Essays on Festival

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Sweden is the largest country in the Northern Europe and is situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has the lowest income inequality rate in the world. It shares boarders with Germany, Denmark, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia. The country is predominantly agricultural, and it is notable for its wide forest resource when compared to other European nations. As Schack-Nielsen points out, “around 4% of Sweden’s workforce relies on primary sector” and around 6% of total land is used for agricultural purposes (Schack-Nielsen 34). Sweden has 21 counties and 25 provinces, and these divisions serve ...

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The City: An Overview Montreal is the second largest city in the Canadian province and is situated on the island of Montreal. The city has been the hub of all sorts commercial activities ranging from finance, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, design, technology, tourism, culture, sports, film and global affairs for decades. The city is predominantly French speaking one and is fondly called as the ‘cultural capital of Canada’. The city is highly influenced by the two famous rivers Saint Lawrence and Ottawa. The city lies between the hill-heads of Mount Royal, from which the very name Montreal originated. ...

English

Consider the Lobster is a topic initially looks like an environmental issue that is being covered by the media as it slowly progresses into an exhaustive and interesting article that captivates the interests of the readers very quickly. The audience of Wallace, especially for this particular piece of writing is rather exhaustive as the people addressed are gourmet food lovers, food scientists, animal activists, social activists, as well as chefs. ‘Consider the Lobster’ is an article in which Wallace brings up a topic the need for morality and humanity with respect to animal abuse. Similar to the minorities dwelling ...

Japan is a country with a rich cultural heritage amongst the other East Asian countries it lies with. Today the Japanese are a well-established and successful group of people present in all major countries of the world hence, they carry with them their rich, cultural heritage and customs. London, today, is a hub of all cultural activities, and almost every event is celebrated with equal importance in the city. Similarly, the Japanese community gets their share to display their cultural heritage and in London, every year, Trafalgar Square holds events that celebrate Japan’s cultural festivals. Not only that ...

Introduction

Sustainability should be of great concern to all companies in the events industry. Their business activities have a great impact on the environment. There are many new developments in sustainability, both in theory (including an increasing body of academic literature) and in practice (such as new industry guidelines, accounting frameworks like Triple Bottom Line, and corporate certification schemes). Corporate management in events companies is, of course, in the best position to make business decisions consistent with the growing awareness of sustainability issues. However, other corporate stakeholders can also become engaged when necessary to assure that their companies understand and ...

Chipotle Mexican Grill (Chipotle) is the Mexican restaurant established in 1993 in Denver, Colorado. Steve Ells founded this restaurant with the principle of utilizing the local resources to produce the food menus. With the growth of the business in a short period, the second outlet of Chipotle was started on 1995. This second outlet was established from the profits whereas the company further opened its third branch with Business Administration Loan. Other fast food companies were interested in Chipotle. From the growth of casual Mexican Restaurant, McDonalds became the minor investor of Chipotle in 1998. After the six years ...

What the popular culture eats in this century depends on the ethnic groups in the nation. Each group has its own food habits and culturally based foods. Conversely, the mainstream culture affects cultural perspectives on food since it offers a wide variety of foods such as cuisines and pizzas. This paper focuses on three different articles representing their views on food in America. This paper argues that the American diet has the combination of many cultures in this decade.

Mary Eberstadt argues that people have trouble of mentioning food without by passing mention of sex. The human mind perceives ...

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 ...

The film A Better Life is based on the relations between the father and the son, who are the illegal migrants from Mexico. Initially, the son despises that his father works on wealthy Americans because trimming their lawns is completely unacceptable for him. He even looks down on his own father, while thinking about the way of street gangs, what his father trying to save him from as much as possible. Son talks very rudely to his father, thereby showing his attitude to the life ancestor, spends a lot of time on the street with a ...

Dayton University organizes a special day every year for all international students event that is organized by UD International Clubs. This year’s event was conducted in the month of March, 14 from 5:30-8:00 pm at RecPlex. The festival brings together global nations including Italy England, France, Kuwait Spain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Guatemala, Libya, Argentina, China, Malawi, India, Oman, Sigma Iota Rho, and Mexico.

