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    Introduction The Gbadi tribe settles in Lofa County‚ they practice both traditional and western marriage. I BENEDICT S. KPEHE belong to this tribe. Here in I will discuss the mate selection and marriage pattern of tribal group in Liberia taking the Gbandi tribe as case study. Marriage‚ in the Gbandi tribe and any other tribal group in Liberia is socially recognized and approved union between individuals‚ who commit to one another with the expectation of a stable and lasting intimate relationship

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    Managing sickness absence raises both legal and human resources issues. This guide provides an overview of how employers should manage sickness absence and go about making sickness-related dismissals. Sickness absence can take different forms‚ such as recurrent short-term absences or long-term absence. Operating a fair procedure before dismissing an employee for either persistent short-term or continuous longer-term absences can be onerous.. In particular‚ employers are often wary of dealing with

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    In Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ the writer writes about the extreme rituals that people hold in America. It brings out the idea that what they are doing is only to improve the looks which are actually unnecessary. Although the writer does not use the word America at all‚ we can tell from the content and the examples that it is reflecting the Americans. Actually‚ if the word “Nacirema” in the title reverses‚ it is America. He uses some events that may be trivial and happen in our every day lives

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    Men and Listeners‚ as a means of communing with the Divine through their rituals as a means to heal the sickly. Maintaining good health is also a pinnacle to Nacirema society. The Nacirema people feel that‚ "the human body is ugly and has natural tendency to debility and disease". Therefore‚ the Nacirema people put high emphasis on maintaining good health through their daily devotion to their Divines. Their extreme rituals

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    animals carved into them. Most of the Native American tribes that I have learned about have been Western United States tribes because I grew up in California. When I read the list of Wisconsin Native American tribes‚ I‚ unlike most of the class‚ had no idea what they were. I chose the Oneida tribe because my former youth pastor works at the Oneida Reservation. I look forward to learning about the Oneida tribe and comparing them with the Cherokee tribe. The Oneida reside in DePere‚ Wisconsin. There

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    Mary Hollnsteiner‚ Reciprocity in the Lowland Philippines‚ in Four Readings in Filipino Values‚ Frank Lynch‚ S.J. and Alfonso de Guzman Ⅲ‚ eds. (Quezon City: Institute of Philippine Culture‚ 1979). Reynaldo Ileto‚ Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines‚ 1840-1940 (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press 1979) William Henry Scott‚ Cracks in the Parchment Curtain and Other Essays in Philippine History (Quezon City: New Day Publishers.1982)‚ 其中一篇brilliant essay: Filipino

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    Love aRole of Love as a Sickness in Beauty and Sadness The poet Samuel Daniel said in one of his poems that “love is a sickness full of woes‚ all remedies refusing” (Page 111). The novel Beauty and Sadness by Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata tells the story of a destructive love affair between a married writer and a teenage girl. This love affair continues to haunt both of these characters more than twenty years after their last encounter. In this novel there is the recurrent theme

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    Powhatan The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten)‚ is the name of a Virginia Indian[1] tribe. It is also the name of a powerful group of tribes which they dominated. It is estimated that there were about 14‚000-21‚000 of these native Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607.[2] They were also known as Virginia Algonquians‚ as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries‚ a mamanatowick (paramount

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    Death Rituals Generally‚ many Native Americans do not have a set idea about life after death‚ but some believe in reincarnation as humans‚ ghosts‚ animals or a combination of these Autopsies are acceptable Each tribe has different burial traditions Example: Navajo Indians When discussing a fatal illness or disorder‚ speak in third person; never suggest the patient is dying because that would imply that the healthcare provider wishes the patient would die. Also‚ if the patient does die‚ then the provider

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    Native Americans (Cahuilla Tribe) and the Hispanics. According to the former Mayor of Palm Springs Frank Bogert the” Cahuilla tribe lived by the sparkling waters of Palm Springs as well as hot springs‚ and the tree lined canyons for over a thousand over years.” The Cahuilla tribe lived by growing food and making clothes as well as medicine. They made bows and arrows as well as used sticks to hunt deer‚ bighorn‚ rabbits‚ and other animals of similar size. The Cahuilla tribe as well as the Cahuilla

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