Essays on Festival

International managers in the UAE

International managers in the UAE The Dubai food 2014 festival is the global leading annual food and hospitality trade show. This event has occurred for over five years and takes place in the February every year. This year Dubai food 2014 festival is expected to promote various sectors in the UAE. This is so because Dubai food 2014 festival features more than 20,000 brands, 120 nations, 4500 exhibitors and over 80, 000 visitors (Dubai food 2014 festival, 2014). The paper will focus on how Dubai food 2014 festival might affect international managers, especially executive managers in the ...

How can daily life be led so that just decisions are made, opening up the way to an ethical life?

The aim of this essay is to present you with some ideas on how an ethics system could be built and organized in such a way that just decisions are made on an everyday basis in people’s lives. Ethics is considered to be a vague and difficult to be defined concept. Nevertheless, there has always been the commonly accepted primitive idea on what Ethics is, which is mainly based on the principles of Philosophy. ...

It has been 56 years since the festival has celebrated annually and people are always expecting for the Maine Lobster Festival or MLF that promises happy moments and delicious food. The celebration has many things to offer for the visitors. Every July, in Midcoast Region the center of lobster industry, the MLF held its big celebration. The Camden and Rockland are the two main communities that participate in the event. In addition, the two main industries in the Midcoast region are Tourism and Lobster industry. In fact, the Maine Lobster Festival highly symbolizes the involvement of the participating industries ...

During the year, there are many festival celebrations in Shinto. The New Year’s festival is one such celebration and involves a ritual purification of the homestead and prayers for a good year. About one month to the New Year, people conventionally put up an entrance pine or kadomatsu at their home. Kadomatsu consists of pine branches and standing bamboo, and acts as a welcome point for the Kami.

This is intended to invoke the blessings and goodwill of the Kami. Susuharai is also another New Year preparation which involves a ceremonial house cleaning. After this, traditional cold dishes known as motchitsuki and ...

Judaism as a religion emerged over four thousand years ago. It a religion that is commonly practiced among the Jewish community and is founded on the laws disclosed to Moses and documented in the Torah. Followers of this religion basically believe in the existence of one supreme God and always focus on living a holy life while on earth. This paper seeks to explore more on this religion.

Describe the major festivals of Judaism.

The Shabbat, which is a day of rest that occurs every week in the Jews calendar. This is usually on every Saturday and the followers are not allowed to work on this day. They use ...

History

The Edinburgh Festival is the largest cultural festival in the world held annually starting from the month of August in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and formed by several organizations not affiliated with one another. Officially, the Edinburgh Festival is formed by various events separate from one another, yet visitors from around the world treat it as a single large event. Two of the component festivals of the Edinburgh Festival – the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (EFF), came together in 1947 to “flower the human spirit” by refreshing cultural activities in Scotland and the rest of ...

China joins Babylon, India and Egypt as the four ancient civilizations. The nation has a vast geographical space and has a rich history with elaborate and magnificent culture that has been written for over 3,600 years. The diverse and unique Chinese culture can therefore be traced hundreds of years back. For the Chinese, their culture presents itself as an asset that defines their position as a landmark in the world. China’s cultural heritage can be examined by analyzing the different aspects of culture that include Chinese food, festivals, kung Fu, language, medicine and the China World Heritage Sites. In this ...

Summary

In the article Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace is quick to vividly describe how inhuman human beings are. He makes use of lobsters as an example and more specifically the Marine Lobster Fest which is a popular festival in which large quantities of lobsters are consumed. David begins by introducing the culture and tradition of the festival and then vividly describing the large number of lobsters available. He estimates the lobsters to be about twenty five thousand pounds, fresh and ready for human consumption. In the subsequent part of the article, he describes in detail how the lobsters are ...

The term Ethnography has been used to refer to the art and study of various aspects of cultures through observation as the main method of collecting deductions about the culture. Consequently, Music Ethnography is concerned with the study of Music as a form of culture through observation of a traditions’ portrayal and practice of the art of music. Further Music Ethnography is particularly concerned with the study of the role, the meaning and practice of music within social groups and communities. The community of interest shares common social behaviors and cultural concepts that are expressive in their music that makes ...

