Headgear and Dress (November 1925) – European hats replaced the Fez‚ women stopped wearing the veil (heavily discouraged)‚ Western clothing for men and women was encouraged. By 1934‚ religious-based clothing was banned. November 1925‚ Closure of Dervish lodges. Believed they were used for Muslim organizing. June 1934‚ Law on Family Names: o everyone had to adopt a last name o he became Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Father of Turks) November 1934‚ Abolishment of Honorary Titles o ex.: Pasha was a commonly
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is the use of vivid imagery. The author uses this powerful device in the passage to amplify and captivate the reader. An example of this is “Humphreys observed an eddy‚ running upstream at seven miles an hour and extending half across the river‚ whirling and
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Dhikr Ceremony is where a group of Sufis will gather together and begin a series of chanting‚ either of the ninety-nine names of Allah‚ or just simply of the name of Allah himself‚ until the devotees collapse in a state of trance. The famous "whirling dervishes" obtain their name and fame from this very ceremony. Today it has become a tradition for numerous followers of Sufism‚ who know nothing of true Sufism or a deep spiritual quest coupled with acts of self-discipline to attain to a higher
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a family has time to be together more. The average family spends five hours a week cleaning their house. If they spend that amount of time per week together it would almost guarantee a healthier‚ happier family. “They thudded against chairs‚ whirling their mustached
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Democritus was a natural philosopher but also a mathematician. Democritus was a Greek‚ with many talents who traveled the east to acquire knowledge. Little is known about his life because records were not kept. all we know are some major discoveries that were recovered. Demoritus was born in Abdera‚ Thrace about 460B.C. and died about 370 B.C. He was schooled at Pythagorean but traveled to Athens to visit Anaxagoras‚ a great mathematician that wanted nothing with Democritus. His father was from
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Jonkonnu Jonkonnu is more than just a celebration; it is a dance and a musical tradition as well. However‚ Jonkonnu dance traditions make it the island’s oldest style on record. It blends authentically Jamaican styles to become the dance performed at today’s celebrations. Typically‚ African groups would enact mime-style plays‚ while European traditions of folk theater played short scenes and recitations. Specific dances are ascribed to the dancers‚ each with their own role and character to portray
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story was funnier this way. In his story‚ Jim Smiley trained animals to be the best at certain things. You can tell it is a tall tale because of exaggerations such as‚ “He’d give him a little punch behind‚ and the next minute you’d see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut see him turn one summerset‚ or may be a couple‚
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Drowning By: JUNE MANN -- 09|09|16 - Artistic productions Small beach goers speckle the shallow ocean waters‚ Lifeguards alert stop there rise‚ searching for troubled swimmers or my next victim. I wait patiently‚ invisible lurking the waters silently. I am alone‚ empty‚ and hungry. I am feared‚ in your worst nightmare perhaps. Whisking you away into the vast deepness‚ where it is calm‚ dark and painful. My coldness slows your body and your lungs being to drain. You struggle to fight for air but
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Although our eyes watch the same scenes‚ our minds tell different stories. As John James Audubon and Annie Dillard gaze at large flocks of pigeons in flight‚ they both experience different emotions and spiritual feelings despite viewing the same scene. In contempt of their varying reactions to the birds‚ both writers enlist a sense of admiration and respect for the beauty present within the nature of the birds. Audubon maintains the presence of a scientific observer as he counts the flocks
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The Giver‚ a novel by: Lois Lowry is a descriptively written book that projected an image of what seems at first to be a “perfect” world‚ A world that thrives on “sameness” of the people and creatures within. The novel also shows the glory of color and memory. Something that we use everyday‚ But in Jonas’s world it was taken from them by the elders of the past. The first reason you should read The Giver is because of the amount of descriptive language. One example of descriptive language is in
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