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    You have to know that russian wedding traditions are different from what people are used to in the United States of America‚ Canada‚ Mexico or Europe. There are no rehearsals‚ bridesmaids‚ and flower girls. The best man and the maid of honor are called “witnesses” or in Russian “svideteli”. The wedding celebration usually lasts for two days and requires preparation of about 1 to 6 months. The registration of marriage takes place at the department of public services or in Russian - “ZAGS”. Nowadays

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    Are Arranged Marriages and Forced Marriages Unethical? Would you consider having your marriage forced or arranged to a person you never met or seen before? Most probably no‚ but this is happening to many young females and males all over the world. Arranged and forced marriages have been a heated debate in certain cultures‚ justifying whether it is good or bad it’s hard to judge. There have however also been many changes to these traditions in contemporary society‚ regarding culture clashing. Researching

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    Christmas Tradition

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    1. I believe Christmas season is a season to celebrate Jesus’ birth. I think that giving others presents shows Jesus giving freedom and forgiveness to us. 2. I would want to give them something that they would treasure for the rest of their lives. It depends on the person and what I can give. If someone asks for love‚ I’ll give them love because it will last longer than giving someone a toy (because eventually‚ you will outgrow it). I would give it to those who need it. Not those who desperately

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    Easter Traditions Analysis

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    In this article the writer tries to clearly define the term tradition in relation to how we perceive it in the modern world. He says traditions are nothing but customs that have been done by generations before us and were passed on to us and we will eventually pass them to the future generations. The writer in specific talks about the Easter traditions. In the Easter traditions it is the norm to have bunny eggs as a highlight of this celebration. “What would an Easter without bunny eggs be?” he further

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    Great and Little Tradition

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    LITTLE TRADITION The issue of great and little traditions did not arise for the first generation of anthropologists who‚ following the example of *Malinowski‚ mainly studied remote‚ self-contained‚ small-scale societies. It was only after World War II‚ when anthropologists began to study communities integrated within larger states and participating in centuries-old religious traditions such as *Buddhism or *Christianity‚ that the problem arose. The terms ‘great’ and ‘little’ traditions were actually

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    Introduction Modern day media is everywhere‚ making it impossible to avoid. It is present in every part of our daily lives‚ influencing both our behaviour and our mind-set. Advertising has become one of the most important and widely used methods of media in today’s marketplace‚ a way for companies to communicate with potential customers. It affects our perception‚ thoughts and preferences‚ and our cultural values become almost defined by it. Although modern society may have seen an increase

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    Defying Tradition

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    Daniella Swayne October 20‚ 2014 2.03 Article Title: Funny women flourish in female-written comedies What information seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the article. Call it The "Bridesmaids" Effect: Ever since the R-rated 2011 comedy became a runaway hit … a rash of female-written comedies are enticing viewers with provocative new characters who are more like women we know. "’Bridesmaids’ I think opened up a door to allow women to show a bunch of different women in different

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    There are a couple of critical issues when it comes to the study of what a religious tradition says. The first is to make a distinction between the oral tradition and the written tradition. Many well-developed‚ world religions have an established canon of sacred texts‚ as well as an oral tradition. In some cases‚ this also has come to be written down. For instance‚ in Judaism‚ there is the tradition of the Oral Torah and the written Torah. The written Torah has become the Tanakh or the Hebrew

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    people are in which socioeconomic class. Christmas is a holiday where people celebrate the festivities‚ spend time with their families‚ and give gifts to other people through generosity (“Christmas Traditions‚ about Christmas at Holiday Insights). How people decorate their house show this habitual tradition. While my mother drove around the neighborhoods‚ I observed wealthier houses had more decor inside and outside of their house. There were annual competitions between houses for whoever had the best-decorated

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    Divergence In Marriage

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    21st century marriages have been altered in order to suit the lifestyles of family and friends. After conducting an interview and collecting primary source documents from Sophie Arnold concerning her Greek Orthodox marriage‚ divergence occurs to a moderate extent between how it is described and how the ritual is practised. The purpose of my research was to gain a deeper understanding of the rite of passage‚ marriage‚ and investigate whether or not there is any divergence to the modern practice. According

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