Part One

Target Audience: Parents and Guardians of children between the ages of 3 and 9. The kids’ festival is sponsored by Johnsons and Johnson Company. Further financial assistance is provided by several manufacturers of consumables like toys, toilet soaps, snacks, and detergents. The event is slated for Christmas day.

Visuals

That dominant background color of the poster is a bright sky-blue color that is easily visible. A cartoon of a happy looking male bumble bee (putting on a red velvet jacket and a black leather belts with a candy bag in a posture that makes him appears like he is throwing colored candies at a ground of children) ...

Technology Proposal

Enhancing customer experiences must be the aim of any technology deployment, while allowing capture of data and information in real time. The Music and Food Festival have immense opportunities for allowing technology deployment. Technologies like Bluetooth, QR Codes, and Wireless Networking, among others can be effectively deployed in the Music and Food Festival that is being planned, along with benefits to the main sponsor. Bluetooth – Bluetooth offers an excellent wireless communication protocols at short distances and has ample bandwidth to carry data back and forth. Bluetooth hot spots in the festival venue can be deployed in a number of ...

Introduction

Festivals are becoming more popular in the United Kingdom unlike a few years ago. With the increase in the number of visitors in the United Kingdom, it is becoming apparent that there is need to ensure that there is better management of visitors in these festivals. It will not only help in the management of the visitors, but will also create efficiency and better control of the process. This paper will focus on developing a new technology that will be used in the management and control of festival visitors. It is hard to keep track of the visitors and integrate the ...

Daoism and Confucianism

Daoism (or Taoism) is both a religion and a philosophical indigenous tradition of Chinese origin which urges people to live in harmony with nature. It is an attitude towards life that is carefree, accepting and joyful. This religion has shaped Chinese culture for so long and has also found its way into Asian cultures. Daoism has a core of self-reflection and devotes energy to introspection. Daoists are prominent critics of Confucian activism. Confucianism is an ethical, philosophical system as well as a religion that developed from the teachings of Confucius. It is built on the core of morality, ethics, and activism. It encourages ...

Introduction

Qatar is a country in the Middle East with an exclusive interest from the rest of the world. The country enjoys exclusive economic performance and its attractive cultural practices. There are various principles that make it easy for the country to remain a highly valuable country in the Middle East following its exclusive concern on major issues that may affect the country. The cultural practices of the region vary from a wide line of religion, food, clothing, language, tourism, as well as a set of events that make the cultural practices evident and realistic. Each of the cultural values is significant in one ...

Wonton

One of the most popular Chinese dishes all over the world is surely wonton. The food is considered a very important thing for a good living by innumerable people all across the globe owing to its taste and preparation. It surely titillates the taste buds and leaves one wanting for more. The word “wonton” is pronounced in Chinese pinyin as “hún tun” or “hún tún”, and in Cantonese the word is pronounced as “wěn tēn.” This delicious dish is, in fact, regional pasta that has its origins in the country of China. Thus, the dish has ...

International Events: A Comparative Study

International Cultural Events: A Comparative Study

1. Qasr Al Hosn Festival Qasr Al Hosn Festival is the foremost cultural and historical celebration in Abu Dhabi. As stated in the 2013 Festival site, “the festival is an annual celebration of the more than 250-year-old fort and centuries of authentic Emirati culture and tradition”. Thousands of people attended the festival in 2013 and 2014 in order to celebrate the iconic birthplace of Abu Dhabi (2013 Festival site). This festival involves a variety of fund and educational activities that provide both the UAE community and visitors worldwide with an opportunity to experience ...

Xuan Festival: Knowing the Importance of Spring in Vietnam

Introduction Vietnam has since fostered a special occasion for its people inside and outside its borders: the Xuan (“spring” in Vietnamese) Festival. Alternatively called the Tet (“festival” in Vietnamese), the Xuan Festival marks both the start of the lunar year in Vietnam and the beginning of spring based on the Vietnamese lunisolar calendar, usually between January and February in the Gregorian calendar. As an occasion with a distinct Vietnamese identity, the Xuan Festival provides a yearly opportunity for Vietnamese people around the world to gather and engage in festivities. Given the prominence of the Xuan Festival among Vietnamese people, this study ...

