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    T'Boli Tribe

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    bossed/knobbed gongs which act as drone without any accompanying melodic instrument. A T’boli legend tells that the T’boli are descendants of the survivors of a great flood. A man named Dwata warned the people of an impending great flood. But the tribe refused to listen‚ except for two couples‚ La Bebe and La Lomi‚ and Tamfeles and La Kagef. Dwata told them to take shelter in a bamboo so huge they could fit inside and in this way survive the flood. The story tells that the first couple is the ancestors

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    Textile Colour Fastness

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    1. Colour Fastness to Light This method is intended for accessing the resistance of the colour of textiles to the action of daylight. Principle: A specimen of the textile is exposed to the light from a Xenon arc lamp under prescribed conditions‚ along with eight dyed wool standards. The fastness is assessed by compared the fading of the textile with that of the standards. Apparatus and Materials: - Blue standards - Humidity Test Control Fabric - Light fastness test apparatus containing

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    Othello Paper The tragedy of Othello was caused by the insecurities and changing character of Othello himself. Racism and the villainous Iago both contributed to the evolution of Othello’s character. G.K Hunter the author of “Othello and Colour Prejudice.” Discusses how the prejudices against Othello‚ both in the play and also the prejudices Shakespeare’s audience already conveyed towards darker skinned people‚ were framed to doom Othello from the start. Hunters article gives a historical

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    Purple Hibiscus

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    The Effect Of Pop Culture on Kambili Throughout Purple Hibiscus Pop Culture has always had a huge effect of teenagers‚ some teenagers more than others. Although some teenagers are late bloomers‚ usually by some point all teenagers join the bandwagon. However‚ there are always outliers such as Amaka and Kambili in Purple Hibiscus by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichie. Amaka has grown up knowing pop culture‚ whereas Kambili has never known what pop culture even is. As her cousin Amaka pulls her into the

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    The Lost Tribe

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    Dyanna Rajala English 015-35 February 29‚ 2012 The Lost Tribe Do peace‚ unity‚ and equality still exist this day in time among groups of people? Are we influenced by our environment to associate our way of seeing things and create language based on that fact? How we view the environment around us helps shape our understanding by creating language to give it meaning. Based on the linguistic data of the recently discovered tribe‚ we can draw conclusions about the tribe’s climate and terrain

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    Zulu Tribe

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    Zulu Tribe Final Paper Joseph C. Duron ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Katie Custer 4/8/13 Way before the Zulu tribe became a thriving nation of their time‚ they were partly nomadic separated family groups. These groups were very self-sufficient based on their knowledge of herding cattle and horticulture. The Zulu might be the largest ethnic group in South Africa today because of their chiefdom separations and the military conquests they occurred. In this paper I

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    Shades of Purple

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    From Walker’s pen strokes to Spielberg’s camera angles‚ ‘The Color Purple’ tells a hauntingly beautiful story of a woman who is chained at every limb by shackles of race‚ sex and sexuality. From sympathy to disgust‚ from resignation to faith‚ and from downright submission to transcendent triumph‚ “exploring the oppressions‚ the insanities‚ the loyalties and triumphs of black women" (O’Brien)‚ the film asks one basic question: ‘how much can you endure before you can exclaim that “I am an expression

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    Frankish Tribe

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    Both Frankish Merovingian were a Germanic tribe‚ but Franks was better Germanic tribe because they created a very stable and powerful kingdom. The Frank’s military base was also: powerful‚ and undefeated. The Franks had an impressive unifying government system. The Franks tribes were the more dominant tribe of the lower and middle Rhine because they were sturdier. The Franks’ achievements and stabilization were due to the Frankish rulers and Romans merging together in the Catholic faith-

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    World Without Colour

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    No doubt‚ a World without Colour will be extremely boring. But‚ one many of us will gasp in disbelief when we understand that various colors seen in this world of objects are actually non-existent. Every object is basically colorless but when it is exposed to solar rays these objects absorb certain colors from the rays and reject others. It is only on this basis that we see ‘colored’ objects. That color not absorbed by an object is sent back i.e. reflected. This reflected light enters our eye

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    Aeta Tribes

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    aeta tribes CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Culture defines a country’s identity. It molds and hones a country from its humble beginning to what it is today. As time progresses‚ the country and its people adapt to its changing environment‚ as well as their culture parallel with what they were before and what they are now. Tourism promotes international camaraderie. It promotes experience and proper understanding of the culture and the lifestyle of foreign countries

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