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    beauty are able to attract other people’s attention. Later on‚ during Seijuro and Onatsu’s love affair‚ they become separated after someone catches them eloping. During their time apart‚ Onatsu commits a sin when she makes a selfish request at the Shrine of Izumo to protect Seijuro. The god of Murotsu says‚ “Your life‚ for which you care so little‚ will be a long one. Seijuro‚ whose life means so much to you‚ will soon come to the end of his days”(Saikkaku). Seijuro is coincidentally framed with stealing

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    culture is a highly developed community and they spend a lot of time with ritual activities. They believe that ritual activities could change their bodies both physically and mentally. The first point that was highlighted in the article was the shrine. The shrine is a box that “kept the many charms and magical potions”. Moreover‚ the author describes the box with small fonts that were written with holy water and how the contents were filled. The second point Miner mentioned was the holy-mouth-men;

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    228 security officials of different organizations and grades‚ were killed in attacks during the year.  Attack on shrine of a 17th century Sufi poet - Rehman Baba - in the Akhund Baba graveyard of Peshawar to discourage ‘shrine culture’ shocked the nation. A letter delivered to the management of the mausoleum three days before the attack had warned against its promotion of ‘shrine culture’.  In Balochistan‚ Pakistan’s largest and poorest province‚ tribal militants are engaged in a long-running

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    of the questionnaire checklist was distributed to the ambulant vendors in Antipolo City in front of National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage for validation and reliability testing. DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE The researchers formulated their thesis title which is The Customer Satisfaction as Perceived by Ambulant Vendors in Antipolo City. Located in front of National Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage. Afterwards‚ the researchers selected a thesis Adviser‚ English Critic and

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    Body Rituals Nacirema

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    “Nacirema” perform that have to do with health‚ hygiene‚ and anti-aging. Miner refers to dentists as “holy mouth men” and a bathroom as “shrines” for odd ritual practices. He depicts them as a vain group of people who are self-obsessed that even seem to be willing to subject themselves to pain to achieve what society sees as aesthetically appealing. Within the cultures shrines is a box built within the wall that contain “charms” and “magical potions”. In our society the box would be considered an average

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    The Sumerians dedicated the temple to the moon god Nanna‚ who was patron god of the city of Ur. Nanna had her own room at the top called the shrine. Nanna was believed to live the shrine. The sumerians believed that there gods had needs just like normal people.The sumerians gave Nanna a bedchamber in the shrine‚ that’s why they gave Nanna a room for himself. The sumerians also made a staircase on the northwestern side so they could prepare food for Nanna. Furthermore people

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    RELIGION IN POMPEII AND HURCULANEUM Jessica Bush “The study of Pompeii and Herculaneum provides us with a wealth of sources – However we are faced with issues regarding their limitations‚ reliability and evaluation.” This report will assess the truth of the above statement referring to religious practices in Pompeii and Herculeuim such as local‚ state‚ household and foreign religion. Though the abundance of sources in Pompeii and Herculaneum archaeologists and researchers can gather and evaluate

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    Currently there are 14 World Heritage sites located in Japan. Of course‚ 11 are cultural properties and 3 are national properties. If you were a representative of Japan‚ what would you nominate as the next World Heritage site and why? Mount Fuji or‚ “Fuji-san” is Japan’s highest summit- rising to 3‚776 metres above sea level. Though it has already been denied the title of becoming a World Heritage site once before‚ there is still strong support from the Japanese population that it should be considered

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    with hundreds of devotees. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on 19th June 2013 announced that the Kedarnath shrine will remain closed for a year for clearing the debris around the shrine. The death count is assumed to be thousands as the conditions in Kedar valley are very adverse. Kedarnath land is actually situated on a river bed of Mandakini River. Kedarnath shrine was under snow for 400 years Scientists claim that Kedarnath temple was under snow for almost 400 years and say that

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    JAINISM JAIN Religion one of the oldest religion in the world does not believe in worshipping an individual It worship real quantities of a soul who attained state of “Jin” One who has faith in preachings of ‘Jin’ and who practices it is called “Jain” LORD MAHAVIR Popularly known as ‘Shraman Bhaguman’ Regarded as the founder of Jainism He‚ the founder ‚ being the last of 24 Thirthankars(flourished drom 599-527 B.C.) He made it Jain Religion JAIN PHILOSOPHY Jain system like the Buddhist

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