The message and research

The Coachella Music Festival is a three-day music and arts fiesta held in Polo club for two consecutive weekends annually. The event features a number of music genres including electronic music, indie rock, rock, and hip-hop. It displays well-known and established artists. The important message conveyed by the Coachella Music Festival is targeted to the young generation in an effort to broaden their views and/or perceptions of life and gain a deeper understanding of life. This makes the youths a target audience that has strenuously proved to be responsive of the concert (Hall & Frederick, 92). It targets youths in the age bracket of ...

Michigan is the state in the Midwestern part of the United States, in the Great Lakes region. It is surrounded by the great Canadian city of Ontario on its northern and eastern border, and by Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, the strait of Mackinac, Ohio and Indiana on its southern side. Illinois and Wisconsin states border in the west. A total area of the state is 58,527 square miles. Michigan state is also known as the Great Lake State because it is surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. ...

Presentation and Analysis of a challenge in organizational communication – The challenge is the organization of a fund raising event within the borders of an educational organization – Presentation of the reflections and thoughts drawn upon the challenge described as far as issues on organizational communication are concerned [The author’s name]

Abstract

This paper will present you with a challenge as brought up within the borders of the educational community of a private educational organization. The presentation and analysis of the challenge aims at presenting you with all possible issues which can be explored in the field of the organizational communication. The challenge of ...

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ABSTRACT Festivals make part of the lives of people in different societies whether modern or traditional. They have been manifest in all societies from time immemorial, ingrained in their belief systems and ways of life. The participants vary depending on age, economic background, social background, academic achievements and professional achievements (for instance the professional position of a rain maker in the African societies). However, the main question is; what really makes these festivals unique and keeps people interested in them. This study tries to explore in reference to my own believes experiences ...

Festivals make part of the lives of people in different societies whether modern or traditional. They have been manifest in all societies from time immemorial, ingrained in their belief systems and ways of life. The participants vary depending on age, economic background, social background, academic achievements and professional achievements (for instance the professional position of a rain maker in the African societies). However, the main question is; what really makes these festivals unique and keeps people interested in them. This I will try to explore in reference to my own believes experiences and expectations.

What do you think makes each and every festival special and individual?

Festivals are social events in which ...

Introduction to the play:

Oscar Wilde’s memorable play is about the hypocritical nature of society in particular the higher classes who wish to keep themselves exposed from scandal but at the same time these are completely without morals and have a hunger for sexual peccadillos which they are loath to expose. It demonstrates Wilde’s incredible and suave wit when he proceeds to tear to pieces the upper classes of London society who were then to come back and haunt him with a vengeance in his later years after his fall from grace. I was more than enthused to have been given the opportunity ...

In David Foster Wallace’s seminal nonfiction essay “Consider the Lobster,” the noted author reports for a culinary magazine his experiences at the 2004 Maine Lobster Festival. According to Wallace, “The Maine Lobster Festival represents less an intersection of the [tourism and lobster] industries than a deliberate collision, joyful and lucrative and loud” (Wallace). From basic descriptions of the etymology and history of the lobster and the event itself, Wallace moves on to even stickier metaphysical questions as to the nature of this ritualistic delicacy, even approaching moral questions as to the ethics of cooking and killing lobster. While a consensus is ...

Buddhism began in India in the late 500 BCE as a result of the teachings of a prince called Siddharta Gautama, who was later known as Gautama Buddha. In ancient Indian language, Buddha refers to a person who has wisdom, compassion, and is self-aware. Buddhists celebrate the Buddha as the free-thinking human being. He is an incarnation of God. The foundation of practice and faith for Buddhists is the Buddha teachings, known as Dharma . On the other hand, Daoism began in China in 604 BCE, with the ancient philosopher called Lao Tzu. The most important concept in Daoism is the Dao. Dao ...

