SE4660 INDEPENDENT STUDY Religious Syncretism in Singapore: Phra Phrom worship among Chinese Singaporeans. Abstract: Since the 1980s‚ there has been a growing popularity amongst Chinese Singaporeans who worship the Thai deity Phra Phrom (commonly known to them as the “Four Faced Buddha”) and making regular pilgrimages to temples in Thailand. (Hoon 2001) My research will seek to understand the historical‚ cultural and economic dynamics behind these practices. Such an exploration would
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Celeste Luna Amie Sheffer English 1301-54123 October 18‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis Draft 1.2 Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel‚ a Thai professor at the University of Hawaii in Manoa‚ gives her outsider’s perspective of the American culture in an offensive manor towards her American readers. Natadecha-Sponsel pushes her theory that individualism is an American cultural value while implying that Americans are vain in the process. It is understood that Individualism is the habit of being self- reliant
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Expository Essay I have chosen two pieces of music‚ both played with a woodwind instrument‚ but from two very different regions. The first one with title “Lam thang san” is played by a Thai performer using a free-reed aerophone that accompanies the vocalists. The second one is a Native American flute performance with use of an end-blown flute. The title of the piece is “Taos Pueblo Courting Song”. The music gives audiences a gentle touch of peacefulness and solitude of earth. There is an
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an economic leader in the Third world. The $4 billion a year in tourism revenue is the core support of the Thai economy (Bishop‚ p. VI). Thai officials have attributed the success of the tourism industry to the "many attractions located in various parts of the country" as well as "the uniqueness of the Thai people" --- "their friendliness and hospitality (Bishop‚ p. 67)." However the Thai government has failed to recognize the contributions of sex tourism which is estimated to generate about $1
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religion turned out to be a valuable political tool‚ and overall it was a major factor in spreading Byzantine cultural influence. The respective reigns of Emperors Constantine I‚ Theodosius I‚ Justinian/Theodora‚ Heraclius‚ Leo III‚ Irene‚ Basil I and Basil II illustrate this idea. Constantine I was the first Christian emperor of the Byzantine empire‚ and transformed Christianity from a small cult-like religion into a much more mainstream phenomenon. In retrospect‚ the spread of Christianity
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terribly attractive to Dorian. Moreover‚ as being older and scholar‚ Lord Henry has a peculiar way to see life. According to him women are pointless‚ one should not mourn a person’s death (ref : Sybil) ‚ very few people are worthy‚ etc. What is more‚ Basil Hallward is also one of the reasons why Dorian becomes corrupted as he is the one who painted and therefore revealed to Dorian his own beauty through his portrait. The first visible instance of Dorian’s corruption happens after he rejects Sibyl Vane
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moment when I came to see children differently regardless of my own desire. This past month in September‚ I was at Thai local church like every other Friday‚ for a community service teaching Thai children English. It was just like my any other Friday evenings at the church for a community service‚ starting with several worship
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perfect example of man in the Victorian society. At the beginning of the novel‚ Dorian is a young‚ beautiful‚ innocent and wealthy man‚ who possesses all the qualities that the Victorian society longed for. His double‚ the picture which his friend Basil Hallward paints him‚ bares all his sins while Dorian himself remains young and beautiful. In Wilde’s time one’s appearance was valued above everything else even before morality. It was the society’s unrealistic expectation that that motivated individuals
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have no direct competitors but their indirect competitor is Siam Niramit. The second part of the report would tell about the communication objective which is to have about 315 visitors per day to come to Sampran riverside and our main target group is Thai household. The third part of the report shows the advertising budget which includes the method to determine the budget and how we would use the budget to promote the place. We use top-down approach to determine the budget which is 1 million baht and
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the 9th century when the dominant cultures were Hinduism and Buddhism before converting to Islam around the fourteenth century and became a vassal state under Ayutthaya Kingdom. The Sunni-Malay Muslims of the South never assimilated into the Siamese/Thai world. Unlike the Shiite-Muslims who came from Arab and Persia in the seventeenth century‚ they engaged mainly in trade and commerce in urban settlements and were successfully assimilated into the noble class of Siamese by marriage and by serving
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