Singaporean society‚ this essay discusses the importance of reciprocity and the circulation of gifts for the establishment and maintenance of social relations. The Trobriand Islands - Importance of yam and kinship From adolescence‚ adulthood and finally death‚ reciprocal gift giving is prevalent in the Trobriand Islands. This is exemplified in the way men give gifts of yams while the women give banana leaf bundles and red fiber skirts. According to O’Sullivan et‚ al. (2008)‚ yams are “the most
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In Jared Diamond’s "Twilight at Easter‚" we travel across the mysterious Easter Island as he describes the most intriguing fact about this place: the island consists of monolithic stone statues that had once been found all over the island despite the apparent lack of means to create them or ways of transporting them to their different coastal locations. This central mystery of standing statues had been explored since the earliest recorded European contact by Jacob Rogeveen in 1722. While the mystery
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Easter Island is one of the most unusual places on the planet. In A Green History of the World Clive Ponting notes‚ “Easter Island is one of the most remote‚ inhabited places on earth. Only some 150 square miles in area‚ it lies in the Pacific Ocean‚ 2‚000 miles off the west coast of South America and 1‚250 miles from the nearest inhabitable land of Pitcairn Island‚” (Ponting‚ 1991). The extreme isolation of Easter Island or Rapa Nui is not the islands most distinguishing feature. The most interesting
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Treasure Island is a novel written in the era of the eighteenth century. The technology was basically just being started. Back then if you wanted to sail a ship‚ it was wooden. In this time period pirates were very common. Robert Louis Stevenson was right on point. Treasure Planet is a Disney movie that is based on the original novel of Treasure Island. Naturally‚ Disney put a twist on it‚ instead of the characters being humans‚ they were animals or cyborgs. The setting was completely different‚
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Treasure Island Rob Johnson May‚ 2012 About the Author Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in the year 1850 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland and died December 3rd‚ 1894 in Vailima‚ Samoa. Stevenson was of Scottish descent and was the only child of Thomas Stevenson. At age six‚ Robert attended his first school and found it hard to fit in
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Coney Island at the turn of the century was a bustling and growing place. People of all classes traveled from New York City as well as other parts of the world to take part in the famous amusements that helped to loosen the tight corsets of Victorian gentility. Inspired by the Columbian Exposition in 1893 George Tilyou began to build a park on Coney Island beginning with the Ferris Wheel similar to that featured at the exposition which was designed by the Pennsylvania Steel Company. By 1895 Tilyou
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Science Reference Sites: * http://www.cebu.gov.ph * http://www.whrmag.com/cebus-hot-islands * http://www.oneocean.org/ambassadors/migratory_birds/obst/index.html * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olango_Island_Group * http://www.virtualtourist.com/hotels/Asia/Philippines/Province_of_Cebu/Hotels_and_Accommodations-Province_of_Cebu-TG-C-1.html * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Olango-Island/211568655550424 * http://www.hoteltravel.com/philippines/cebu/olango-wildlife-sanctuary-in-cebu
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Fraser Island Passage Analysis The author’s hatred for the wilderness on the island is expressed through literary devices throughout the passage. Having been rained on and in damp and smelly jeans‚ the author and his friend‚ Craig‚ journey into the interior of Fraser Island‚ where he describes it as being a “wasteland” and the “badlands.”The author uses descriptive similes and metaphors‚ cacophonous vocabulary‚ vivid imagery‚ and Craig’s contrasting positive outlook of just how terrible the visit
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Berlin is one of the greatest cities in the world for high design and artsy hotels‚ and among the German capital’s artsy accommodations is the Propeller Island City Lodge which is a collection of individually designed rooms in a former apartment building. Some of the rooms‚ the ones that get the most attention‚ are truly outrageous. The hotel is more to the theme hotel but the unique of this hotel is each room has a different character‚ whether it is the “Padded Room” where everything is upholstered
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substantial economic benefits to a country. But who gains the wealth generated? In recent times tour operators have brought large numbers of tourists to the Cook Islands to enjoy their beauty and the traditional life style. Local people meet this demand in the form of profit generation. Can it be argued that tourism in the Cook Islands has brought wealth and well-being for the majority of the local population? Tourism is also promoted as creating jobs and fostering social relations‚ and in particular
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