Good evening to all the officers and members of the Taiwan Association of the Philippines; to my colleagues in public service, friends, and guests. It is a pleasure for me to have been cordially invited to this prestigious annual event. It is also a great honor for me, to have been selected as one of the guests and keynote speakers of the night. I humbly hope that my message would prove to be an enlightening and inspiring note which would instrumentally contribute to the enhanced trade relations between Taiwan and the Philippines. First of all, I am blessed to be ...

There are many misconceptions about the holiday, Christmas. Most are under the perception that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, however most biblical scholars feel that it was unlikely that Jesus shared his birthday with December 25, most pointing to the likelihood of a spring birth. If is much most likely that Christmas was a spinoff of the Roman pagan celebration of Saturnalia that took place between the 17th to the 25th of December (Liebeschuetz, 1995. Pg 200). This week was considered a week of breaking laws, including arson, destruction of property, and in some cases murder. Often one person ...

This report is a detailed analysis of my project experience form the date of July 7th. The project was intended to foster cultural awareness in our community and remove stereotypes and cultural misunderstanding. I would like to offer my gratitude for my supervisor for the support and encouragement while working on my project. I must admit that I am a blessed with an understanding supervisor with great understanding of diversity and the need for cultural understanding. Last week, members of my work team organized an occasion to celebrate global cultures in what was dubbed “The Whole World Festival.” This was a ...

There are many misconceptions about the holiday, Christmas. Most are under the perception that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, however most biblical scholars feel that it was unlikely that Jesus shared his birthday with December 25, most pointing to the likelihood of a spring birth. If is much most likely that Christmas was a spinoff of the Roman pagan celebration of Saturnalia that took place between the 17th to the 25th of December (Liebeschuetz, 1995). This week was considered a week of breaking laws, including arson, destruction of property, and in some cases murder. Often one person was chosen ...

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Employee Name Anytown, Anywhere Dear Ms Name I want to thank you for how you acted during last week’s festival preparations. By realizing that some of our guest’s children were on the closed beach you may well have saved their lives and adverted a disaster. That these children were under the supervision of our in house childcare staff at the time could have increased the resort’s liability had any of the children been injured while playing on the jetty. You chose the perfect course of action by pointing out the potential dangers of allowing ...

The National Endowment for Arts distributes money to agencies and artists nationwide. In this paper, I will provide an overview of some of the grants of the National Endowment for arts for arts in Tennessee as well as provide the reasons that make these grants interesting to me. This institution was awarded $15,000 in support of an analysis of an in-school art education programs in the Southern U.S. through the review of documents, interviews, observations and focus group discussions that were based on several case studies (NEA, 2013). This grant has become interesting to me since it ...

Introduction

This paper identifies and provides an overview of some of the grants and initiatives of the national endowment for the arts in Tennessee. The grants identified have been found to be interesting in different aspects.

This commission receives grants from the national endowment for the arts. I find this interesting in that the Tennessee General Assembly also funds the commission. Moreover, it is the mandate of the local government to support this commission.

The Nashville Shakespeare festival

In the 2012/2013 financial year, the Nashville Shakespeare festival was supported to the tune of $10,000. This event offers a significant boost to upcoming artist to ...

The management is committed to improve the standards of the annual community outreach festival. This would increase the level of the business because a good turn up for the festival would generate enough and relative good income to the organization. Essential to achieving this objective is to enable the organization to obtain capital to develop a similar every quaintly and also to motivate the employees through the creation of interactive avenue and exchange of ideas. It is also a great chance to address challenges and situations facing the entire event industry over the next few years. The festival demand that standards ...

Eid is a festival celebrated by thousands of Muslims all over the world every year. Celebrating the festival means celebrating happiness regularly. The traditions and culture in this festival may vary slightly according to the geographic location of Muslims; however the basic requisite of this festival is to remember the poor and be grateful to god for whatever they have. Eid-Ul-Fitr (Eid) is a great cultural experience that is celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan on the first day of Shawwal that is considered to be the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. In the holy ...

