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    Strama

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    Mindano Music KOLINTANG TAGONGKO and KAPANIRONG Asian musical cultures come together in the Southern Philippines.  On these islands old Malay music and a later form of India/Muslim music coexist.  Unaccompanied singing and the use of bamboo ideocords and bamboo flutes are indicative of practices common in Malaysia.  The chanting of long‚ melismatic melodies are reminiscent of Indian and Islamic music; while gong playing with basses evokes practices similarly observed in Indonesia‚ Laos‚ Thailand

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    The pantheon is an artistic and imaginative blend of three major architectural focus: the unification of traditional temple form and the new domed space‚ the technical development of concrete constructions‚ and the tendency to obscure construction and structural elements. This paper discusses the Pantheon by analyzing the architecture from various aspects such as its three distinctive spaces and the experience they brings‚ the lighting of the interior‚ innovation such as coffering‚ the skillful use

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    Did you know that somewhere between 15‚000 to 18‚000 new creatures are discovered each year? Out of those animals how about many land animals out of these animals do you think there are? Out of the land animals‚ what sort of animals do you think could someday be found? Possibly even mythical beings could get discovered some day. Not just monsters‚ but maybe even peaceful creatures. Are you thinking about what creature I am thinking of? I’m thinking of a creature that has the body of a horse

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    about how one day some hunters tried to catch a unicorn‚ but the unicorn was too swift. Since they could not catch them‚ forced a young maiden tame him. “The unicorn came to a stop in front of a beautiful young maiden sitting under a tree… But it was a trap”(American History Museum 3). According to the myth‚ the unicorn was captured‚ but as the young maiden washed her tears in a stream‚ she thought she saw a glimpse of a unicorn. This myth was the foundation upon which the widespreadness of the

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    Walberg ‚John Lianas English 201 September 18‚ 2012 Morality and its Consequences’ Middle-English poems written during various points throughout the twelfth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth centuries often involve King Arthur. The works are called Arthurian accounts and Arthurian romance; they place emphasis on the Arthurian Court or Chivalry. Two Poems‚ Marie de Franc’s “Lanval” and The Perl Poet’s “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight”‚ written between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries tell different

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    flower with white petals and an orange or yellow middle. As she reached down to grab the flower‚ the earth beneath her feet suddenly cleaved open and through the gap Hades raised up on his chariot with black horses. Hades snatched up the beautiful maiden before she could scream for help and he descended them into his underworld nightmare while the gap in earth closed after them. Zeus witnessed this‚ as well as the god of the sun‚ Helios. Zeus decided to stay silent about what had happened to prevent

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    to the sky gods. In Greek mythology‚ every goddess had a specific role. The powers are divided because of the influences of Europe by martial Indo – European cultures worshiping sky gods. The three aspects are a maiden‚ mother and the old woman. In Greek myth‚ Athena was the maiden goddess. Hera was the mother goddess and Aphrodite was the mistress or sex goddess and Gaea was creations goddess. Hecate was represented as the death-giving goddess‚ often described as the witch or an old woman.

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    has finally arrived and is a much anticipated awaited aesthetic show. As I’m observing the dark night sky waiting for the gorgeous meteors to enter Earth’s atmosphere‚ I see the sensational stunning spectacular sparkling stars. While sitting on my porch in the small town of Malton‚ I hear a small owl chirping on my backyard tree and the soothing summer breeze gusting throughout the trees. I can hear the constant chatter of my neighbours as they eagerly wait for the show to begin. This being my first

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    knows about Burwell interest in her. Thinking about both men causes her a “strange stir”‚ and she tries to figure out which man is the cause of it “she tried to fix upon Bob or Tom as the cause of it”. Later in the story while Lousia is sitting on her porch Burwell approaches her‚ and asks about the Stone. While they talk Stone appears and attacks Burwell.

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    Not many people can recreate what life was like in a Spanish speaking‚ neighborhood‚ barrio‚ like Gary Soto. Gary Soto was born in Fresno‚ California to working-class Mexican-American parents in 1952. Soto’s father died when he was 5 years old from a work accident. Soto used this tragedy to help him write later on in life. He grew up working in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and in factories‚ so a lot of his poetry is based on everyday experiences for Mexican-Americans like racism‚ identity

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