Congo-Angola area. Kumina refers to both a religion and dance. Dances include the Bailo‚ mainly used for entertainment purposes and the Country‚ used during the private religious ceremonies. Kumina provides a perfect example of what intra African syncretism represents. The Akan derived traditions of Myal and Obeah remain opposing entities within the Kumina religion. The Obeah man remains a master of science and the spirits while Myal is used to
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name of “progress” either as a deliberate act or an accident. EX: Hitler Vs. Jews in Germany not seen as positive or good. Tradition: In a modernizing society‚ old cultural practices‚ which may oppose new forces of differentiation and integrated Syncretism: Creative blending of indigenous and foreign beliefs with beliefs from the country you are currently in and from. (Indians celebrating Christmas)
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(interaction between places) j. Regions ii. Formal/uniform iii. Functional/nodal iv. Perceptual/vernacular 1. Cultural landscape 2. Sequent occupance 3. Culture trait 4. Culture hearth 5. Syncretism 6. Density a. arithmetic‚ b. physiological c. agricultural 7. Diffusion d. relocation‚ e. expansion‚ 1. hierarchical‚ 2. contagious‚ 3. stimulus.
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Between 100 CE to 600 CE China went between political unification as well as period fragmentation. China also experienced the effect that the rise and fall of confusion ideals and new emerging religions had on their culture. However‚ Confucianism was always an influence on china both culturally and politically. Han unification: • Ruled under one emperor _ had power over imperial courts and was commander and chief • Confucianism was used in civil service exams>> • Confucianism main
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its fall‚ unlike the other classical civilizations. China went from a politically centralized civilization with a developed hierarchy with mutual respect of the upper and lower classes that followed Confucian ways of obedience and deference to the syncretism of Buddhism and Daoism during 100 to 600 CE because of nomadic invasions‚ corrupt bureaucracies‚ and religious fluctuations. However‚ bureaucracies and Confucianism remained. China’s collapse began because of outside nomadic invasions by the Huns
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“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” Robert Henri statement not only applies to himself but it also explains many other human’s feelings towards the ocean. This passion is significant in “The Seafarer” by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon scop. “The Seafarer” intertwines the positives and negatives of a life at sea. The story goes through the sacrificial day to day life of a sailor. The voyages cause many controversial scenarios in
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The Hebrew civilization was one of the most influential civilizations in the west. The Hebrew bible or what the Christians call the Old Testament‚ their history has been disputed because most it has been drawn from oral and written sources. Deep rooted in their traditions with not having a centralized political power‚ they decided to go against the grain and decided that having a king would give them stronger leadership. Their first king was Saul‚ after twenty years David was named king. During his
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While it may seem significantly easy and direct for the scholars in biblical subjects to criticize the actions and syncretism of the Roman Catholic Church‚ it resulted in numerous advantages and benefits to the entire European region. First‚ it led to and allowed the culture of Western Europe to survive as well as to spread to other regions of the world. Similarities and
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alluding to their country while they wave their flags. In the Special Dances‚ we can find Diablos Dance: Diablos Dance Harlequines is a dance of Hispanic origin and the presence of Diablos in the Carnival of Barranquilla responds to the processes of syncretism between aboriginal‚ Spanish and African-American ‚ which occurred during La Conquista and La Colonia. Worm Dance: The choreography revolves around the movement of the worm. To the rhythm of a drum the dancers form a line and execute several steps
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the Quechuan people. This then entails that a extirpation would only continue to confuse the people instead of turning to christianity and embracing it as people like José Arriaga and their approach is trying to accomplish. This then would allow syncretism to become a more potent form of conversion‚ as las Casas may have partially observed‚ in that their is a necessity to utilize pre-existing concepts in the native religions and compare them to christianity all in order to help them understand‚ which
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