Student number: 09347004 Student name: Wang Weiwei (王维维) Group number: 25 Group topic: The Diwali Festival Analysis of Diwali Festival: special significances & negative effects (School of Tourism‚ Sun Yat-sen University‚ Wang Weiwei) Abstract: “Diwali”‚ the festival of lights‚ illuminates the darkness of the New Year’s moon‚ and strengthens our close friendships and knowledge‚ with a self-realization. Diwali id celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Amavasya‚ the 15th day of the dark fortnight
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after Lord Francis Hope but was first discovered by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. Tavernier was an explorer who ventured from France to India in search of diamonds. It is believed that Tavernier robbed a large blue diamond off a Hindu idol (statue) of Sita. After years of misfortune‚ living a rough traveler’s life‚ Tavernier returned to France and by the request of King Louis XIV‚ Tavernier told his tales and sold many diamonds to the king‚ including the stone that would become the Hope Diamond. King
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What is the make up requirement for the characters ‘Rama’ and ‘Ravana’ in a Kathakali performance---The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan? ‘The Ramayana’ is considered as one of the great Hindu (Indian) epics of the fourth century BC that uses the performance style of the traditional Indian dance drama—Kathakali. Kathakali (literally‚ ‘story play’) is a type of total theatre‚ which is described as dance-drama. It performs dramatized stories in the form of combining dance‚ acting and music. Actors never
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Nashik ( pronunciation (help·info))[1] is a city in Maharashtra‚ India. Nashik is located in the northwest of Maharashtra‚ 171 km (106 mi) from Mumbai and 210 km (130 mi) from Pune. Nashik is the administrative headquarters of Nashik district and Nashik Division. Nashik is located in the Western Ghats‚ on the western edge of the Deccan peninsula on the banks of river Godavari. The Nassak Diamond‚ derives its name from the fact that it long remained in the Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple‚ near Nashik
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Has religion had a generally negative impact on Hindu and Buddhist women? By Habib Tannazi; Tutorial Group D Unknown to the Western world for thousands of years and the dominant religion in the “Oriental” world since the Ancient times‚ Hinduism and Buddhism have had a profound effect on countless individuals‚ communities and entire nations. In the past few centuries the Western world‚ with improved communication and transportation‚ has been exposed to a class of religion unlike any it had experienced
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Never go by the appearance of any thing‚ be it a person or a thing. Simply wanting for it just by the looks of it can lead to great disaster. Most of the time‚ what we see is not the reality; the outside appearance generally hides all the truth and reality. Though we might say face is the index of the heart‚ there are so many methods to hide the face reactions. But that can be found out on constant and vigilant observation alone. The credit worthiness of so many things are definitely questionable
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Summary of Tan Sri Eric Eng Hock cases Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock or commonly known as Eric Chia is a millionaire in Malaysia ad is a former chairmain of Perwaja Steel. In June 2007‚ Chia discharge committing criminal breach of trust 13 years ago when embezzling money from the company of Perwaja Rolling Mail and Development Sdn Bhd of RM $76.4 million at 19 February 1994 when was the Managing Director. In his cases‚ Perwaja Rolling Mill and Development Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur instructed American
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private life. Crimes against women have tremendously risen to soaring heights. With its roots tracing back to ancient times‚ the evil has dastardly hollowed the nation with its lucrative sway and ambit controlling myriad minds. From “Agni Pariksha” of Sita in epic Ramayana to the recent awakening demise of 23-year old gang-rape victim; the patriarch society has hardly called for a change. The evil flourishes benefiting from the loopholes prevalent in our society. The underlying principle; is‚ but of
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difficulties. Indeed‚ books are out best friends as they help us in our need. Books contain grains of wisdom. They give us sound moral advice. That is why all great men of our country have liked to read the Gita and the Ramayan. The example of Rama and Sita is cited‚ whenever we want to emphasize noble deeds and their results. We call a bad man by the name of Ravan. It is through the reading of books that we learn to love virtue and hate sin. The reading of good books develops and elevates our character
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companions. Fate plays a pessimistic role in his life and in spite of having possessed good human qualities of sincerity‚ honesty and adjustment‚ he meets a tragic end. Since Arun has been a victim of nauseating care‚ he too believes in escapism to attain his lost identity. Emotionally starved‚ he disappears into the abyss of anonymity in America‚ the land of liberty. On comparing the Indian and American culture‚ he finds that if children in India are over-protected‚ in America they are left too
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