Islamic beliefs. An integral part of Ritual and worship are the Rights of Passage. The Rights of Passage for Muslims encompasses their lives from birth‚ through life‚ into death. They include subjects such as birth rites‚ naming rites and marriage ceremonies. At birth‚ a new born baby is welcomed into the Muslim community. The father of the child whispers the Adhan (call to prayer) into the baby’s right ear. Allah is the first word heard by the new born child. Seven days
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place as soon as puberty commenced. To protect upper class families from any embarrassment their daughters were often married before puberty as young as 12 years old. Secondly‚ a dowry was seen to encourage a better marriage and in turn kept women faithful to their husbands. Third but not least‚ women were ‘contained’ within the family home caring for their families. If they went out they were to be escorted. The desirability of having daughters married before or soon after puberty possibly has origins
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written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ is written in free verses and includes four stanzas. The poem illustrates the perspective of a carefree‚ innocent and happy young girl going through the first stages of life‚ primary to high school. The poem examines the rites of passage and the change that is taken place between childhood and adolescence. This essay will outline the areas in which Duffy uses different literary terms to define the theme of growing up. The first two stanzas sets the mood of a carefree
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 2‚ ISSUE 9‚ SEPTEMBER 2013 ISSN 2277-8616 Ama Ata Aidoo And The Akan Culture A Critique Of The Dilemma Of A Ghost And Anowa Confidence Gbolo Sanka‚ Felicia Annin‚ Cecilia Addei ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on the relationship that exists between literature and culture through a critical analysis of Ama Ata Aidoo‘s The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa. This exercise has become necessary due to the misconception that some people usually
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The most apparent use of clothing in precolonial Yorubaland was protection from weather elements‚ and preventing nakedness and voyeurism. According to Oguniran‚ clothing also served to project identity--anything ranging from gender‚ status‚ and age (Oyeniyi 43). Lighter colors were worn during warmer seasons and usually consisted of wearing a wrapper on the lower half of the body and leaving the upper half of the body bare. Yoruba cloth was also worn during various occasions. Based on Oguniran’s
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Universal Moral Wrongs and Relativism Lori-Ann Racki SOC120- Intro to Ethics and Social Responsibility Dr. Megan Reid November 12‚ 2012 Universal Moral Wrongs and Relativism In the article “Some Moral Minima”‚ Lenn Goodman argues that there are certain moral wrongs that are universal. He describes four areas he believes are areas of universal moral wrongs in detail. Morality has been an issue that many societies all over the world have
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We live in a modern day world of technology. However‚ what do we know about the past. There were many things that happened back then and that’s why people were separated into tribes‚ like the Ashanti tribe. The Ashanti tribe lived in central Ghana in the rain forests of west Africa‚ 150 miles away from the coast. They were best known for their craft work especially their hand crafted stools and fertility dolls. An Ashanti fertility doll‚ Akua ba was mostly found in people’s homes and given to
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“The girlchild was born as usual and presented dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons.” This really shows that girls are pressured into this kind of life from an early age. After she hits puberty‚ expectations start to change‚ especially with her peers. “Then in the magic of puberty‚ a classmate said: you have a great big nose and fat legs.” Within her own peer group she is being mocked and put down until she can’t take it anymore. “In the casket displayed on satin she lay.” Only then
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Jack Zipes‚ in his essay "Breaking the Disney Spell"‚ directly addresses the issue of what happens when a story is taken from its original oral form and written down. Zipes discusses in depth what Walt Disney has done to fairy tales and the consequences of Disney’s actions. Zipes addresses many issues‚ including those of context‚ society‚ and alteration of plot. He accuses Walt Disney of attacking "the literary tradition of the fairy tale" (344). While many scholars disagree with Zipes’ accusations
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brought about by community regimens of the Ilubo‚ Kalinga. No longer practiced‚ the batek of the Ilubo is a visually powerful rendering of symmetry and unity of designs. Batek now serve as an archive of culture for the group. Keywords: Tattoo‚ rites of passage‚ body adornment‚ identity‚ Kalinga INTRODUCTION My anthropological interest in body ornamentation‚ specifically in traditional tattoos‚ began in 1990. I met an old Bontoc woman who sold balatinao (red rice) in one of the old market
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