The event venue was partitioned so that on the left wing was Country Tables belonging for the international, upfront was foods, on the right section of the venue was a seating area arrangement and the stage. ...

The Second Temple Period marked a time during which significant changes occurred through the Jewish rule and foreign tenure. The weeping of Zion did not last for long since soon after the Babylonian kingdom had collapsed to the newly established empire of Persia, Cyrus, king of Persia declared a policy of religious freedom. This was at about 536 BCE that came about 520 years after the country had been destroyed. Cyrus at this time allowed the people who had fled from Judah to return to their homeland and rebuild their Temple. This saw only a small group of people return as the ...

There is restaurant by the name of Big Texan that serves incredibly huge meal for $72.00. It consists of a 72 ounce steak along with shrimp cocktail, salad, baked potato and dinner roll. In fact, any person who can finish eating the entire meal within one hour will receive a full refund (The Big Texan). Very few people can finish eating the steak even when everyone in the restaurant cheers them on. If red meat is not preferred, there are plenty of other competitive eating events to consider. Imagine entering a pie eating contest at the annual Great American Pie Festival in ...

Asian film industry has been entertaining audiences since a long time with the help of a strong story, music and different other aspects of film making. Asian cinema has lodged its strong presence across the world and Asian movies have won several prestigious international awards. This paper intends to discuss some very famous Asian movies like Red Sorghum, Ran, Eye in the sky, IndoChine and Dhobi Ghat along with further focusing, how masculinity has been portrayed in almost all these movies.

There are some favorite subjects of Asian movie makers. Aggressive Jingoism, fantasy, epic and masculinity are some important components of Asian ...

Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world and is located in Latin America, which means its culture, also known as cultura rioplatense (River Plate culture from the name of the River Plate Basin region, where the country is situated), is a result of intermixture of the extremely diverse European immigrant and local cultures ("Culture of Argentina"). It is deemed that historically the prevalent impact on the Argentine culture was made by the Spanish rule and Roman Catholic traditions. At the same time, although the migration of Europeans led to the demise of the indigenous culture, their influence is ...

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. ...

Every society has a belief in a superhuman being that has powers over the people, this belief is referred to as religion and the beliefs vary in different societies. Religion unites people who have one common belief and provides social guidance on religious and spiritual issues .Sikhism also referred to as the Sikh religion forms one of the many global religions. During the late 15thcentury, Guru Nanak founded the Sikh tradition in the Punjab region current day India and Pakistan (Singh,2011).

Guru Nanak preached against religious rituals that had no significance to any religion, he did not oppose any ...

In the beginning of the semester, I wrote on the Discussion Board that even though I am from Asia and people may think that I am familiar with religions of Asia, I did not have much understanding of various religious faiths in Asia. Because I have never believed or practiced any religion in my whole life, I did not have much interest about religions of Asia or elsewhere.

However, since I first saw the video about the Ramayana, I started to gain some interest in religion. I thought that religion might be amiable and interesting given that some ...

Sikhism

Sikhism was chosen for its positive views on the afterlife and humanity, as well as for the equality of women. It is also nice that they have such a high level of respect for other religions. There are a number of different rituals and practices that are important to the Sikh faith, but before discussing these practices, it is important to understand the Sikh faith as a whole. Sikhism teaches that Kartar created the universe in one command and cares for it. His command set the world into being, and his orders run it (Penney 2001). The most important characteristics of the ...

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 ...

Introduction:

Sagarmatha was open to foreign tourists in 1950 after many decades of isolation. Annual tourist visit in the beginning was very less until government realized the potential of the region and started investing in it (World Tourism Organization, 2008). Since then, the majestic mountain ranges have become the centre of attraction for many visitors, attracting a number of tourists each year for trekking and mountaineering activities. The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact on the economy of Sagarmatha after the evolution of tourism industry through STEEP analysis. The analysis will attempt to cover key trends in each ...

In the article entitled “Consider the Lobster” written by David Foster Wallace, the author attempts to explore the ethical and moral issues pertaining killing lobsters prior to consumption. Wallace used a personal and reflective style that is deemed to be effective in enticing appeal to the target audience. From the writing style, the author was effective in applying rhetorical elements to present the intended message. The rhetorical element of logos, or logical appeal, was applied through the provision of facts, background overview, and scientific details regarding the lobster. Wallace initially asserted the rationale for the lobster’s evolving popularity ...

