The Grand Shrine of Ise is the probably most sacred or holy Shinto site in Japan. The shrine has been rebuilt in the same place every 20 years since the third or fourth century. Shinto‚ Japan’s unofficial national religion‚ is devoted to spiritual beings called “kami.” Shinto shrines were traditionally simple wooden structures built to house the kami and as a place to hold rituals and celebrations. Shinto’s holy places typically include natural formations‚ such as rocks‚ waterfalls‚ caves‚ forests
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The Arabian Peninsula By: Minali Prasad Due Date: December 7‚ 2011 Class Color: Sapphire Table Number: 5 There are four different types of environments in the Arabian Peninsula. Three-fourths of the Arabian Peninsula is desert. The desert has plains and plateaus. Temperatures can reach up to 120°F or drop down to below zero. There is 3 to 4 inches of rain per year with many droughts. Flash floods are caused by the annual rainfall. The desert has many oases. Oases result
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Throughout the earliest centuries of the church‚ the catechumenate served as the training and first leg of the marathon which is the spiritual pilgrimage of a Christian’s life. In subsequent centuries cultural‚ ecclesial‚ and theological complications caused churches to cease the rich tradition of the catechumenate. Modern Christianity Yearns for a return to the model of the ancient catechumenate‚ not because of its rich tradition‚ but because its pattern employs the holistic scope and sequence
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The passage I selected‚ 1 Samuel 1:28‚ tells the story of the birth of Samuel and begins with a story about Samuel’s mother‚ Hannah‚ who prays for a child during the family’s annual pilgrimage to worship at Shiloh. Eli‚ the priest at Shiloh‚ hears her prayer and tells Hannah that her prayer will be answered. Hannah promises the Lord that if she is granted a child‚ she will return him to the Lord and his life will be dedicated to the Lord’s work. The birth of Samuel was the first
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trade in goods‚ services and capital and financial transactions. This is not surprising since Bhutan imports most of what it consumes from India‚ including construction workers. There is also a huge outflow of Rupees annually on education‚ health‚ pilgrimage and other travel related expenses as well as remittances out of the country. To meet the increasing demand for Rupee‚ the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) had to resort to purchase of Rupee through the sale of 200 million US dollars from international
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Art History Islamic Art and the Art of the Ottomans (Divine Decoration) Islam: “Submission to God’s Will” Muhammed: “Messenger of God” Qur’an: “Recitations” Muslims: “Those who have submitted to God” The Dome of the Rock (691) Jerusalem‚ Recognized by Jews and Christians Jews: Temple of Solomon‚ site where Adam was created Christians: Jesus chased out the money-lenders Built in shape of Martyrium Holy place‚ that of martyrdom Inside is all geometric patterns‚ clerestory
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Islands‚ the Universe‚ Home by Gretel Ehrlich begins and ends at her ranch in Wyoming‚ but goes beyond‚ to the Islands off the California coast and to the mountains of Shinto temples in Japan‚ where Ehrlich made a pilgrimage. It was at the Sowell Collection here at Texas Tech where I would be able to do research on a successful author who has archived her work and journeys. Place and people play such a large role in these collections of essays. For Ehrlich‚ the many places she travels becomes her
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Our Lady of La Vang‚ also known as Đức Mẹ La Vang in Vietnamese‚ is a Marian apparition. In 1798‚ when Vietnamese Christians were persecuted for their faith‚ many of those Christians hid in a jungle in La Vang. While they were taking refuge in the jungle‚ they would often pray and say the rosary. However‚ many people became ill because of the conditions in the jungle. One day‚ a lady dressed in an áo dài‚ a traditional Vietnamese dress‚ carried a child in her arms with two angels beside her and appeared
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Know definitions‚ significance‚ and examples: Religion: Defined by geographers Robert Stoddard and Carolyn Prorak in the book Geography in America as “a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.” Ritual: A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Secularism: The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth‚ not
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Rama’s Play in Rama’ Town The Dusshera festival that falls on the 10th day of the waxing moon during the Hindu month of Ashvin (around September or October) celebrates the victory of Rama over Ravana and Ramlila; a dramatic folk play is enacted during this festival. During the Dusshera festival there are many thousands of these Ramlila productions being staged all over India. It is widely enacted throughout northern India. The most popular Ramlilas are those of Ramnagar‚ Varanasi
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