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Africa's Native Foods

to be so necessary for proper development of the physical body and freedom from disease. The Neurs especially valued the livers of...

History and Traditions of the Ashanti

The capital of the Ashanti kingdom, Kumasi, was taken by the British in 1873 and the kingdom became a British protectorate at the ...

Amish and Samoan Marriage Customs

forms of relationships that occur between unmarried lovers, which involved clandestine encounters. This aspect of Samoan courtship...

Literature, Ceremony, and Ritual

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...

Ancient Egypt Religion and Mythology

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...

Confucius on Ritual

be applied to laws. One obeys the traffic signals. This is because to do so promotes safety, but it is also a most efficient way t...

Culture and Subsistence Patterns of the Shoshone

In five pages the Shoshone indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are examined in an overview of their culture, patterns of subsist...

Catholic Church and Change

In six pages this paper discusses whether the Catholic Church should change with the times in a consideration of ritual and symbol...

Religion, Society, and Emile Durkheim

play within its boundaries. As Goffman (no date) notes, it can be argued that Durkheim would contend that there is no viable reas...

Historical Overview of Voodooism

African for Spirit(Corbett). "Vodou is tolerant. It receives. It honors and respects us all as though we were gifts. It tells us t...

Mayan Empire's Ritual and Religious Practices

they conquered. MAYAN CIVILIZATION: THE SPANISH INVASION The typical Maya family consisted on average of five to seven members. ...

Christianity and Judaism and the Rites of Circumcision and Burial

signify the "blood of the covenant" (Geffen, 1993, p. 28). It is a time-honored ceremony that is concluded when a family member (...

Political Power, Supernatural Rituals and Anthropology

in society provide numerous functions while at the same time explaining mans origins and how man relates with nature. Many of the ...

Ancient Aztec Courtship and Marriage Ceremonies

said that because someone can invent it, that it does not necessarily mean that it should be invented. From all accounts the Aztec...

Confucianism and Daoism in 'Peony Pavilion'

an unthinking adherence to ritual. Analect 9.3 reads: The Master said, According to ritual, the ceremonial cap should be made of ...

'Epithalamion' by Spenser and the Concepts of Sacrifice and Ritual

some reference to violence, in the course of the consummation of the marriage. There are, she notes, elaborate rhyming stanzas, th...

Religion and Concepts of Emile Durkheim

it divides the world into the two domains of sacred and profane" (2001). One can see that this is exhibited in many religions toda...

Hinduism Practices and Rituals

many other types. It all started, at least in Hinduism, with Krishna who suggested that the practice of a variety of yogas can hel...

Satanic Cults

the Supreme Court sees it, Satanism is a religion ("High Court," 2005). It does appear that one mans cult is anothers religion, bu...

Healing, Ritual, and Belief

between the individual and their culture as well. This recognition is critical in that many aspects of health care which ...

Comparative Analysis of Pregnancy and Birth in Asian and Western Cultures

This paper contrasts and compares the pregnancy and birth rituals of Asian and Western cultures in ten pages. Five sources are ci...

Healing and the Significance of Ritual and Belief

does not register the injury, then the pain is not perceived or at the very least, is not as severe. Pain is therefore subjective...

North American Pow Wow

reality, the pow wow as we see it today has little relation to traditional Paiute culture! In reality the pow wow evolved a...

Jennings/Aztec/Summation of Latter Half

of "flashes of purple dye" and the skeins of purple yarn that this produced (Jennings 524). The Aztec themselves were conqueror...

Sacred Pipe of Native Americans, Ritual, and Repatriation

In ten pages this paper discusses the Sacred Pipe of Native American cultures particularly the Lakota Sioux in a consideration of ...

Female Genital Mutilation Ritual

(Kluge 1993). Parents may use traditional practitioners or seek medical facilities to reduce the morbidity or mortality of this ge...

Transmission and Ritual in Communication

In six pages this report considers differences between ritualistic communication evolution and ideas that are transmitted through ...

Druid Priests and Rituals

Ritualistic practices of Druid priests are duly noted in this comprehensive paper that examines religious ideas and resources. Thi...

Religious Rituals of Judaism and Christianity

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

About Hinduism: Beliefs, Customs and Rituals

soul that transmigrates from one body to another at death (reincarnation); and the law of karma that determines ones destiny both ...