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    Marriage and Kinship ties of Indian culture specifically of the village of Ratakote as told in Conformity and Conflict. The first thing I noticed about both cultures was they practiced arranged marriages with their children preferably being young (the Indians explained that young age was best so their children wouldn’t start becoming sexually active and elope with someone else they fell in love with and break off the entire marriage they were in). Both cultures were very close to each other family-wise

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    gifts. Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world‚ and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods‚ goddesses‚ heroes‚ heroines‚ and mythological creatures. These accounts initially were disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. Here I want to introduce the Greek Mythology from two aspects; the source of Greek Mythology and the features of Greek Mythology. 1. Source of Greek Mythology Greek mythology

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    Greeks a proud and rich heritage. The resilience and durability of Greek culture and traditions through times of turmoil provide a strong sense of cultural destiny. These elements also pose a considerable challenge to Greeks of the present: to live up to the legacies of the past. Much of the history of the modern state of Greece has witnessed a playing out of these contradictory forces. The re emergence of Greek culture in the western world is due in large part to the work of Arabic scholars and the renaissance

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    Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake Relations between the Powhatan and English were ok‚ until the colonists raided Indian food supplies‚ burned houses‚ and set fire to cornfields. The First Anglo-Powhatan war ended with the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe‚ but that peace didn’t last because the Second Anglo-Powhatan war began in 1644 and the result was the banishment of the Chesapeake from their homeland. The Powhatans fell due to disease‚ lack of unity‚ and the fact that the colonists didn’t

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    Clash of the Titans: Two Movies‚ Two Stories Tammie Hines University Composition and Communication/COM 155 July 15‚ 2012 Kyle Mox‚ Instructor As has been seen repeatedly coming out of Hollywood studios lately‚ there seems to be a push to “reinvent the wheel”. So many previously released movies from the past three decades are now remade and released as new blockbuster films with A-list actors in them. One such example of

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    Reincarnation‚ salvation‚ prayer‚ 8 fold path‚ five pillars‚ and the five key relationships are all a part of both the Eastern and Western religions. The Eastern and Western religions both have some things in common as well as some things they can vary. First and Foremost‚ the two religions of Christianity (West) and Buddhism (East) both may have the same rules they must follow‚ but they also both have different goals in life. Both Buddhism and Christianity want to treat other the way they want to

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    Relationship between Culture and ELT: The Representation of Aesthetic Sense Culture in “Oxford Progressive English” Mumtaz Ahmed*1‚ Sayed Kazim Shah2 1. 2. Government Postgraduate College of Science‚ Samanabad‚ Faisalabad‚ Pakistan Department of English Linguistics‚ Government College University‚ Faisalabad‚ Pakistan * E-mail of the corresponding author: webmumtaz@gmail.com Abstract The present research is basically a qualitative study using also quantitative methods which involve the role of culture in English

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    Youth Follow Traditions Cherry Traditions take a great significance in everyone’s life. Adults think that it is very important to follow the traditions which are passed by ancestors and cannot abandon these customs or allow children ignore them. However‚ as for youth‚ saidi a. (2002‚April 26)said‚“ Throughout the centuries‚ youth have been pressured by the "older" and "wiser" adults of their generation as they continue to accept traditions and customs ”. Youth

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    begins when men take to writing. ’ He‚ as well as others who had the same opinion‚ failed to realize that African communities existed long before colonialism and so had their own history‚ even though it had not been put into writing at the time. Oral traditions have played and continue to play important roles in the history of Africa as well as its present. Songs‚ folklores‚ superstitions‚ etc. are just some of the things that have been passed from generation to generation orally. We see the evidence of

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    中西方礼仪文化差异-生活百科 With China entry the WTO and will hold the Olympic games in 2008‚ the relationship between China and Western in politics‚ economy‚ culture will become more and more close. It is undoubtedly that the etiquette will play an important role in this process. To the definition of etiquette‚ China and Western have a different understanding. As Chinese thinks that the etiquette is the common behavior standards that all the members must obey‚ and its purpose is to keep the normal living order

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