TRADITIONAL MALAY ARTEFACT TEPAK SIREH Tepak sirih or betel leaf container is a traditional household item for Malays in the olden days and a must in all Malay traditional ceremonies. The function of tepak sirih is just to store betel leaves and other ingredients for chewing sirih. The tepak sirih is offered during makan sirih‚ a malay custom of betel chewing. I still remember when I was little‚ my grandmother had one made of brass. The first thing my grandmother would offer to her friends
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Traditional formats of India The traditional market square is a city square where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. This kind of market is very old‚ and countless such markets are still in operation around the whole world. * Organized Retail: The sale of goods through a coordinated structure. Typically these are chain stores and are managed by Corporate or Cooperatives. For Example‚ Big Bazaar in India. There is generally a standard format of Presentation of goods.
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The research article about the Nacirema culture focused on a heavily religious society. In which the indualives shape their whole lives around it. Most people in the culture have at least one shrine dedicated to their physical health. It’s custom for all of the household members to pray to the shrine at least once a day. Praying is a secluded activity in the Nacirema culture and it is believed to reinforce the individual’s relationship with the divine. There is a major emphasis on the mouth and how
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Maintenance and many more departments. In this assignment‚ the Accounting office of Fiscal Services will be analyzed as a Hierarchy organizational type‚ as mentioned in the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (Jennifer Bellot‚ 2011)‚ the core cultural elements of artifacts‚ values‚ and assumptions‚ and how the culture impacts the behavior of the organization through the ideologies of the beliefs of how things work‚ the values showing that professionalism is worth having‚ and the norms of the behavior
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1) Past two weeks I have become more aware of the different cultures that I was never been known that much before in my life. I learn a lot about Amish culture‚ values and practices‚ and the understanding Amish cultures is very important for history of Amish. The Amish is branch of Christianity and they originally come from Switzerland. The Amish emerged from Anabaptist movement in 1525‚ that are known nowadays as Mennonites and later on spread out all over surrounding cities and countries. This
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Joshua Shipman Gang Culture Continues To Grow The article I chose to read was titled “The Gang Culture Continues to Grow”. This article explained aspects of the gang culture in America‚ and how it has grown over the years to be bigger and more violent then ever. Gangs have been around for centuries. The earliest recording of a gang was a gang named rebellious children‚ which was mentioned in 2 Kings 2:23-25 of the Bible. Gangs have continued to grow over the years‚ and now are present
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Traditional media dead or alive? Words:1‚296 Modern society is witnessing some types of traditional media (TM) are dying. In 2009‚ top-tier companies like the Los Angeles had to sell out because of bankruptcy‚ as revenues in publications descended by 28.6 percent (Mastaglio‚ Brown & Freeman‚ 2010‚ p.18). Imagine life without TM? Students would not use books in class anymore‚ people could only listen to music online‚ and people would no longer go to the cinema to enjoy a movie. It is
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and Geechee Culture The Gullah culture started with the transportation of African slaves to the Sea Islands of South Carolina‚ Georgia and Florida. The Sea Islands served as an excellent location for the Gullah culture because of its separation from the mainland. The African slaves‚ who came from different regions in African‚ brought with them their language‚ culture and traditions. Collectively these traditions and languages have merged into one to form Gullah. The Gullah culture has survived
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Paul Almeida Mr. Myers World Cultures 11 4‚ December 2009 Aztec Culture The Aztec culture began around 1395 and sadly end sometime around 1521. Central Mexico was the area the Aztec culture lived and survived for so many years. The language they spoke was Nahuatl. The word “Aztec” is mainly exclusively for the people of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs once lived around eroded volcanic peaks and dissected mountain ranges. Their god‚ Huitzilopochtli‚ commanded them on a journey to the south and they
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Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Culture learned‚ not inherited and Cuba known for its cultural diversity‚ built from Spanish‚ French‚ Asian‚ as well as African influences. Indigenous people inhabited the island of Cuba until Christopher Columbus in 1492. Cuba become a Spanish colony‚ ruled by a Spanish Governor in Havana until 1762 where Great Britain took over before being traded back to the Spanish in a deal for Florida.
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