my homework‚ I thought the first block and the third block is related to the white flower video and the fifth block is related to the baseball video and the Chinese fish video. I thought every video has
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JAPANESE COLONISATION The Japanase invasion of Malaya and British Borneo in late 1941‚which culminated in the humiliating British surrender in Singapore two and a half month later shattered Western colonial supremacy and unleashed in the forces of incipent nationalism. INTRODUCTION Japan has a government that is guided by the rules and principles of a constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Government. The government of Japan has the features and characteristic that a parliamentary Goverment
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