Introduction In order to discover why interpretation is used as a tool to manage the tourist experience‚ we must first understand what a tourist is and their motivation behind travelling; as well as the definition of ‘interpretation’ in the context of tourism. For the purpose of this paper we will define ‘tourist’ using Leiper’s definition from ‘Tourism Management’. He described tourists as people seeking recreational or creative understandings and experiences and desire leisure away from their
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The Music of Brazil Brazilian culture is a culture that is has a very diverse nature. An ethnic and cultural mixing occurred during the colonial period between with the Native Americans‚ Portuguese and Africans forming the bulk of Brazilian culture. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Italian‚ German‚ Spanish‚ Arab and Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil and played an important role in creating a multicultural country. “Although Brazil is considered the fifth largest country in the world
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Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is usually understood to be commercially recorded music‚ often oriented towards a youth market‚ usually consisting of relatively short‚ simple love songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes. Pop music has absorbed influences from most other forms of popular music‚ but as a genre is particularly associated with the rock and roll and later rock style.[citation needed] Contents
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Philippine Music Kulintang Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines‚ along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Percussive bossed gong ensembles without a melodical gong rack‚ known as Agung‚ are played throughout most of the islands by indigenous groups (such as the Mangyan‚ Lumad‚ Batak‚ Tagbanwa and Aeta) as well as historically by low-land groups such as the Bisaya‚ Bicol and Tagalog‚ yet the kulintang ensembles themselves are only
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------------------------------------------------- Music of Indonesia The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity‚ the local musical creativity‚ as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character.[1] This results in hundreds of different forms of music‚ which often accompanies dance and theater. The musics of Java‚ Sumatra‚ Bali‚ Flores and other
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Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics‚ and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική . The creation‚ performance‚ significance‚ and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions‚ through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres‚ although the dividing lines and relationships
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Music Project 1 “Psycho” After the silent films‚ war movies‚ and popular music came the new American cinema during the 1960’s. Old traditions were ignored as new modern and popular styles were adapted. People were subject to civil rights issues‚ sexual liberation‚ assassinations‚ and war that were all televised. Things were changing and movie directors had to take advantage of the new opportunities and be creative‚ creating horror films. One of the first films to set the pace for the new generation
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Was the non-violent civil right movement of the 1960’s a success? Why or why not? The success of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s could have only been achieved by the philosophy of standing up for the rights of the African American people from a non-violent course of action. During that period of time people were being murdered‚ homes and churches were being bombed and there was a sense that the evil hand of the oppressor would prevail. Andrew Young‚ one of Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr
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Professor Yankee 11/19/12 Music Therapy Why do people use this type of therapy exactly? Well music has been used as medicine for thousands of years and there’s a growing field of health care known as music therapy‚ which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy find benefits in using it to help cancer patients‚ children with ADD‚ and others‚ and even hospitals are beginning to use music therapy to help with pain management‚ to help ward off depression‚ to promote movement‚ to
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C-Stress Management 1. Music: Vocal or instrumental sound or both combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form‚ harmony‚ and expression of emotion. Turning on music weather it’s out loud or through your earphones‚ music is a huge stress reliever. Music has a unique link to our emotions‚ which makes this a very good stress reliever. Because emotions play a huge part in stressing and music plays a huge part in our emotions when we listen. So the connection between music and stress is quite
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