Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month‚ the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound‚ the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan‚ a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival’s Origin At the end of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several
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2014 Spirit Houses When traveling to a new country‚ everything can look unfamiliar and foreign. During my trip to Thailand‚ it was not the luxurious dresses or the exotic fruit that caught my attention‚ but it was the beautiful miniature houses outside of homes and businesses. I would soon learn that these “birdhouse” looking structures were actually called spirit houses‚ and would contain the spirits of deceased loved ones. A spirit house can be simply defined as a house containing a spirit‚ although
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Descartes notion of the mind/body problem in relation to Free Will Descartes took an extreme skeptical position by asking‚ “What is impossible to doubt‚ even when trying to believe that everything is false?” His answer was: "I think‚ therefore I am"; which is Descartes ’ most famous one-liner and is the one that explains his understanding of the dualism argument. The term ‘dualism’ has a variety of uses in the history of thought. In general‚ the idea is that‚ for some particular domain‚ there are
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lived in there. As you know‚ a special festival involves in this legend called the Mid Autumn Moon Festival. It takes place on Middle August of Moon Calender every year. Mid is an exciting festival to Vietnamese people so they prepare carefully and have many exciting cultural activities. Mid is a celebration for children and moreover‚ during the Mid‚ all members of family gather with their relatives. So another name of this festival is “Reunite Festival” In preparation‚ people buy some fruits
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The Holy Spirit is the third person in the trinity. The Holy SpiritSpirt draws and convicts human beings; and those who respond to his invite and want to become one with him‚ He renews and transforms into the image of God. The Holy Spirit is sent by the Father and the Son to be with His children‚ He extends spiritual gifts to the church‚ and empowers the church to bear witness to unbelieversnon-believes about Christ. The Bible supplies three important lines of witness to the divine nature of the
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A Comparison of Ghost Festival in United State and Thailand Festival is an event that is staged by a local community that is also usually happening in the same place every year. The festival seems religious and superstitious‚ but it shows about the culture and tradition. There are a lot of types of festivals in the world. Ghost festival is also a part of the festival that have around the world. However the ghost festival in each country will have different and similar things that
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The mind body problem is a how we process things in our life‚ how our mental status and our physical being can learn from one another. How can the mind process anything and it is a nonphysical entity‚ how do people learn from using our minds and our body at different times in our lives? If we see something with our eyes and it has a lesson in the thing we saw‚ how does our mind comprehend what the lesson is in the particular thing that we saw with our eyes? This is what the mind body problem is presenting
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Festivals of India Indian festivals are both colourful and extremely joyous. People enjoy the festivals with family and friends. The religious significance of the festivals too can hardly be denied. Here are some of the very popular festivals that take place throughout India. There are many festivals in India like Durga Puja‚Navratri‚Dussehra‚Ganesh Chaturthi‚Holi‚Diwali‚etc. In India‚ festivals do not just offer people a temporary reprieve from their daily grind. Imbued with deep inner significance
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1984: Government’s Attempt to Control The Mind and Bodies of Its Citizens The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is an American classic which explores the human mind when it comes to power‚ corruption‚ control‚ and the ultimate utopian society. Orwell indirectly proposes that power given to the government will ultimately become corrupt and they will attempt to force all to conform to their one set standard. He also sets forth the idea that the corrupted government will attempt to
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Introduction Bangladesh appeared on the world map as an independent and sovereign state on December 16‚ 1971 following the victory at the War of Liberation with Pakistan‚ Bangladesh is a member of the United Nations (UN) and its various specialized bodies and agencies including ESCAP. She is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) including their various affiliated organs. Bangladesh‚ which has a thousand years of recorded history‚ has a rich and varied
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