Idiophone An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the instrument as a whole vibrating—without the use of strings ormembranes. It is the first of the four main divisions in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification. The early classification of Victor-Charles Mahillon called this group of instruments autophones. Most percussion instruments that are not drums are idiophones. Hornbostel-Sachs divides idiophones into four main sub-categories
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population of this country is 81‚624‚716 (July 2003). Ethnic groups include the Vietnamese (80-95%)‚ Chinese‚ Hmong‚ Thai‚ Cham‚ and other mountainous groups. Languages used are Vietnamese (Official)‚ English (second most favored)‚ French‚ Chinese and Khmer. Some of the many religions practiced are Buddhist‚ Hoa Hao‚ Cao Dai‚ Christian (Roman Catholic‚ protestant) and Muslim. The life expectancy for a person living in Vietnam is approximately 67.58 years for the male and 72.7 for the females. Literacy
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Thai and Lao are similar‚ related languages in the Tai-Kadai language family. Each has its own unique alphabet based on Sanskrit‚ and many words have a Sanskrit or Pali origin. Loanwords have also been taken from Chinese‚ Vietnamese‚ Khmer (Cambodian)‚ Malay‚ and other languages‚ including English. For those interested in learning to read and write either language‚ it is vital to learn the alphabet with the aid of someone who already speaks the language. Unlike English‚ each letter represents
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their religious beliefs and practices. Rather than falling into American culture the immigrants are able to keep a strong hold on their individual religious beliefs. In Los Angeles there are over one hundred languages spoken. Long Beach is where the Khmer Bodhikaram is‚ which is a Cambodian Buddhist temple and monastery‚ Long Beach is the largest Cambodian community in America. There were around one hundred and fifty thousand Cambodian refugees that arrived in the United States in the early eighties
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Genocide Paper I personally think genocide is wrong in every way you can think of. Why would anyone want to deliberately kill a group of people based on race or ethnicity? There have been much genocide to take place around the world‚ but some are better known than others. Some people have different theories on why genocide takes place. I think that genocide occurs for a couple reasons. The leaders of the genocide may feel that the group they are eliminating could be a potential threat somehow.
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Contact author: Justine Drennan When asked to choose an ideal identity‚ one ladyboy in Phnom Penh told researchers‚ “I want to be a real girl. I was a girl in my previous life.” The interviewee explained that according to village elders ladyboys had been women in past lives but had stolen other women’s husbands‚ and so were reincarnated as transgender. Ironically‚ the stigma surrounding ladyboys’ sex and gender‚ rather than causing them to suppress this part of their identity‚ often pushes them
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policy cabinet often seemed weak during this patient process‚ and as such‚ other nations took advantages of this weakness. The Soviet Union made strong gains for its Marxist rebels in Ethiopia‚ Angola‚ and Mozambique. Vietnam took over Cambodia from Khmer Rouge‚ and in late 1979‚ the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Secretary of State Cyrus Roberts Vance recommended that President Carter assert a policy of negotiation‚ but by 1980‚ nearing the end of his term‚ he favored National Security Adviser Zbigniew
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Assess the impact of the conflict in Indochina for the citizens of Vietnam and Cambodia The conflict in Indochina had both short term and long term social‚ cultural‚ environmental‚ economic and human impacts on the citizens of both Vietnam and Cambodia. Civilians in both countries were affected by political oppression due to American intervention which had‚ and continues to have‚ a detrimental effect of all aspects of society in Vietnam and Cambodia. The conflict in Indochina had a detrimental
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governance. It encompasses the entrenching of respect for human rights and political pluralism‚ and the elimination of economic injustice” (Cheru 2002‚ 196). Cambodia was at war in one form or another with itself for more than thirty years since the Khmer Rouge commenced their armed struggle in 1968 until 1999‚ when the last of the movement yielded to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC). During that time‚ Cambodia experienced several abrupt regime changes. Major instability within the larger region
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At first glance District 9‚ directed by Neill Blomkamp‚ is just a science fiction film with the expected aliens‚ action‚ and special effects. Plunge into it with a little bit more scrutiny and you will find out that it is filled with semi-hidden metaphors and allegories that lead you straight to apartheid‚ which took place in South Africa where this movie ironically takes place. In fact‚ many incidents and details in this film are reminiscent of not only the apartheid but also of the Holocaust‚ and
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