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    become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines. The dance evolved from Fandango‚ a Spanish folk dance‚ which arrived in the Philippines during the Hispanic period. This dance‚ together with the Jota‚ became popular among the illustrados or the upper class and later adapted among the local communities. In the early 18th century‚ any dance that is considered jovial and lively was called Pandanggo. There are many versions of this dance and each locality has its own version. Local dancers have many

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    ABMC – COMM2 Ritual and Transmission Views of Communication The author of the context was able to apply and use the ritual and transmission views of communication in his essay. He made use of the transmission view to prove his point and to further elaborate his point of view on principle one‚ which is the constitutive model of communication as metamodel. The ritual view was used because for principle one‚ the argument is that of a renewed concept of communication. In short‚ a ritual view of communication

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    ritualistic as well as entertaining in nature and is celebrated before the sowing of seeds to earn blessings for the good harvest throughout the year. It is celebrated with great pomp and show by feasting‚ singing ‚ dancing and merry making. The following rituals are abserved: During this ten days kajiwa (village king) will initiate and give all the necessary announcements . And wherever he goes he has to carry akha ( wine) in a cup and drop drops of wine as a sign of giving one tenth offering to Aniiza

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    Ritual sacrifice is a common element that has been found within many cultures around the globe. Two of these cultures are the Paracas and the Nazca‚ located on the coastal edge of the Andes along river valleys. These two cultures are believed to be linked to each other‚ inhabiting the same region and the Nazca culture following shortly after the Paracas culture. Within the Paracas culture‚ images can be found of headhunters and decapitations to include possible auto-sacrifice and bloodletting on

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    Hinduism Ritual & Culture Culture Hindu has a culture of respect‚ love‚ honoring other and humbling one’s own ego so that the inner nature will shine forth. • Respect for the elders – This is a genuine acknowledgment of seniority and are demonstrated such as sitting on the left side of elders‚ not putting their own opinion forward strongly‚ giving them first choice of all matter and even serving them food first. • Name protocol – The younger will never uses the direct or proper name of their

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    Scriptures and Rituals of Christianity and Hinduism Hinduism and Christianity can both be similar and very different religions depending on what viewpoint they are examined from. C.S. Lewis was converted from atheism and while doing so he sought out knowledge about different religions. He narrowed his choices to Hinduism or Christianity. “Religions are like soups‚ he said. Some‚ like consommé‚ are thin and clear (Unitarianism‚ Confucianism‚ modern Judaism); others‚ like minestrone‚ are thick and

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    International Journal of Management & Information Systems – Third Quarter 2010 Volume 14‚ Number 3 Decision Tree Induction & Clustering Techniques In SAS Enterprise Miner‚ SPSS Clementine‚ And IBM Intelligent Miner – A Comparative Analysis Abdullah M. Al Ghoson‚ Virginia Commonwealth University‚ USA ABSTRACT Decision tree induction and Clustering are two of the most prevalent data mining techniques used separately or together in many business applications. Most commercial data mining software

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    Museums as rituals Scott Cunningham‚ a writer‚ once said‚ “Rituals developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world” (Ascension Gateway). This thought provoking quote could be used to spark the thinking of how rituals are practiced in our daily secular lives. Carol Duncan does a great job with showing how rituals are practiced in our secular lives; she uses museums to emphasize this point. Carol Duncan’s Civilizing Rituals: Inside

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    Ancient Ritual Research Paper Ancient rituals have been around since prehistoric time. They have been a very important part of human life and were performed with the intention of improving the universe itself. Rituals are also a form of social bonding that contains spiritual meanings. Cultures have different rituals to celebrate important events. These rituals may be different in the sense that the rituals are performed differently but they both share the same idea which is to celebrate and become

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    What is a cultural ritual that conveys something about the culture? The culture of the United States of America is essentially Western‚ yet is affected by African‚ Native American‚ Asian‚ Polynesian‚ and Latin American societies. A strand of what might be portrayed as American society began its development once again 10‚000 years back with the movement of Paleo-Indians from Asia‚ Oceania‚ and Europe‚ into the district that is today the mainland United States. The United States of America has its

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