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 ...

In the Eugene post office are two 6’×15’ murals covering the North and South ends of the post office Lobby. The two murals feature agriculture and lumbering which are some of the major local industries in the country. The mural on agriculture illustrates farmers in various activities; some transporting, others packing the harvests in bags. The other mural depicting lumbering shows individuals in activity sawing trees and working with timber.

There a general sense of activity and hard work among the people portrayed. The work does not seem to employ much technology implying it is a little historical. The ...

History

There are many historic stories of Houston city and the old, established neighborhoods and new subdivision tell a lot of the historic stories of the city found in Texas State. According to the city residents I got a chance to interview, he told me that the founders of the city Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen named the city after a General Sam Houston in 1837. The city of Houston is termed as a Freedmen's Town because it hosts many African Americans and it has significant value due to the general name after him. He was one of the liberal military ...

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 ...

For this analysis paper, I attended the Utah Art Festival on June 26 of 2015. I have attended several dance performances prior attending the Utah art festival where I attended the outstanding “B-Boy” dance. The current B-Boy dance sequences are not too much different from that of the “street” dances of late 20th century in its structure of the performance, use of body parts, especially feet, and hands. The B-Boy dance sequences have stemmed from the street dances of 1970. This dance was particularly associated with African-Americans and was not considered a respectable genre of dance. The B-Boy dance was ...

The sex trade is an issue that receives very meager attention in as far as policy and intervention are concerned. In practice, the world has grossly neglected the issue of the sex trade, leaving most victims of the trade to fighting for themselves. The Dreamcatcher Foundation, founded by Brenda Myers-Powell, seeks to provide interventions to help the young women come out from prostitution. Accordingly, the Dreamcatcher film is one of the tools that the foundation has used to convey its message abroad. Primarily, the movie is an expose on the cycle of neglect, exploitation and violence that faces thousands ...

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 ...

My journey as a writer began in correlation with my career as a family medicine doctor. I was always fascinated by picture books and the dream of becoming an author has always been tucked away in a safe place since childhood. After reading Dr. Jacques Ferron’s tales and novels, I knew I wanted to be an author as well as a doctor and my education and aspirations were dedicated to these two fields. My medical career has allowed me to complete my Master’s degree in medical pedagogy and later to teach family medicine at the University of Montreal. While avidly pursuing ...

Primitive people believed in various sorts of deities to help them in their daily tasks; the ancient Hittites, Egyptians, Greeks, and the Babylonians worshipped many gods and goddesses to help them win wars, good harvest, as well as to ensure the safety of the whole empire. Because these societies lack the modern knowledge regarding scientific beliefs, religion played a very important role in shaping the society. Even today, interesting artifacts gathered from recent excavations were discovered by archaeologists of the modern times. These reliefs from the past told scholars about the power and influence of the priests (in Hittite, kings ...

Organization and Development for Progressive Social Change

Organization and Development for Progressive Social Change

Introduction

Organizing a large chunk population based on a concrete social, religious, or economic issue can bring breakthrough changes. During the course of time, people in different parts of the world has recognized that if they want to bring a major changes in the social fabric of the society, the collective power of the societal members is of sheer significance. The recent Arab Spring is the major example in this case. The segment of the world, which was ruled by a selected set of rulers for many decades was suddenly challenge by the society and it brought ...

The movie “The Night of Truth” is directed by Fanta Régina Nacro and features an imaginary country in the West African region. The title of the movie portrays the moment when people realize their true selves in their interior selves. The country has been experiencing a civil war, but after a decade a sign of peace negotiation between the two ethnic groups; Nayak and the Bonande which is headed by Colonel Theo. The negotiation aims to enhance peace between the conflicting Nayak government forces and their rebel Bonandes. Although most of the people are anticipating the peace negotiation event to materialize, ...

Introduction

Women are an important part of the community. Women also called as mother, sister and life partner acts in the role of family making and binding human beings with their worldly life. It has been seen that several girl child don’t get the opportunity to go to school in underdeveloped and rural areas. This proposal has been developed to help Merlinn Foundation to collect money for organizing campaign to empower women education in rural areas.

