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    How is Tradition Important A tradition is a kind of ritual‚ belief or object passed down within society. It is a mode of thought or behavior followed by a people or a group of people continuously from generation to generation‚ a custom or usage. Nowadays there are less and less traditions followed by people in the world. Modern people mostly forgot beliefs of the past. Contemporary life is hectic and filled with events‚ people are busy all the time and hardly find time for communication

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    English Oral Text

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    English Oral TexFAVOURITE SONG A:Hey‚how are you? It has been a long time since the last time i meet you. B:Ohh!Hello..I’m good.How about you? A:I’m good too..I have a lot things to tell you. B:Really?What it is? A:Hey‚try listening to this music…… What do you thing about it.I really love this music.It give me an inspiration. B:Yeah!It’s good..I like it.It’s soft and calmly.It make me feel peace and calm. A:Yes.It;s true.I know that you will like this music.If you seen this music video‚you will like

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    relies on decoding hidden and disguised meanings. Interpretation from Freud’s standpoint is always a matter of going beneath the surface‚ beyond the obvious‚ to explore a mysterious area of private imagery‚ symbol‚ and myth. Within the psychoanalytic tradition there is a motto that says: Don’t trust what you see; the surface is deceptive; the real truth lies between the lines and beyond the obvious. The case of Dora examines the realm of mysterious and private life. During the year of 1900 Sigmund Freud

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    Tradition and Modernity

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    His Education Mukesh Ambani holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT)( www.udct.org)‚ which is now known as University of Mumbai‚ Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT). He began the MBA program at Stanford Business School‚ but dropped out after his first year in order to assist in his father’s ongoing efforts to build the Patalganga petrochemical Plant. His Business Career Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and initiated Reliance’s

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    Humanities: Tradition and Dissent TMA03 - Option 1 Ireland: the Invention of Tradition How useful are the concepts of “tradition” and “dissent” in understanding attitudes to the built heritage of Ireland? The two concepts of “tradition” and “dissent” are extremely useful in understanding the built heritage of Ireland. To understand the differing attitudes to the built heritage of Ireland is to contemplate the historical accounts‚ stories and legends that fabricate traditions and incite dissent

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    Easter Traditions Analysis

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    In this article the writer tries to clearly define the term tradition in relation to how we perceive it in the modern world. He says traditions are nothing but customs that have been done by generations before us and were passed on to us and we will eventually pass them to the future generations. The writer in specific talks about the Easter traditions. In the Easter traditions it is the norm to have bunny eggs as a highlight of this celebration. “What would an Easter without bunny eggs be?” he further

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    Five Worldview Traditions

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    particular view. Scholars in law‚ politics‚ economics‚ history and others‚ are each subject to their prevailing worldview. A worldview is religious in that its proponents are devoted adherents always adding substance to support their belief structure (Hyperhistory.net). Within the religious worldviews one must understand there are several different outlooks on the subject. For the case of this paper I will be referring to "Five Major Worldview Traditions"‚ then identifying my own personal worldview and

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    real life events that occur in people’s lives and cultures. In the news article‚ “Quinceñera Birthday Bash Preserves Tradition‚ Marks Passage to Womanhood”‚ author Natalie St. John shares a descriptive account of a quinceñera‚ showing its significance in the Mexican culture and community. St. John highlights the main character Vanessa Negrete’s rite of passage and its cultural importance by using the organizational structures of sequence and description‚ and by using direct quotations from members of

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    PHILOSOPHY IN AFRICA PROVERBS 1.1 Proverbs as Universal Proverbs expresses the thought wisdom‚ moral codes and cultural heritage of a people or culture. It is distinct from other oral traditions such as fables‚ folklores; folk tales and riddles. Although proverbs are in- some cases derived from some of these oral traditions there is a cut clear distinction between them. Generally proverbs are inherent in majorly all cultures of the world and are generally seen as succinct and pithy sayings in general

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    Africa after the Bantu migrations that featured decentralized rule through family and kinship groups instead of strongly centralized hierarchies. 3. Sundiata founder of the Mali Empire (r‚ 1230-1255)‚ also the inspiration for the Sundiata‚ an African literary and mythological work. 4. Gold-salt trade the kingdom of Ghana became the center of trade for gold‚ it helped strengthen their realm by controlling and taxing trade. In return‚ they received horses‚ cloth‚ small manufactured wares

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