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    generations come together to form a culture. The cultural values practised through generations create a tradition. Thoughts of one generation differ from those of the other and so do the values. So‚ a conflict of two generations is inevitable. Whenever a new idea tries to assert itself at the cost of something that has been followed conventionally‚ and the new idea claims to be progressive‚ we say that tradition is becoming an obstacle to progress. The question is whether this is the whole truth. The

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    of different Christmas traditions in Canada. Many of the traditions and celebrations come from French‚ English‚ Irish‚ Scottish‚ German worldwide for its fir and pine Christmas trees‚ many families in Canada have a fir or pine Christmas tree. A Canadian tradition is to send the largest‚ greatest fir tree (That is grown is Nova Scotia) to Boston‚ USA because of the help they have been giving during the disaster‚ Known all around the world as the Halifax Explosion. The tradition has lasted for years

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    Religious Tradition Religious traditions influence people and even more important cultures across the world on a daily basis. The paragraphs to follow will show how religious traditions describe and show how relationships are encouraged and established with the divine‚ sacred time and space‚ natural world and relationships with one another. This will ensure a more thorough understanding of different religions. Additionally‚ using several examples from various religious traditions will go one

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    Custom and Tradition of Italy Greetings in Italy When we introduced to an Italian‚ we should say ‘good day’ (buongiorno) and shake hands (a single pump is enough). ‘Hello’ (ciao) is used among close friends and young people‚ but it is not considered polite when addressing strangers unless they use it first. Women may find that some men kiss their hand‚ although this is rare nowadays. When being introduced to someone in a formal situation‚ it is common to say ‘pleased to meet you’ (molto lieto)

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    Elements of Religious Traditions A Cardin REL 134 Elements of Religious Traditions Religion‚ church‚ and worship are words that possess the power to inspire hope and faith; however‚ these words also possess the power inspire anger and war. Fascination with religion and its influence is evident in works of literature and art throughout the centuries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues critical to the study of religion as well as religious traditions and relationships. Key Critical

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    Importance of Family Tradition Going through my high school career I was always interested in higher education. College gives people many opportunities to succeed in life and offers the necessary tools to survive in this world. It always baffled me why my parents and generations above them didn’t attend college. Only a few of my family members even have their high school diploma. Since no one in my family went to college I was sort of hesitant at first. I also became very nervous during the application

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    Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Patricia Summerville REL 134 August 23‚ 2010 Clark Frailey Abstract Religion is practiced by believers all over the world. There are many different Religions‚ some with similarities some not‚ some that go back to the beginning of time and some brand new branched off of the old traditions and rituals. Relationship with the Divine Divine is one of the many names that various

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    Chaucer challenges the anti- feminist traditions of his time through the wife of bath‚ discuss how far Chaucer makes us sympathise with the wife of bat hand the state of “wives” The prologue of The Wife of Bath begins with an automatic challenge to the traditional views and beliefs of women lines 1-6 ’Experience‚ though noon auctoritee Were in this world‚ is right y-nough for me To speke of wo that is in mariage. For lordinges‚ sith I twelf yeer was of age‚ Thonked be God that is eterne on

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    TRADITION AND MODERNITY A.FOREIGN LITERATURE Various journals have pointed out different scenarios regarding the conflict of traditions and the advent of modernity in certain societies. One in particular by Freund and Band- Winterstein (2012) explored how a Jewish society in Israel belonging in an ultra- orthodox society adapt and modify their behaviour toward social work which is cultural‚ western and secular in form.People belonging to the ultra- orthodox society have strong sense of faith and

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    Below is a free essay on "Indian Culture And Tradition" from Anti Essays‚ your source for free research papers‚ essays‚ and term paper examples. Approximately 1/6th part of all human population on earth lives in India‚ world’s most populous democracy in the world. India also known as‚ by its olden name in Hindi‚ ‘Bharat’. The current homeland of India is smaller than the Indian country ruled by British Empire. India’s national language is Hindi. There are 28 states in India and each state has

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