Background

Education for women has become one of the important aspects for the development of the community. Women have emerged to take active part ...

Documentary film is one of the most difficult genres of cinematography, firstly, because of its structure as well as due to the large number of approaches to the implementation of the idea. This genre originated over a century ago and nowadays it is undoubtedly one of the most difficult genres, since it is necessary to analyze a huge amount of material to identify the authenticity of historical facts in order to create a professional documentary film. The advent of documentary films made the cinematography a more profound art form, which became a part of the scientific world too. Documentary film was the beginning ...

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Abstract Luxor Temple in Egypt rose into prominence as the abode of various royal Egyptian dynasties. The kings honored the so-called god Amon. It became the main city of the kingdom. The Temple was managed by high military priests. This research report summarizes the key events and historical background of Luxor Temple. It also sheds light on the building, the civilization and the culture prevalent in that period as well as the built environment. Moreover, it gives a comparison with the modern city of Luxor.

Luxor Temple in Egypt: An Introduction

The Luxor Temple was ...

Despite what many think, or what many may want to think, Hinduism has been leaving its mark in America since the 1800’s . However, at that time the religion was relatively insignificant to the local population, due to the small number of Hindu’s in the country. It was not until the 1970’s that the Hindu population became a number great enough to sustain the public’s interest in the religion. Migrating by the thousands to work in the medical industry, as well as IT, their religion both intrigued and mystified a public ready to take on anything after the ...

The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of summer’. This ...

Cultural practices differentiate one society from another. Since culture is “the set of learned behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideals that are characteristic of a particular society or population” (Ember et al. 217), a cultural tradition would speak volumes about that society. A festival, in particular, is a rich representation of particular culture. The Annual Tournament of Roses Parade at Pasadena, California is an appropriate example of such festival. This event has just turned 125 years old and it reflects the beliefs, attitudes and values of the residents, not only in Pasadena, but also in the State of California.

Early Beginnings

The City of ...

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 ...

Religion since the ancient times has played a great role in uniting people and answering the metaphysical questions that try to explain the world as it is. Religion has, therefore, contributed to many aspects of culture that has shaped many issues and provided the foundation upon which rules and regulations that govern the society have originated. In some instances, political parties have been formed along religious lines and religious laws have shaped and have been used as the guiding principles upon which other countries laws are founded. There are many religions that exist, both ancient and modern that has performed ...

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 ...

Introduction

This essay provides reasons why a mandatory period of national service (either civilian or military) for all young U.S. citizens is not a good idea. The concept of universal service arises from time to time, and in this instance surfaced following remarks made by General Stanley McChrystal at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival. He is quoted as saying that “our notion of ‘service’ had become dangerously narrow, with less than one percent of Americans serving in our military, and challenged us to explore new pathways and opportunities for service to country.” Those remarks of his triggered the Aspen Institute to launch a ...

The Middle Ages were the period of European history dating from the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 476A.D. up to 1453 and started when the Ottoman Turks of the Middle East captured Constantinople. The Catholic Church grew more powerful and influential during that time. Governed by bishops and archbishops under the papal authority from Rome, the church became more dominant in the medieval society. Nuns and monks lived together in a house called monastery, devoting their lives in the service of God. In this period of turmoil and instability, many people turn to God in order to survive. ...

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 Woodstock arts and music festivals took place in the summer of 1969. This festival was overwhelmingly attended in that the organizers of this event had to take down the fences in order to allow for the huge number of people who were willing to attend. The main themes of the Woodstock festivals included unconventional sexual practices, freedom, music, different religions and alternative living arrangements. The sexual revolution played a big role in the Woodstock festivals. This concert played a significant role, in the American counterculture in the 60s. This music festival promoted the idea of using the pill and also ...

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 ...

The Similarity Shared By “Kansha” (Observing Decapitation) and “Weiguan” (Join the Crowd of Onlookers)

The concepts of ‘Kansha’ and ‘Weiguan’ have surfaced in the works of art and literature in ancient China and China in the new millennium. Authors, journalists and influential individuals in China have held various events that depict these concepts. The instances of observing decapitation and joining the crowd of onlookers have a significant impact on the involved individuals.

