LION DANCE THE HISTORY EARLY BELIEF According to traditional Chinese belief‚ the lion signifies courage‚ stability and superiority. The lion’s dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits. This is derived from folklore about a monster called Nian. This lion-like monster eats human-flesh for living and hunts for food in a village near the mountain. One day‚ the villagers decided to chase the monster away by throwing firecrackers and playing loud music. To come to their surprise‚ it
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its original positioning the appearance is only enhanced. The Striding Lion‚ though originally only a small piece of a bigger picture‚ is a visually captivating piece of art to be examined and appreciated. The Striding Lion originally located at the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk‚ Babylon‚ now resides at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston‚ which can be viewed from multiple angles at their online museum link. The Striding Lion is classified as an architectural element of Near East‚ Mesopotamian‚
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"The Secret Lion" "The Secret Lion‚" written by Alberto Rios‚ is a strange short story consisting of symbols. Each symbol highlights the change of the lives of the twelve-year-old boy who tells the story‚ and his friend Sergio. As the story progresses‚ the boys are growing up and becoming adults. My argument is that the boys learn that change is to be expected‚ and is always accompanied by loss‚ and everything in this story is relates to symbolism. The main symbol of the story is the arroyo‚
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Mountain Lion is a poem that depicts the death of an inhabitant of the Lobo valley‚ a lion that is trapped mercilessly by two hunters‚ who are confronted by the poet as they leave the valley. The poet describes the lion’s face using contrasting but very emotive descriptions such as beautiful dead eyes’‚ and fine round-fashioned head‚ with two dead ears’ putting emphasis on the word dead by repeating it twice in the same stanza. In the first stanza‚ the poet describes the natural beauty of the Lobo
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The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica) is a subspecies of the lion which survives today only in the Gir Forest of Gujarat‚ India where it is also known as the Indian lion or Persian lion.[2][3] In 2005‚ the Gujarat government reported that 359 Asiatic lions were sighted in the Gir forest.[4] The Asiatic lion is one of the three major big cats found in India‚ other being the Bengal tiger and the Indian leopard.[5] The Asiatic lions once ranged from the Mediterranean to the north-eastern parts of
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The Detroit lions have done better in their new season in the NFL‚ now that they don’t have Barry sanders in their team. Without the man that holds the 2nd highest rushing record in the league‚ the team of Detroit that has always started their season bad‚ has started with a 2-0 which hasn’t happened in a long time‚ which is outstanding for the team rating. This for me is way of the charts‚ because who would of thought that The "Lions" would do so well without the man Barry Sanders. I as convinced
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RRJ Assignment: “The Secret lion” In this short story “The Secret Lion” Alberto Alvaro Rios invited me into the world of an imaginative Hispanic youth who is going through the coming-of-age crisis. The story is written in the first person point of view‚ and portrays the struggle of the speaker and his friend Sergio against the sweeping force of change that accompanies the transition from childhood to young adulthood. The antagonist is time-time that has the power to transform them into the
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Monomyth or the hero’s journey is a basic pattern‚ which is found in many narratives and myths from around the world. The monomyth is “one of the dominant archetypal pattern in literature‚ film‚ and even video game text is the story of a journey.” Through an in-depth analysis of The Step not taken by Paul D’Angelo‚ this essay will give an explanation of the three stages of a monomyth. The monomyth is made up of three stages that the hero moves through. The stages are departure or separation‚ struggle
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Why is the Mountain Lion such an important animal? Mountain lions‚ also known as cougars‚ panthers‚ or pumas‚ are highly efficient predators. These cats have a wide range throughout the Western states‚ and populations are increasing. An individual cat’s range depends on food availability. Thus‚ a range can vary from 10 to 370 square miles. Male lions weigh up to 165 pounds and grow to more than eight feet in length. Females weigh about 100 pounds. Female lions generally first reproduce at about
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characteristic aspect of Attic Lion is the proportion of the body. The lion’s head‚ torso‚ hips and limbs are well crafted and strongly connected. As the result‚ it would the boldness of a beast‚ just like the lions we see in zoo. The idea of the lion crouching stance strikes balance of the sculpture‚ it looks solid in this pose. A standing lion sculpture would be off balance than sitting or crouching ones. Another characteristic of Attic Lions is their movements. The sculpture shows lion crouching and bending
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