My Family Rituals My family rituals derive from a culture that dates back before the beginning of modern civilization. The people I speak of are what our history books refer to as Ancient Mesopotamia; “The Cradle of Civilization”. The near extinction of its original inhabitants was as a result of war and religious crusade. Most recently of which was the Ottoman Empire’s massacre of the Christian living among them in 1914. My family is of the few survivors of such unfortunate events. Few people
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"Baseball Magic" The use of ritual magic is to ensure success over activities in which uncertainty and limited control exist. In baseball‚ players tend to have daily rituals which are seen as superstitious in order to ensure good performance. Players may eat the same meal in which they won last time‚ or touch jersey and fix cap after every pitch and so on. These rituals are seen with hitters and pitchers the most. Baseball and any other sport is never certain‚ a team may win one day and lose the
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and main influences throughout my life. I was born in Istanbul which is the capital city of Turkey; however‚ my father and mother were born in Konya. Turkey has played a major role in the history of the world. In regard to the fact that Turkey is an Islam country‚ Turkey’s importance in the world is really high. The main underlying reason for that is because Turkey is the only country which is not only secular and democratic‚ but also Islamist as well. Based on the census data collected in 2000‚
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On August 1‚ 1972‚in Madison Square Garden‚ ex-Beatle‚ George Harrison‚ organized "The Concert for Bangladesh‚" with all proceeds destined for Bangladesh‚ a suffering area of India. It was a difficult time in the United States‚ the war in Vietnam was still raging‚ and people had grown hardened by the years of blood and violence. Those of us who had grown up watching the daily war horror scenes on the evening news were a touch bunch. After all‚ our people‚ most of them only a few years older that
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UTHM Hold Royal Concert to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Batu Pahat : Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) was held their first royal concert to celebrate the 20th UTHM anniversary. The concert was accompanied by orchestra team from National University of Singapore (NUS) together with UTHM combo. The concert was participated by one of Malaysia’s foremost music director Datuk Johari Salleh and the event become more exciting with present of popular singer Anuar Zain and Alyah. The
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Dance Dance; a body of expression‚ a medium of communication‚ happiness and love. Dance is my passion. I am a trained Bharata Natyam dancer. I am proud to be an Indian because of its rich culture and heritage. In Bharata Natyam Bha i.e Bhaava (expression)‚ Ra i.e Ragha (rhythm) and Ta i.e Taal (beat) are the basic components of a dance. There are seven different classical dance forms in india – Bharata Natyam‚ Kuchipudi‚ Kathakali‚ Odissi‚ Mohiniattam‚ Manipuri and Kathak. I am blessed to be
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The rituals of the Nacirema To most of us‚ hospitals are a place to help you when you’re in need or want to get healthy. But for the Nacirema‚ it’s quite the opposite. According to the Nacirema ritual article‚ they call hospitals a latipso‚ which is hospital spelt backwards without the ‘H’. They discuss and caricature the repulsive viewings on what they think goes on in hospitals (latipso’s)‚ or what they think they do. I will now tell you how in Miner’s perspective‚ the body is ugly and how
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In an arrange marriages‚ the bride and groom is selected by a third party‚ rather than by each other. It is especially common in Indian‚ Southeast; Asian and African cultures‚ and I believe this is a ritual that I would strongly recommend to be eliminated in contemporary society. From my point in view‚ arrange marriages are just unfair and it is cheating life. Usually‚ in arranged marriages it basically forces two human beings that can be incompatible for each other and are forced to spend the
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Dance is an art‚ a creative portal‚ a form of expression; it is a sport. Atop all of the things that dance can be‚ it is also something physical. It takes work‚ power and effort. It takes stamina‚ grace and an extreme amount of muscle and flexibility. What do athletes need to have‚ all of those characteristics. When it comes to athletes‚ of any kind‚ dance can help with honing their skills. Something that most athletes do not seem to understand is that dance is just as much a physical and athletic
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Music” Concert Report The Igudesman & Joo: “Big Nightmare Music” concert premiered in Wright Auditorium on April 13th‚ 2012; accompanied by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Imagine Mozart taken over by Monty Python and you have some idea of the humor/seriousness created at the highest level of musicianship on stages around the world. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman‚ and pianist Hyung-ki Joo are both classically-trained artists who bring a show-stopping‚ unique approach to the concert performance
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