Typical Scenes

There are various instances and typical scenes recorded by artists, journalists and authors throughout the modern eras that depict the elements of ‘Kansha’ and ‘Weiguan’. First, age-defying dancers chosen areas in China depict the public spectacle of on looking. Other scenes of ...

Accounts of interactions between master Linji and his studentsare recorded in “Records of Linji”. Despite having a non-verbal nature, he is very active and spontaneous.The Records of Linji tell the story of Lin as told by his students where human interactions are used as a ways of self-awakening. Linji is depicted as a mas a good master who taught by example. He followed whatever teachings he taught. Linji is as well aware of each and every activity taking part in the school and therefore he is always in control. The book contains various themes as this essay explores. Despite being the master, ...

Italy is one of the most important destinations of tourism. The country holds some of the most prized architecture and art in the world, from antiquity to the baroque to the modern, often packed into the dense historic centers of the peninsula’s cities. The successive waves of industrialization, the heady years of Fascist dictatorship sandwiched between two devastating world wars, the corporation of agriculture, secularization and globalization deeply marked the built landscape of Italy . Throughout the twentieth century, the architects and theorists attempted to grasp the role of architecture in a capitalist economy under diverse political systems from monarchy ...

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) ...

This title of the film is “How to Make Kimchi: according to my Kun Umma”. It is a short documentary directed by Samuel Kiehoon Lee. It was shown at the UIC multi-cultural film festival. The film was shot with the help of The Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and NFB Filmmaker Assistance Program. The main character in the film is the director’s aunt Bong Ja Lee. The film was shot in 2003 and it won the Jury Award for the Best Documentary Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2003. The film was ...

Introduction

Eid al-Fitr is one of the two most important festivals of the Muslim faith that is celebrated during the month of Ramadan. According to historians, the event has been celebrated by the prophet Mohammed, himself, when he was still alive. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month-long fasting wherein Muslims reflect and assess their spiritual lives in terms of the virtues taught by Mohammed. The purpose of this paper is to know how Muslims celebrate Eid al –Fitr and to determine why it is considered as one of the most important festivals of the Muslim faith.

Historical Perspective

About 1500 ...

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 ...

Gastrodiplomacy is the use of food to communicate the culinary culture of a country in a public diplomacy setting. . Countries that are not major world powers require some kind of recognition in the global public because it is believed that some major powers are unaware or hold negative opinions of them. Culinary culture has much to do with “inclusion and exclusion of national pride and xenophobia”. . An example of this is given by Paul Rockower in the article from Gastronationalism to Gastrodiplomacy: Reversing the Securitization of the Dolma in the South Caucasus. UNESCO decided to add ‘Keshkeck’ an Anatolian stew made ...

Secrets and Lies (1996) This movie focuses on the life and struggle of one woman in finding truths in her life. After her adoptive mama passes away; Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a triumphant black eye physician, searches for her birth mother. She is surprised when her investigation leads her to a plebeian white woman, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn). Initially, Cynthia denies the claim, but she finally admits to birthing Hortense as an adolescent, and the pair begins to bond. Nevertheless, when Cynthia invites Hortense to a relative’s barbecue, Cynthia's already nervous relationship with her kin becomes even more complex. The film is ...

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 ...

This Chinese cultural resume made to help reader is to learn about different aspects that combine to form a unique culture identified in the world. The significant aspects include customs and courtesies of the culture, lifestyle of the people living in that culture, nation's whole story like some history and some present scenarios and last but not the last this report will also shed light on the styles of communication in the selected culture. China is one of the four “ancient civilizations” in the world .

Nation

China’s official name is People’s Republic of China (PRC) which is located in ...

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 ...

Findings

It is the primary task of public relations to build a strong relationships in order to promote the reputation of an individual, an organization, or an identity that relies on the public’s opinion for it to function. In order to do so, public relations people have to make sure that the messages being communicated to the public are aimed at acquiring allies and supporters. In Hollywood, public relations is a very useful tool in managing the reputation of personalities, especially so when one is in trouble due to some controversies. With the recurring influx of scandals that surround the stars of ...