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6,000 BCE as well as for textiles in 4,000 BCE in China and it is also recorded as being used as a medicine in China in 2727 (Narc...
which the Cherokee deal with the dead has, of course, changed considerably over time as well. While today Cherokee mortuary pract...
The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...
by Gertrude Stein was a term she gave to a generation of men and women whose experiences in World War I undermined their belief in...
forms of relationships that occur between unmarried lovers, which involved clandestine encounters. This aspect of Samoan courtship...
land to appear with their nutrient rich soils. By day Ra sailed through the air on a boat between the sky and the earth, resting a...
to cleanse the baby and purify him as he enters the physical world (Friedheim, 1976). Witnessing baptism is something that bonds b...
The capital of the Ashanti kingdom, Kumasi, was taken by the British in 1873 and the kingdom became a British protectorate at the ...
to be so necessary for proper development of the physical body and freedom from disease. The Neurs especially valued the livers of...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...
through time" (Chung and Wegars, 2005, p. 1). Chinese Americans trace their funerary custom back to China, where birth and death a...
soul that transmigrates from one body to another at death (reincarnation); and the law of karma that determines ones destiny both ...
the Supreme Court sees it, Satanism is a religion ("High Court," 2005). It does appear that one mans cult is anothers religion, bu...
between the individual and their culture as well. This recognition is critical in that many aspects of health care which ...
This paper contrasts and compares the pregnancy and birth rituals of Asian and Western cultures in ten pages. Five sources are ci...
does not register the injury, then the pain is not perceived or at the very least, is not as severe. Pain is therefore subjective...
reality, the pow wow as we see it today has little relation to traditional Paiute culture! In reality the pow wow evolved a...
in the physical world was a constant battle between good and evil (Traditional Zoroastrianism). The major source for the teachings...
When addressing someone in China, one should remember that in China, family names come first. So for example, Mr. Li Hongjun would...
the Christian faith, though it can be stated that this idea came from much earlier roots in human civilization. English Ritual D...
Bushmen. Deeming them "untamable" and a threat to livestock, settlers treated the Bushmen as vermin, killing them in great numbers...
he was able to more clearly articulate the similarities of faith that exist among event the most widely divergent populations. Sma...
death (Religion and Death). According to Greek philosophy, the god Hermes led the soul of the person to the river Styx which sep...
within some of todays Chinese societies include wailing and white banners placed upon the home to indicate death; wearing all whit...
Fields(Pearce, 2002). From early Greek accounts, then, one could easily conclude several things about the ordinary Grecian...
past and present. The result was an overwhelming collection of footage that has since been entitled, Mr. Strehlows Films. Thes...
formed a Native American Heritage Commission to attempt to police the digs (Sacred Burial Grounds: The Controversy Continues, 1992...
involve the use of the four directions which some may say could be construed as a square but when ceremonies are being undertaken ...
many other types. It all started, at least in Hinduism, with Krishna who suggested that the practice of a variety of yogas can hel...