Chinese Masks Chinese masks first appeared in China some 3‚500 years ago primarily used for Chinese shamanism. Chinese masks became an age old cultural phenomenon shared by all ethnic groups in China. The Chinese developed such masks to overcome disasters and to protect their lives. These masks were given many functions like‚ communicating with the gods‚ bringing blessings‚ driving away ghosts‚ warding off diseases‚ and lots of sacrificial rituals involving masks were regularly held. Many
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a kind of cultural lineage‚ I guess‚ to have a strong adaptive capacity to new things. However‚ as I told we don’t follow a lot‚ we still follow some of the customs. For instance‚ though we don’t have a fixed recipe for every Spring Festival (i.e. Chinese New Year)‚ we do make a big dinner and start to prepare it from the morning of Chinese New Year’s Eve. Besides‚ every time I have a test or exam‚ my breakfast on that day must be noodles since we think noodles are smooth‚ hoping that everything will
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this multi-racial country of ours. Each community has its own beliefs. It would be impossible to discuss all of the beliefs of Chinese; therefore I will just touch on some of them. I still remember a few years ago‚ some of my friends and I went to a holiday in Bukit Bendera. One of friend decided to take some snapshots. So we all were dressed up and ready to be shot ’. We had our individual photographs taken first‚ and then we decided to have group photographs
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The amounts of minutes in an hour never change‚ and time is as steady as it was 13 years ago‚ but despite it’s unchanging Yet to most of us‚ it seems the clock keeps ticking faster and faster. The funny thing about graduating is that‚ it is a time of such conflicting feelings and emotions. We are excited and full of anticipation for the future. Eager to begin new adventures meet new people and visit new places. Thrilled to leave this chapter behind us‚ and dive into life after high-school. At the
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SBREL502A Build International Business Networks TASK 1. Assignment USE A COPY OF THIS FRONTPIECE WHENEVER YOU SUBMIT AN ASSESSMENT FOR THIS UNIT STUDENT USE:STUDENT NAME: ………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………DUE DATE: ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………….SUBMISSION DATE: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. | | OFFICE USE:ASSESSMENT: COMPETENT / NOT YET COMPETENTASSESSOR COMMENTS: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Our country‚ Malaysia is a truly rich in natural resources and diversified culture makes us unique from other country. The multi-ethnic social construct of different races from Malay or Bumiputras‚ Chinese and Indian are the 3 main prominent races that dominate the society. There are also other ethnic groups called the Orang Asli‚ which means aboriginals of the land. In Sarawak and Sabah‚ the largest aboriginal tribes are the Ibans and Kadarzan. With multi ethnic group living
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would buy a Beijing Ducks and ate it. I have eaten Beijing Ducks so much that all of my family knows how much I love it and it has even become a story that my family tells constantly. The story is about when I was much younger. I think I was 9 or 10 years old. I was very picky (and I still am) because I would only eat Beijing Ducks. My mother tried to trick me by cooking non-Beijing Ducks with a Beijing Ducks box sitting out to try to prove a point that it all tastes the same and that I couldn’t really
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if holidays didn’t exist. Spending our time on a holiday also means we could spend some time with our family. A five-day school week gives us less time to hang around with our families. During the weekends‚ our time is usually spent in shopping malls with either our family or buddies . On Hari Raya‚ Malay kids would be elated to have ‘duit raya’. My past years of going around the village have passed‚ leaving good memories such as being chased by a goat with my cousins. When I turned
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is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. Among thousands of them‚ Lunar New Year (or Tet) stands the first in the list - it is a sacred festival of every Vietnamese. Extracts below are major events which we have gathered and edited notably. Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) Tet falls on a time when the old year is over and the New Year comes by lunar calendar. This is also the time when the cycle of the universe finishes:
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now. School is the first priority of my life‚ my mother always reminded me. She is very strict about my education. Sometimes I felt like I was under the water and couldn’t breathe because it’s too much. I used to get mad at her all the time. One day she and I had a conversation about school‚ she told me she was hard on me because when she was teenager‚ my grandparents had already settled down. They had a noodle company‚ which made them very wealthy. Her parents had 8 children including her‚ and
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