religion‚ and other cultures. Ethnomusicology is one of the many ways to evaluate how people interact with each other and their environment to create a musical culture that sets them apart from others. When the European missionaries first came across Samoa and its inhabitants‚ the Samoan culture began evolving and adapting more English religious practices such as Christianity and Catholicism. In addition‚ Samoans were introduced to new varieties of music‚ which included European church hymns and popular
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“The Five People You Meet In Heaven” by Mitch Albom For my book report I chose to read and critique Mitch Albom’s “The Fine People You Meet in Heaven”. Mitch Albom’s story is centered on a character named Eddie. Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels like he has led a nothing to show life‚ and blames most his problems on his father. Unlike most stories ours begins at the end with Eddie’s death. After dying Eddie goes on a journey through heaven and along the way he meets five people that
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India -Chennai- Tamil- language‚ “the city” Tamil Nadu Architecture‚ Hindu-temples-gopurans Landscape Weather Population- 7 million Local and international: media‚ food -History‚ Culture of India- Population: 1 billion Space‚ 1/3 of USA 15 major languages‚ many alphabets Two national languages: Hindi & English World’s largest democracy Most diverse nation: ethnic groups‚ cultures Many musical types‚ diverse ecology Regionalism: North & South -The Indus Valley Civilization (c
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Representations of Family and Identity in Samoan American Art”. This paper also describes about Jewell Castro’s life‚ Tales of a Fisherman I & II‚ MFA Thesis Show: Red House: Daughters of Salamasina and The Fa Samoa. Jewell Castro was born in Chicago and raised in San Diego. Her mother was from Manua in American Samoa. Castro is known for her Samoan art. During the lecture‚ I got an opportunity to know more about her techniques and dedication towards the art. Dr. Bernida introduced
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Book Report The Five People You Meet in Heaven By: Mitch Albom Eddie - main character‚ old man‚ in his eighty’s ‚ works at Ruby’s Pier‚ fixing the rides‚ dies after a ride breaks and falls on top of him. Annie - minor character‚ girl whom Eddie saved from a falling cart. She lived after Eddie dies. The blue man - the first person Eddie meets in heaven. Eddie had killed this man earlier‚ not purposely. The man had too much chemicals in his vitamins growing up‚ so his skin turned
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and eating traditional foods and cooking traditional ways. Family life in Samoan culture is huge. They value family very much. It is one of the most important parts of their life. They mostly live with their extended family all in one house in Samoa‚ or very near them here in the US. Traditionally the Grandmother and Grandfather will live with one their children and sometimes if needed‚ so will a couple of the Aunts and Uncles. The idea of sending a parent or grandparent to live in nursing home
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Cashane Brown Five People You Meet in Heaven March 2‚ 2013 The Five People You Meet in Heaven written by Mitch Albom‚ is about an old‚ crippled war veteran named Eddie. Eddie was raised by an abusive‚ drunk of a father and a caring mother who with all her love for her son did not interfere when Eddie’s father was abusing him. Eddie grew up resenting his father. He carried hate around with him as if it were his ID. The only true happiness Eddie found in life was his wife Marguerite. Eddie worked
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Front. Yet the status-quo of society shifted in the years of the war‚ and those following it‚ such is the evidence for how underlying this change was. The occupation of German Samoa by New Zealand was a direct result of WWI. The Empire needed to assert its dominance over German territories‚ and German influence - seizing Samoa was a means of achieving these objectives. The differences between German and New Zealand rule was stark‚ and resulted in society wide resentment. The German authorities had
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communities‚ the Taiwanese‚ the American Samoa‚ and the !Kung‚ I have come to the conclusion that views on premarital sex vary based on cultural definitions of marriage and sex. Different cultures define marriage and sex differently‚ and thus the views on premarital sex vary accordingly. In Nicole J. Grant’s “From Margaret Mead’s Field Notes: What Counted as ‘Sex’ in Samoa?”‚ the author supports Margaret Mead’s claims of sexual freedom for adolescent girls in Samoa. Grant argues that the key to understanding
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and therefore should be respected by the rest of the islands (Talu‚ 1979). According to Tabiteuean myth‚ in the beginning Tungaru (now known as Kiribati) extends to Makin from the north and to Tabora (now known as Tuvalu) and Tamoa (now known as Samoa) from the south was nothing but just a vast ocean with the tree called Te Uea ni Kai meaning the chief of trees emerged in the center which became the home of ghosts (Naboua‚ 2012). Every ghost wanted to live on the very top of the tree so fighting
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