patron saints‚ Santacruzans and many more. LanguageThe Waray-Waray people speak the Waray-Waray language‚ a major Visayan language. Some people who are of Waray descent also speak Waray-Waray as their second or third language‚ especially among emigrants to Manila other parts of the Philippines and in other parts of the world. TraditionsMany Waray-Waray traditions can be traced to pre-colonial times. For example‚ the Kuratsa dance is a very popular traditional dance of the Waray-Waray at many social
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[A. MAALOUF. In the Name of Identity] __________________________________________________________________ 1. What calls Maalouf “murderous identities”? Which are the characteristics used to define them? The concept of identity becomes dangerous when groups place one part of their identity so high in the hierarchy that all other aspects are neglected. The meaning of identity here is that of social identity‚ which results from our identification with others in social groups according to shared religion
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The influence of globalization on education systems and education delivery is a topic that is increasingly being discussed among governments‚ teachers‚ students and communities. There are concerns on whether the education sector is benefitting from the positive effects of globalization or is it at risk from the negative impacts. This essay will argue that globalization has a vast influence on education systems and that there are ways in which the negative impacts of globalization can be controlled
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1804-1806. We care about them because they had mapped out the Mississippi River and a chunk of the west of North America all the way to the Pacific ocean. 12.)Who were the Donner Party? What happened to them? The Donner Party were a group of emigrants that had tried to make it to California using a supposedly new and quicker route. After getting stuck in the Sierra Nevada Mountains they had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Only about half of the original group reached
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Reform movements including religion‚ temperance‚ abolition‚ and women’s rights sought to expand democratic ideals in the years 1825 to 1850. However‚ certain movements‚ such as nativism and utopias‚ failed to show the American emphasis on a democratic society. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening‚ which began in New England in the late 1790’s‚ and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First in that people were now believed
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Analyzing The Mahdist State in the Sudan The Mahdist uprising in the Sudan is an event overlooked by in many throughout history. To many it was just a hiccup in Great Britains conquest of the African states in the east. The uprising was in fact a failure but what makes it so significant is the ability of the Mahdi‚ Muhammad Ahmed to unite a divided people against a common enemy using modern logistics and combining it with religious zeal. The author of The Mahdist State in
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the meaning has broadened into: "the departure of educated or professional people from one country‚ economic sector‚ or field for another‚ usually for better pay or living conditions".[9] Brain drain is usually regarded as an economic cost‚ since emigrants usually take with them the fraction of value of their training sponsored by the government or other organizations. It is a parallel to capital flight‚ which refers to the same movement of financial capital. Brain drain is often associated with deskilling
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growth. In addition to population. The amount of servants decreased because once their terms expired and they went to buy their own land‚ the owners did not have the money to replace them. During the seventeenth century‚ there was a total of 21‚000 emigrants that came from all over the world. Only men who had had properties were allowed to elect local officials‚ a board of men. Men had to do the heaviest work‚ whereas women maintained the home and its garden. There were many restrictions for women‚ so
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sentiment was kept alive through music‚ such as the operas‚ music and folk dances . One of Polish composer Karol Kurpiński’s pieces‚ ‘Litwinka’‚ which later influenced Chopin‚ was composed during the November Uprising and commonly sung among the Polish emigrants in Paris‚ who felt as though they could participate and demonstrate their allegiance to their homeland through the composition. A principal reason for the surge in the importance attributed to national culture in periods of foreign occupation and
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the Government of India in 2004. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities inMalaysia‚ Mauritius‚ Canada‚[12] South Africa‚[13] Fiji‚[14] Germany‚[15] Philippines‚ United States‚ Netherlands‚[16] Mauritius‚Indonesia‚[17] and Réunion as well as emigrant communities around the world. Tamil is one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world.[18][19] It has been described as "the only language of contemporary India which is recognizably continuous with a classical past."[20] and having
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