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    Hinduism is a complex religion that has a variety of beliefs and traditions. It is a religious tradition of Indian origin‚ embracing the beliefs and practices of Hindu. Hinduism is a religion of diverse gods and goddesses. Many sacred elements characterize the Hindu religion. The oldest and most sacred Hindu scriptures‚ the Vedas‚ originated around 1500 B.C. Hindus believe that Vedas are timeless. The word Veda means “knowledge.” It’s believed that this knowledge came directly from Lord Krishna

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    The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75‚000 years ago‚ or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period

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    The lady that sings the blues was known as Billie Holiday or Lady Day to many. Billie Holiday was the greatest female jazz singer in American history. Billie started out as a young girl who‚ like her idols of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong turned whatever material she was given into a piece of art of her own. Billie Holiday stated “I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.” Billie Holiday sang as if she knew her music had so much emotional

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    INTRODUCTION: The Islamic and Hindu religions have an array of similarities and differences regarding their customs and laws in relation to the ‘wedding ceremony’. Within Islam‚ the wedding ceremony is believed to be both a religious and social obligation to get married. As a result‚ there is a great weight placed on religious‚ social and cultural dimensions of the ceremony which tends to be simple in nature‚ paralleling Islamic beliefs. Hindus also place a lot of importance on marriage ceremonies

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    Erica Garcia Bharitaya Ekta Mandit Hindu Temple Never I my life did I ever imagine walking into a religious building that is not in my nature. As me and my friend park into the Hindu temple parking lot‚ we saw an amazing white structure that looked enormous. We attended a Hindu Temple near 28th Ave and Maryland named Bharitaya Ekta Mandir. It was a Saturday morning at 9:30 am and that day was the day they worship the deity named Shree Vishnu Sahastranama and Sri Venkateshwara Suprabhatam

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    Jingle Bell Rock is a song about Christmas. This song relates to my theme by being about Christmas. It relates to the theme because Christmas is a holiday. The song is all about making rhymes. The redefines the phrase "Jingle Bells" as anything you want it to be. One example is "Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square". In this case jingle bells means the name of a street. Another example is "Jingle bell time is a swell time". In this phrase jingle bells probably means Christmas. Jingle Bell Rock

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    Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris (1915–1959) was an African American jazz singer and songwriter.  Her singing style‚ strongly inspired by jazz musicians‚ lead to a new way of using word choice and rhythm. A critic named John Bush once wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She only co-wrote a few songs‚ but a number of them have become jazz standards that many musicians strive to live up to. Some of these standards were set by songs of hers such as "God Bless the

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    Cooper Wallace Mrs.stewart 1306 November/2/2014 A Slaves Holiday American slaves experienced the Christmas holidays in many different ways. Joy‚ hope‚ and celebration were naturally a part of the season for many. For other slaves‚ these holidays stirred up visions of freedom. The relaxed work schedules associated with Christmas often enabled slaves to interact in ways that they could not during the rest of the year‚ like receiving gifts ‚ ability to marry and opportunities to escape. slaves

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    Working holiday and Travelling in England Student No Student Name 10766455 Cheung Yi Lok   Introduction • Working holiday is very popul ar in Hong Kong. • Long history‚ glorious royal‚ a ttractive sceneries and a mild climate attract people to com e. • The United Kingdom is not str ange for Hong Kong people. Working holiday in brief • https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2rvhlyqbqQ • Applying visa • Be independent • Agency can help you to adapt • Travelling in that regions And I am going to share

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    December 8th‚ the Allen High School Philharmonia and Sinfonietta orchestras performed a variety of fascinating pieces. The orchestras began the concert with “Holiday Dances by Mark Williams". The next piece that the orchestras performed was “Saint Nick’s Canon on the Housetop” arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. The last piece that the AHS Philharmonia and Sinfonietta orchestras performed was “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” arranged by Lloyd Conley. In the first piece‚ Holiday Dances‚ Mark Williams composed

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