Introduction

Culture plays a big part in our social lives. Culture is what binds humans in a social unit. Culture is defined by our selection of food, religion, language, music, social behavior and arts. Culture constitutes the foundation of our values, morale, beliefs and principles of life. Culture forms societies and influences the pattern of our living. Each culture has some unique attributes that make it different from others. In this essay I would like to explore the differences and similarity of American, Chinese and Indian cultures in terms of religion, language, food and festivals. - Religion America being a country ...

The caste system has been in existence for centuries in Asian countries such as India. The system involves placing individuals in occupational groups. The caste system is rooted in religion and is implemented based on labour division. It dictates the occupations an individual can pursue, as well as the kind of social interactions the person may engage in their lifetime. The caste system is only practised in the Hindu religion. The system has an order of hierarchy. Initially, there was no hierarchy but an order based on birth or occupation and personality. However, during the Holi event just before ...

Brazilian folk and culture is one of the richest in comparison to other world cultures and traditions. It is so far regarded as a melting pot because it has been shaped by the Brazilian native Indians, a huge African population, the Portuguese and other people from Europe, the Middle East as well as Asia who have settled there over time. All these cultural backgrounds put together gives rise to a new culture that almost everyone identifies with. It therefore goes without saying that this is a culture that can interest anyone who cares to know how different cultures of the world have developed. ...

Memento is a 2000 psychological thriller film directed by renowned Hollywood director Christopher Nolan. Also produced by Nolan, the movie is actually adapted from a short story titled “Memento Mori” written by Jonathan Nolan, his younger sibling. The lead character named Leonard is played by Guy Pearce. He stars as a man suffering form short term memory loss and who is on a mission to avenge the rape and death of his wife. Apart from moving into vengeance direction, the movie tries to create a picture on some of the factors that push people to do certain acts. Leonard memory loss came ...

The White Night is an art festival, where public and private art galleries, museums and other cultural institutions open their doors to the public at no charge, this event is usually an all-night affair. The center of the city hosting the event is usually transformed into a de facto art gallery, where spaces are availed for art installations, themed social jamborees, performances from the different arts (performance art, film, music and dance) and many social activities. The event is usually held during the season of the midnight sun, during the summer solstice when the nights are shorter in high latitude ...

125 Old Road

WTI 3331 22 98 Baker street

London

GH676h Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bruge, We highly appreciate your interest in visiting our town. In this letter and enclosed flyer you will find all necessary data on places worth visiting, accommodation and travel options, offered by Ghost town Tour – a leading service provider in Ghostttown. As far as you may have already heard, Ghosttown is a beautiful medieval place, situated by the shore of the river Thames. Cozy beaches, silent bays and atmosphere of mystery are things, which make the town different from all the places you ...

Festival City Symphony- ‘Not an Irish Concert’ Festival City Symphony- ‘Not an Irish Concert’ Classical music shall never be old or out-dated. There is beauty in it, a melody which can soothe the listener’s mind. Usually, youngsters find it boring. But, they should earnestly try to give classical music a chance and listen to it for some times. Then, hopefully the rumour of it being boring can be put to rest. I attended a classical concert on 17th March 2013 by the professional musicians of Festival City Symphony. Named as ‘Not an Irish concert’, it comprised of some excellent ...

The purpose of carrying out this study was finding out the relationship between the number of r of institutions that ever had festivals or events in the name of anniversaries. In case there is an existing relationship, then an anniversary can be used such as the UNBSJ 50th Anniversary. The rationale for choice this study is therefore the UNBSJ 50th anniversary where everything intends to help in the festival.

Research method

There were two data sets in use for this study for the UNBSJ 50th anniversary, comparisons and making of conclusions. The data used in the study was secondary data from ...

Music Festival

Porter’s five forces analysis. The musicians who conduct music festivals have a high bargaining power. Their music is unique and the tickets are fixed in price hence the price cannot be adjusted due to bargain. The industry is therefore attractive in that the uniqueness of industry makes it possible for the owners to have high market power. The consumers have very low market power. There are no instances when the prices of tickets can be lowered to favor some customers. As a result, the industry is assured of a certain amount if revenues when the festivals are attended. ...

