I have chosen this object as I am Spanish and I feel it is close to my heart.‚ Consequently‚ I would like to share with you its importance and use. This type of comb is a woman’s hair decoration; it has a convex body with some teeth at the end so it can grab into the chignon. As explained in the comb’s definition‚ in order to wear this ítem‚ the woman’s hair has to be tied up into a bun. In this essay I am going to talk about this hair accessory‚ how it is‚ its origin and its use and importance
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In Walter Benjamin’s book Illuminations‚ two particular chapters are relevant to the corpus of works that make up film study. “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproductions” and “The Storyteller” outline a progressive history from oral traditions to the modern traditions such as film that resulted and the bumps that have been encountered along the way. Central to these two chapters is the idea of aura. Aura‚ though difficult to define‚ is a concept that is easy to perceive because of its engaging qualities
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encyclopedia was collated. A few hundred years before that people did not have books or they were too expensive for most people to own. This was the time of the oral tradition during which people had to rely on the spoken word as means of learning new things. Memorization is perhaps the most import aspect of the oral tradition. There was not much difficulty for me in remembering the story. The only problem I ran into when recording what I heard was in the recollection of specifics. I remembered
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library has burned down” has become so famous that it is sometimes used as an African proverb. He was commenting on the loss of African oral heritage‚ in praise of both old age and oral tradition‚ which contributes to the historical components of humanities memory. “The folktale is a key source of oral tradition‚ as are other forms of narrative and rituals that are considered essential components of cultural anthropology and ethnology”. (folkculture.org) There is a certain characteristic and
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Eng. 410 Term Paper Influence/Power of Storytelling in Midnight Robber Caribbean women writers have been writing since the 18th century‚ prior to this they were silent; they had no voice. These women have used the oral tradition of storytelling as a mode of literary expression‚ and in many cases the choice has been a mixing of discourses‚ specifically a transcribing of peculiar African oral features into European-derived written form (Adu-Gyamfi 1999). For the first part of the twentieth
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ADDICTION COUNSELING WITH GROUPS AND FAMILIES Tabitha Young‚ PhD‚ LMHC‚ LAC‚ NCC Overview of Chapter ●Introduction ●Evolution of Group Treatment ●Group Dynamics‚ Process and Structure ●Group Treatment in the Continuum of Care ●Pragmatics of Group Treatment ●Group Treatment Efficacy Introduction ●Group treatment is the most common modality for the delivery of services to individuals and families recovering from substance use disorders. ●Psychoeducational groups can provide means for learning
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meeting that I had chosen was an open‚ discussion themed meeting‚ it was handicap accessible‚ it covered the 12 Steps‚ and covered the 12 Traditions of AA. It was to held at 6:15 P.M.‚ and was about 10 minutes away from my home. I had chosen this meeting because this meeting covered aspects of AA that I was not personally familiar with; such as The 12 Traditions and 12 Steps‚ but also because their name sounded
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century Caribbean world. The time when Walcott was writing marked a period of political and creative activity. Walcott himself pointed out the need for bringing together the different creative elements from African‚ European and West Indian art traditions. The most powerful among the indigenous cultural elements is orality that Walcott combined with Western dialogical form in his famous play‚ Ti-Jean and his Brothers. He himself termed it ‘My most West Indian play’. Christopher Balm in Decolonizing
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orality and literacy becomes less important because of human develop the cyberspace. Today‚ in our society people need to use internet because we are using it everywhere and it becomes part of our culture. In addition‚ the author says that‚ oral tradition has been warning for community living. Fernaback agues that‚ urban legend as popular cultural texts. Folklore can make the people keep up to date with their cultural values‚ mores‚ and ethos. In cyberspace‚ there are different kinds of stories that
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It is difficult to hold on to traditions over time. Change in cultural traditions is inevitable. However‚ because traditions define a people at a given time and place‚ learning about them is both interesting and necessary. Since many Palestinian traditions may not be practiced anymore‚ it is important to remember them and record them for posterity. I have always been interested in the traditions that are no longer practiced. For that reason‚ and because it is rather different than those of today
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