bring out the highlights of the theme and the personality they represent. Dance has an important role in India as a part of worship‚ a pastime and as a part of Sanskrit dramas. Classical dance can be found in many different forms; manipuri‚ kathak‚ bharata natyam and kathakali. Faces made up to look like masks‚ along with the use of mime are the characteristics of kathakali
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The old name of DHAKA is JAHANGIRNAGAR. It is the capital and the largest city of Bangladesh. Dhaka is located in the geographic center of the country .With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of mosques and muslin. Its fame attracted travelers from far and near throughout the ages. Today it has grown into a mega city of about 10 million people becoming the hub of the nation’s industrial‚ commercial‚ cultural‚ educational and political activities
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Every civilization since the first Mesopotamia has believed in something greater than humans. This ‘greater’ was developed into gods and goddesses. These gods and goddesses were then given special attributes and abilities. One of the many Mesopotamian deities was Inanna a female deity that is probably still one of the most well-known of this pantheon. This brief essay will take a look at the goddess discussing whom this important goddess was to her people. Described as one of the most complex deities
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different desires from these gods influenced their daily practices and beliefs. The Mesopotamian religion was the first documented religion. Sumerian gods embodied the forces of nature: Anu the sky‚ Enlil the air‚ Enki the water and Utu the sun and Nanna the moon. During the time of the Semitic people’s domination‚ prior Sumerian deities were associated with those of the Semitic peoples. Controlled religion was particularly noticeable in
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Characters Icchapurapu Amrutha Rao (aka Amrutham‚ played by Sivaji Raja‚ Naresh and Harshavardhan in different episodes) is the main character of the serial. He is an innocent‚ gullible middle-aged man. He owns a restaurant called Amrutha Vilas (renamed to New Amrutha Vilas and New Amrutha Terrace Vilas at later points in the serial) in Hyderabad. He dreams of making it big with his restaurant business but each "innovative" step he takes towards that only ends up in losses or at best‚ breaking even
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History of Wayang Wayang is a Javanese word for theatre. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre‚ sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. There is no evidence that wayang existed before Hinduism came to southeast Asia sometime in the first century CE. However‚ there very well may have been indigenous storytelling traditions that had a profound impact on the development of the traditional puppet theatre. The first record of a wayang performance is from an inscription
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Frankenstein - or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and setting essay “A serene sky and verdant fields fill me with ecstasy (….) flowers of spring bloomed in the hedges‚ while those of the summer were already in bud.” A quotation from Frankenstein chapter 6. This quotation describes a scene in Frankenstein where the setting is important and we have many scenes in the book where the setting gives an extra thing to the story itself and why the characters do what they do and how they are
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Mesopotamia means “The land of rivers” in Greek. This civilization started around 6000 B.C. Mesopotamia is in the area of the Tigris and Euphrates river system and is part of modern day Iraq‚ north eastern Syria‚ Southwestern Turkey‚ and smaller parts of Southwester Iran. The two rivers Tigris and Euphrates had a massive effect on this civilization‚ the people could farm easily because of the rich soil known as the Fertile Crescent which was the cause of the two rivers. Mesopotamia is considered
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Performing Arts Performing arts are art forms in which artists use their body or voice to convey artistic expression—as opposed to plastic arts‚ in which artists use clay‚ metal‚ paint‚ and other materials to create physical art objects. The first recorded use of the term performing arts was in 1711. OVERVIEW OF THE TOPICS: 1 Types of performing arts • 1.1 Theatre • 1.2 Dance • 1.3 Music 2 History of Western performing arts • 2.1 Renaissance • 2.2 Modern era
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wives. They yield to these pressures. Men are depicted as weak and easy to manipulate or intrusive bullies like Major Glendinnig and Thomaseen Rua who are cruel cynics hat impose their wills on others with cruelty. In sive‚ Thomaseen Rua threatens Nanna. A corresponding moment occurs in Babylon when Major Glendinning threatens the soldiers before he battle. This is a very disturbing image to me because Major Glendinning is a callous and cruel man. Just as Thomaseen is to sive. The portrait of men
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