Introduction Star festival in Japan is also known as Tabanata. Tabanata is a Chinese word meaning evening of the seventh; hence, its origin is traced to China. Tabanata is an important festival in Japan where Japanese value it very much and it is commemorated once a year on the seventh day in either July or august, according to the lunisolar calendar. Tabanata festival is celebrated or performed at night on 7 July in accordance to their culture (Anesaki & Ferguson, 1928). Most people in Japan either celebrate the day at home or school depending on someone’s program on that ...

Article Review - Henri II

In "Criticizing the Savage and Making a King: The Royal Entry Festival of Henri II (Rouen, 1550)," Wintroub (1998) examines the royal entry festival that was held in the city of Rouen in 1550 to honor King Henri II. In particular, the article focuses on the reproduction of a Brazilian village that was created for the festival, within which there were fifty Brazilians to inhabit the village. The creation of this village, and the interaction between the Brazilians and the people of France, creates a number of interesting social questions regarding perceptions of other cultures in the Middle Ages. The use of ...

Sydney Mardi Gras is one of the largest festivals of the world related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex. The two week festival is celebrated in Sydney every year and attracts a large crowd from across the Australia and other parts of the world. The festival has emerged over a long period of time which was initially started as a remembrance of New York’s Stonewall’s Riots of 1969. This paper discusses the Sydney Mardi Gras and other related aspects of the event. This event was organised for the first time in the year 1979 when a protest march ...

1. Explain how they represent the fundamental ideas and techniques of that movement while at the same time reflecting the individual styles of the filmmakers involved. In The History of the Devil, the idea of Satan as a philosophical and psychological figure throughout history is examined, in a History Channel-documentary style program that demonstrates the new direction for these kinds of televised documentaries. The filmmakers present an extremely slick and sensational documentary with this film, offering many different interviews, powerful narration by a haunting British voice, and many moving illustrations that are dynamic and provocative. The beginning title splash card involves a ...

The article, entitled: “Iraq to hold first human rights film festival” and dated, “12:07 February 15, 2012”, was published on the Gulf News website (Gulf News). The article discusses news that the Iraqi Association for the Support of Culture and Independent Film & Television College, has released information about the first Iraqi film festival, devoted to the promotion of human rights, that will be held between February 26th and 28th. The festival will focus on films that discuss three central areas of interest: violence and discrimination against women, children’s rights, and freedom of thought and expression (Gulf News). It ...

Introduction to the Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year has been known as the Spring Festival since the 20th century. Each Chinese year is given the characteristic of one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs. 2011 is the year of the Rabbit. New Year festivities begin on the first day of the first month and continue through to the 15th Day. The last day of the New Year festivities is marked by the Lantern Festival. The Chinese Calendar is lunar based unlike the sun based Gregorian calendar that is commonly followed around the globe.

History of the Spring Festival

The origin of the festival is so old, it cannot ...

Working Title:

BROTHER Primary audience: BROTHER is targeted towards who grew up in difficult times during the 90’s, particularly Australians. Focusing on a realistic style that shows the harsher reality of life in Australia that is often washed over will help the audience to connect with the character portrayed in the film.

Synopsis:

"BROTHER" is a Neo Realist drama set in the recent past of a small Australian beach town. Utilising common sets and locations of Brisbane’s Great South East, "BROTHER" will be shot on a limited budget whilst still maintaining quality production value. "BROTHER" follows the story of Peter ...

Jain Center of South Florida

1960 N. Commerce Parkway #11

Weston, FL 33326

The worship usually occurs every day any time at the temple. I visited the temple on Sunday from 8am to 2 pm.

According to historians, Jainism is a religion that aroused between 6th and 9th century. However, the people who believe in this religion teach that the religion has been there long before and it will ever exist. It is believed that Jainism is a religion that emerged from the Indian society and then was adopted by some other people. The major believes of the religion is that all people should live in peace. This ...

The Sundance Film Festival has an online ad at the webpage for The Nation one of the oldest American political magazines. I judged this advertisement be the best. The qualities I liked were the simplicity of design, the practicality of the links and the eye-catching design. Simplicity. The simplicity of the design for the Sundance Film Festival works very well. Although the design is simple the most important information a person needs is in the advertisement. Who? Sundance. What? 2013 Film Festival. Where? Park City, Utah When? January 17 -27, 2013. How? Click on “Get Tickets.”

Practicality. With one ...

‘Prosthetic memories are memories that circulate publically, are not organically based, but are nevertheless experienced with one’s own body – by means of a wide range of cultural technologies – and as such, become part of one’s personal archive of experience. ’ (Landsberg, 1997: 66) How the two forms of live performances; the William Yang's 'Friends of Dorothy’ and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, contributed to the circulation of prosthetic memories? Today, the availability of mass culture have made it convenient for people regardless of their gender, race and ethnicity to share collective memories. Prosthetic memories deal ...

Saudi Arabian National Day

On 26th September 2012, Saudi Arabian students at Western Kentucky University celebrated the Saudi Arabia national day which actually falls on the 23rd of September. Of the nearly 85,000 Saudi Arabian students in the US, WKU houses about 300 . The students wished to share this important occasion with their peers and celebrated it between 1pm to 5pm by serving traditional Arabian food and dancing. National marks the foundation of Saudi Arabia by King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud, a day that is a matter of pride for its citizens. Being the world’s largest producer of oil, Saudi Arabia has ...

Sydney 2012 Mardi Gras

Originally a commemoration and demonstration to mark New York’s Stonewall’s Riots of 1969, the Sydney Mardi Gras has grown to become one of the world’s largest festivals. The Sydney Mardi Gras was first inaugurated in 1979 when a protest march was held to commemorate the events of the previous year in which 53 protesters were arrested (Coorey, 2011). The 2-week long is now an annual festival and pride parade for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) people (CNW Group, 2012). The event brings together thousands of people from Australia and beyond and is an important ...

First and foremost the original inhabitants of America before the invasion by other people were the Native Americans. They are an indigenous people whose culture and religion was sacred to them. However they have been thought of as savages, violent and stubborn people due to the stories that have been told to us. Secondly the true thanks giving story dates back to 1614; some English explorers sailing to England and aboard the ship were Indians captured for slavery left behind small pox. The disease swept a whole population of escaped slaves; on arrival at the Massachusetts Bay the pilgrims ...

Ivory Coast is a West African nation which is bordered by Mali, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. Notably, to the South its border is alongside the Gulf of Guinea. According to the survey that was carried out in 2009, population in Ivory Coast was estimated to be about 20, 617,000. The country was colonized by the French and it gained its independence in 1960. This explains why the national language of this country is French. According to Janice (2004, pp. 23-25), from the economic point of view, Ivory Coast is well known by the production of coffee and ...

Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is a religion that was founded by Prophet Zoroaster. This religion worship their god known as Ahura. It is believed that worshipping their supreme god involves doing moral actions in order to fight against the spirit of the evil known as Ahriman. Just like any other religion, Zoroastrianism has their own unique ways of worshipping and performing their sacred festivals. Everyone has freedom of worship and, therefore, one can indulge in any religious practice of their choice, as long as these practices follow the acceptable morals in the society or community.

BELIEFS

Zarathustra the prophet believed that God has shown ...

“Brazil: Crime and Poverty and How to solve it?” By Eduardo Scuratovski De Gasperi-dated November 26th 2013

This article unveils the social and economic aspect of Brazil. First, the author of the articles explains how the country was hit by the 2008 world’s economic depression. According to Gasperi, Brazil survived this economic crisis as the government and other stakeholders implemented effective strategies to end it. International bodies such as World Bank and IMF revealed that Brazil is the 7th largest and biggest economy in the world with a GDP of approximately $2.4 trillion. This unveils the fact that Brazil’s economy is improving as well as advancing at a remarkable pace. Despite the fact that the economy ...

QUESTION ONE

Introduction Africa is very dynamic in culture which has a rich history in arts. Considering the dynamic status in the African culture, the African art took a very different direction in that because of the different cultures, there were different considerations in their arts. Precisely, every culture or ethnicity could be possibly having its own art. In this paper I will take I to account some specific objects and may be practices that were evidenced in specific African communities to try establish the African art. In Africa, there are some objects that are used for religious purposes. The fetish ...